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What I should do: Finish my thesis (Master's) Assure adviser that I'll finish my thesis. Back-up what I've already written for my thesis. What I'll actually do: Pretend to be busy writing my thesis while I'm obsessively checking GC, email, and app statuses.

I dissected this topic all weekend long until my SO finally threatened to hide my bag of avocados (aka my crack) so that I would shut up about it. Here are the three, slightly contradictory, conclusions I reached before said threat of avocado punishment was put forth. 1. That Daily article was written very recently, as in two weeks ago. I imagine they made this decision fairly late in the game, therefore they might not be able to enforce it this year. 2. The AH dept might perform very perfunctory interviews with candidates they've already decided to accept in order to meet the new requirements. 3. If they do decide to conduct real interviews, it would probably push their fairly consistent admissions calendar back a week a two. We might not stop hearing about acceptances until first or second week of March. 4. They might say f*** it and not hold any interviews.

Haha. When I read your post I was like !!! Glad my heart attack was all for naught. Maybe someone added it to Art History instead of Astronomy by accident?

What Yale acceptance? I don't see one?

I feel like somebody is punching a hole through my stomach everytime I get an email notification on my phone. The sensation is possibly influenced by my recent discovery that if I don't have my car's timing belt replaced ASAP, a hole could be punched through my engine at any second. Ahhhhhh...so now I jump everytime my car or phone makes a noise! Sometimes this happens at the same time...*eye twitches*

"It can't be too hard to get in. I mean, there can't be that many students who are applying to Art History programs." So, if I happen to be accepted to one of my top choice, very exclusive, absolutely fantastic programs, it's because there weren't that many students applying? *facepalm*

Woah Woah WOAH! I just saw a discussion about interviews posted on the History thread and was led to this article: http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2012/jan/11/grad-school-divided-over-interviews/ Did anybody else know Yale will be conducting interviews this year? AGHHHHHHHHHH *stress increases tenfold*

On the shortlist for one...but I know they don't send out acceptances until mid-feb. So trying not to spaz out until then...

Keeping my fingers crossed for you!!

Do they always interview those they're considering? I know schools like Emory do, but many schools only interview those they are on the fence about. Don't give up hope yet!!

There's also a town called Centralia, PA that only has about 10 people living there bc it's been on fire since the 60's. The government bought it and even revoked its zipcode.

Probably would have lived on a farm with my SO and started my own artisanal jam and cheese business. Also would have been a fantastic banjo player by now...but that darn thesis is always getting in the way of my frailin'.

There is also a Texas Hotel on Texas St in Texas City, Texas.

strong arm

I love you for beating me to the Dr. Who reference! If I am accepted, I will get myself a kittykat! He will be fluffy, possibly a Ragdoll breed, and named Herr Chancellor Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck (Bizy for short). I will also purchase a set of really nice, expensive cooking knives. This purchase will have no relation to the recent acquisition of the kitty.

You should check out the Song of Ice and Fire books. It's the series that inspired HBO's Game of Thrones. They're REALLY long, mind-numbing, vaguely historical (in a LOTR medievalism sort of way), and addicting!

Congrats to whoever got the first acceptance! What I wouldn't give for some news, good or bad.

It's so encouraging to hear about other situations like mine. Thank goodness we have such understanding partners! Even if my SO also is in a completely different field; he's an engineer and I'm a perpetual student of art history (I'm a little bit country, I'm a little bit rock and roll...) So I understand what you mean!

Yep! We've been long distance for the last two years while I have been getting my MA and we'll probably be apart for at least another two years if I'm accepted to a PhD program. It can be really hard but at the same time I also have the time and space to stress out about grad school without having it take a toll on our relationship. I don't really have any advice on how to get through it except maybe that if it works, it works! And if not, it doesn't. Not exactly Aristotle but whatever.

Lol. Are you starting to worry about not worrying enough? In any case, I don't think your lack of OCD deserves the blame for your missing GRE scores...ETS probably screwed something up *mock surprise* And congratulations on your mother's success! I lost a dearly loved one a few months ago to cancer and although I still have trouble getting out of the bed in the morning it always brings me great joy to hear of those who have fought and survived. It always made her happy as well. I'm sending you and your mother good thoughts!

Tried that but the yoga instructor at my gym is waaaayyyy too positive. She kept telling us to let go of all of our negative energy and I was like 'But that's what sustains me and keeps me from falling into a heap on the ground sobbing hysterically!!!" So I dropped yoga and took up wine making. Now as I obsessively check my emails, spam box, and phone every 3 seconds I am becoming pleasantly intoxicated by the alcoholic fumes wafting off the fermenting buckets in my bedroom....

This times a million! My significant other was just hired full-time by this amazing company in upstate NY. As you might have noticed from my list, none of the schools I'm applying to are in upstate NY. We've already been doing the long distance thing for awhile and over the last two years we keep moving closer and closer together on the map...I would hate to alter that pattern by putting 3,000 miles between us for the next few years, ie if I were lucky enough to be accepted to UCB I don't know if I would attend. ARGH. Anyone else facing similar problems? Do you tell them how much it will come in handy once your time machine is finished? Whenever I tell someone I'm pursuing art history I usually get a blank stare and then a weird "Oh. Okay." Don't worry OnceAndFutureGrad! I know a lot of us are repeat appliers. The first time I applied for PhD programs I was totally shut out. I then realized that I was a moron and should have applied to terminal MA's, which I subsequently did and got into my top choice. I'm definitely nervous about this round, seeing as I can't exactly apply to only MA programs anymore...getting shut out is the worst feeling in the world. I'm sending you lots of good luck vibes!

Also, in keeping with my plea for more of a 'share info and commiserate' atmosphere on this forum, I updated my signature to reflect the schools I'm waiting on, etc. Maybe we could all do the same? I'm surprised fullofpink hasn't suggested it yet! S/he has put forward the idea successfully in the past :-)

Replace BBC with NPR and that is exactly my life! I downloaded the Firefox add-on Leechblocker and blocked this website between 10 am - 7 pm during the week so I can work on my thesis. Of course, I inevitably end up checking the results page anyway on my Iphone...*shakes fist at self* And oooo Duke! Bruzelius is wonderful!! :-) You're a medievalist if I remember correctly, yes?

So, in my unhealthy and ludicrous desire to foretell the date of my admission responses, I've been combing through the AH archives trying to piece together some sort of timeline. While I have not unlocked some sort of prescient knowledge, I have grown incredibly jealous of the rapport amongst fellow AH gradcafers in the previous years. What is going on 2012????? Where is the comraderie, the angst, and the uninhibitedness as we steadily approach the best or worst news of our lives? I think maybe now that our forum is more populated we're a little bit too nervous to divulge too much information? I guess that's understandable, but I think as long we don't start hating on specific scholars or transmitting entire sections of our theses, a little bit of info wouldn't hurt? Maybe it would help? That being said, I thought I'd break the ice and let you all know that my top two choices are Penn and Yale. If I were to be accepted to those schools I'd probably wouldn't be able to attend because I'd be dead from the happiness. Every morning when I wake up I feel a huge churning in my stomach because I know I'm just getting closer to Feb, which is when these top programs generally send out their acceptances. I also check my inbox/spam box like it's nobody's business. So come on all you posters and lurkers....where are you dying to get into? What are your fears (besides the obvious), anxieties, dreams? I'm assuming everybody else is spazzing out everytime someone posts on the results page?