coffeeplease
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shadow play
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spray tan
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harvest festival
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Rejection Feedback
coffeeplease replied to lolopixie's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Your post made me laugh -- I don't know why you've got a [-1] -- but I do understand why they might not. Some programs get so many applicants that it would be impossible, or at least take far too long. However, I've read that if you call the department and ask (politely!) why you were rejected/how you can strengthen your application, they will usually tell you. -
Pyongyang by Guy Delisle is good -- it's about the 2 months he spent living and working in North Korea.
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washing machine
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borrowed time
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combo platter
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The Interview- It's a further fall when you're almost at the apex..
coffeeplease replied to CarlieE's topic in Waiting it Out
Ha, I had an interview on Skype and this was me. I worried more than usual because I could see how I looked -- should have minimized that window, in hindsight. Also, sometimes I nod when someone is talking to me as a sign that I understand/agree/am listening. At one point during the interview, I thought to myself, "OH GOD, I MUST LOOK LIKE A BOBBLEHEAD!" Fun times. -
stained glass
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What you think the adcoms are saying about your application
coffeeplease replied to DeWinter's topic in Waiting it Out
I turned in a paper whose title was [TITLE GOES HERE]. My prof wrote next to it, "Yes, it does."- 342 replies
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I didn't think waiting would be this hard.
coffeeplease replied to imisscoffee's topic in Waiting it Out
My SO also doesn't get the obsession. Most of our conversations go something like this: "Why are you on that forum? There's nothing you can do about it now, so why don't you just relax?" "BECAUSE I CAN'T, THAT'S WHY!" I have taken to minimizing TGC whenever he walks by so that I don't have to feel quite so ashamed for my addiction...... That can't be a good sign. -
legal tender
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evil genius
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inside information
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Yep, my pessimism from earlier was premature. *happy dance*
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wee hours
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Not I. And honestly, even though there's technically one more day of "hope," I am pretty sure I won't be hearing from them, so good luck to y'all. Completely unrelated but totally more fun: fgreen, have you read Die Brücke vom Goldenen Horn, and if yes, would you recommend it? Or something else instead? I've been looking for some Turkish-German/German-Turkish lit but don't really know where to start.
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Also, a Hamburg, New York and a Berlin, New York.
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According to some recent scholarship, the closest living relative of the T-rex is now thought to be ..... the chicken. (More.)
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off road
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Didn't apply there, but congratulations on the interview! When will it be? If you look about halfway down (sorry, idk if TGC does permalinks to individual comments), there's a solid list of possible questions. The Interviews & Visits forum has good stuff too. Crossing fingers and pressing thumbs for ya.
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Agree re: Harvard, it's nice to KNOW when to freak out and when to relax. Just from skimming the websites and available data, it seems that programs like Harvard, Yale, Princeton get ~20 applicants every cycle. Northwestern seems to get around 10. I would guess that programs that offer a linguistics track (ie, Berkeley) get slightly more applicants, but that is pure speculation on my part.
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Interviews....
coffeeplease replied to and...and...and...'s topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
This is a great list! My favorite, of course, is this one: -
Take a gamble: predict your own outcome 2012
coffeeplease replied to milara's topic in Waiting it Out
My guess for myself is a 6/2 rejection/admit split. 5/3 when I'm feeling good. I'm not a superstitious person but I worry that I'll just end up eating crow if I name names, so I refuse to think in more specific terms than that.