monkeefugg

Brave Monkee

I have a Master's Degree

There is no way I could have gone straight from BA to PhD
For some people the MA is a necessary stepping stone.

Other's, however, fancy themselves veritable prodigies, and believe the leap from BA to PhD is the only option worthy of their level of excellence.
That's no reason to feel offended; it's merely their personal view coming from their own situation.

In defense of the poster, inflation of the higher education system has led to a devaluation of degrees. As more and more high school graduates attend college and receive Bachelor's degrees, they tend to lose value, and more and more graduates therefore go for the Masters. This trickle-up effect is something we are experiencing now: more and more MA grads are applying to PhD programs-- this is why the acceptance rates are so discouraging! The higher education infrastructure is overflowing.

Given that, the poster's feelings appear quite understandable.

AWESOME !!!
I have a -40 Bad Reputation !

That is an accomplishment I can be proud of

keep your suggestions to yourself, dirtbag

No they wouldnt do that b/c then the admissions committee at my department wouldnt have my resumé
which is dreadfully important, as it has all my amazing, impressive achievements on it

Also- all you losers who are rating down my posts can go to hell
Like I give a damn If I have a negative reputation
I have an actual life

jrk

If you couldnt care less if I think you're stupid, why did you implore me in your previous post not to call you stupid.
You are not only stupid, but inconsistent & incoherent.

I hate you.

Also, you're stupid

More time enriching myself and becoming 100% Yuppie

Then I will be able to afford a posh condo in Manhattan and marry rich
Then I can BUY my way into the Ivy League

haha, fuckers!

I think people are just indiscriminately voting me down, and anyone who can be perceived as an ally

what kind of uncritical mob-mentality is this
Clearly I'm the ubermenchsen of the forum

Last Night, I received an e-mail about financial aid from the school to which I applied.
But the thing is--I received it in my gmail account; whereas the e-mail account associated with my application and in which I had been receiving all the previous e-mails this school had been sending me is another account.
My gmail address only appears on my resumé.
So obviously this e-mail wasn't an automated message, but rather someone actively looked at my resumé and copied the e-mail address from there.

What.. why?

any ideas?

I'm trying not to read into it, but as decision time is drawing near, I find myself ever-more anxious...

I think people are just indiscriminately voting me down, and anyone who can be perceived as an ally

what kind of uncritical mob-mentality is this
Clearly I'm the ubermenchsen of the forum

AWESOME !!!
I have a -40 Bad Reputation !

That is an accomplishment I can be proud of

I think people are just indiscriminately voting me down, and anyone who can be perceived as an ally

what kind of uncritical mob-mentality is this
Clearly I'm the ubermenchsen of the forum

In Canada, everyone does MAs. They're starting to become devalued a bit thanks to people who think we should look just like the American system, but I think they're incredibly important. You get to professionalize a bit, practice different ways of thinking, and get used to what research really looks like BEFORE you sign up for years and years of it. I loved my MA.

I've had you pegged as an insecure, pretentious person for a long time. Glad to see you show your colours so clearly. I'm sure people in your daily life see through you just as easily as internet strangers do.

I think people are just indiscriminately voting me down, and anyone who can be perceived as an ally

what kind of uncritical mob-mentality is this
Clearly I'm the ubermenchsen of the forum

I don't pay attention to comments like that. I also assume those comments are just made out of anger.

I'm going after a MS first, but my ultimate goal is a PhD. I have my plan already laid out (even schools I'm going to apply for a PhD) and now I just need to go through the steps till I complete it.

I saw that someone on the results section wrote this about their acceptance...


"Some bullshit MA program. Who wants to go to an MA program anyway? Especially when it is not funded."


I find that very offensive. Is the point of this forum to say that if you are not applying (or aspiring) to only PhD programs that your program is "bullshit"? Honestly some people can be so arrogant and stuck-up, it's no wonder that person, whoever they are, didn't get in to the program they wanted. Master's programs are included in graduate school, but I feel like they are not included (or respected) in this forum. Not everyone wants a PhD, it doesn't mean they aren't qualified or good enough for one and they had to settle for a Master's. Sorry, I know that is not everyone's opinion, that comment just bothered me.

I know!!
And the astounding thing is that people nevertheless keep rating me down
But I suppose they are the same type of brainless morons who somehow misinterpret Stephen Colbert's blatant (and painfully so) satire as sincerity

To the OP: I'm just wondering why you even started this thread with the question "What does this mean" if you just take every suggestion given and reject it? What was the point if you had already made up your mind about what it means?

What are you all, children?

What a disgrace.
I grow weary of your fatuousness

I am just going to assume that I'm in
The vast majority of my assumptions are usually true, so I will assume that this assumption is as well

Cheers

AWESOME !!!
I have a -40 Bad Reputation !

That is an accomplishment I can be proud of

I think people are just indiscriminately voting me down, and anyone who can be perceived as an ally

what kind of uncritical mob-mentality is this
Clearly I'm the ubermenchsen of the forum