marlowe23

I'm coming from NC--probably making the move to start living there August 1st. I'm still trying to finish up my MA program, but I take breaks and drool over the course offerings. I'm so excited!

I got offered an ECF from CUNY early this week and I accepted their offer today. So excited and happy!

I got offered an ECF on Monday and accepted my offer of admission today. So excited!

Oh you were like two seats away from me third row.

Oh yeah she's the shit--- did you have a yellow note sticker pad? I asked a question in the session and was talking to prof most of the evening.

Tripwllis-- perhaps were you the scholar with the notebook in the back row? I was in the granny sweater asking questions about manipulation and the suspension of disbelief. Rachel (Corbman) and I are out to drinks currently. Woo!

This is a really good suggestion I hadn't thought of-- my best profs are readily available and warm via e-mail. Glad you feel somewhat better, coffeecurls--it's a stressful process overall!

My favorite professor, for whom I TA, has a chilli pepper, excellent ratings (except for the "easy" ranking)-- he teaches Renaissance literature survey courses and expects sophomores to read The Faerie Queene. He mentored me through the PhD application process, etc. It is ENTIRELY possible to be on student's sides without being a young graduate student--and not all students write with ridiculous grammar.

I'm on this website -- I have 6 reviews and they're all positive. In my experience you can weed through the negative comments that are obviously from people given bad grades and get some relative information. I've had one experience in which I thought, "These reviews are ridiculous! This professor is wonderful." Let's just say there was a plethora of bad comments, and they turned out to be somewhat relevant. Take it all with a grain of salt--but it's not complete BS. Our students have voices on this website--rightly so. Oh yeah-- I had pretty ridiculous expectations for Freshmen students, but I remembered what it was like to be a student (because I was still one).

This. I went with my gut for my MA--I was accepted to a highly ranked institution and wasn't even going to visit the other one. A professor talked me into going, and I just knew I was meant to be there. It wasn't logical, but it worked out for me. (I'm only just now validated in the eyes of my father, though, because I've gotten into PhD programs). It's hard to explain it, but if you're into animal studies you'll understand--intuition is a powerful thing.

I didn't know refusing to go to the open house because of funding was an option. Students without ECFs--let's revolt! Kidding. I'm totally honored to be accepted and am at least going to check out the info session.

I don't think it's technically wrong, but typically done the other way for aesthetic purposes. But these days, I don't trust a word I say, and you shouldn't either.

And I'm guessing no news is bad news in this case too--too bad, I really like Carol Neely's work. I just want this process to be done so I can move forward with a choice and put all of it behind me!

I'm glad I got my acceptances first--or else all of this would be killing me (it's still bugging me now, nonetheless). Hang in there everyone!

Maybe tomorrow--I just got rejected from Miami-Ohio--I know they don't take many people, and I've read everything about "fit," but it's still rough to get rejections regardless.

I'm guessing it's bad news that I haven't heard anything?

I've been rooting for you all the way, cquin! Celebrate tonight!

I called a few weeks ago (the English department directly) and got a prompt and INCREDIBLY friendly confirmation on my file, FYI.

Congrats! I was waiting to hear from them too, but maybe I should give up and start focusing on making a choice and finishing up my MA. On a Sunday? That must've been a wonderful, unexpected surprise--so happy for you!

I wrote 15 pages of nonsense in a fueled panic the other night. Does any one else struggle with a weird stop-and-start approach to their thesis? In other news, I have 75 papers on sonnets to grade.

I had a dinosaurs-in-renaissance-lit theory going at one point; just because the term "dinosaur" wasn't coined doesn't mean they aren't represented in the literature. TripWillis--I'd like to hear more about your intentional fortune theory. I feel I could apply it to Renaissance lit--"I am fortune's fool." Is there an unpublished manuscript I can start quoting from? Or should I just paraphrase your post?

Are you sexy enough to get stabbed in the eye?

Yes -- 2 of us!