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I'll third the temp agency thing. I'd say it's perfectly acceptable to tell them you'll be leaving, though. I've done it before when preparing to move. They're there to supply temporary help. Idk what area you're in, but I've had decent luck with both Robert Half and Kelly Services. It's not always the best job, but it's probably the best bet for you to make decent money. They usually pay well above minimum wage if you're remotely skilled. I'll probably be calling them up myself once the semester ends.

Agreed. I took 8 years, largely due to health issues. But I did finish cum laude in the end. I think my main issue last year was how horribly I addressed this. That is, don't use a third of your SOP to explain it. Just say it happened, it sucked, and how it's fixed or addressed. If you're a good fit and worked to sort it out, faculty won't look down on you for having problems. But they will look down on you for obsessing about your issues to the detriment of your file. Also, I think over-sharing can be the death of an application.

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Thanks. Yeah... I'm shy and really suck at interviews, so this could be a colossal disaster. Needless to say, there will be copious alcohol consumption after the fact, either way.

Looks like someone has a decision to make. Congratulations! I received emails from two schools today. One was asking me to set up a time for a phone conversation (the same school which asked for official documents after app review). The other is flying me out to campus for a third interview. No funded offers yet, but I am starting to feel optimistic again.

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A confirmation that they sent the transcript from my college PE courses that I took in 1994. I cannot tell you how much I wish that were a joke, lol.

Vacation Home

I guess I'm having a moment today. Overwhelming feelings of insufficiency and what-the-hell-am-I-doing-ness. No more decisions yet, either. Sigh. This needs to be over soon. Also it's too early in the damned morning to be introspective.

Duck Tails (ftw, lol)

^^^ This. But I also wish I would have started at University instead of the community college. I graduated cum laude, and I would have been magna if my lower div coursework had counted.

Apparently I used up my quota of upvotes, but congrats!

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Amazingly, I didn't apply to any of those programs. Geoscience programs seem to be running late (just like last year), though... if that's any help. Oceanography and Marine Sciences seem to fall at the back of that. I have heard from a few programs, but as far as I know, only one of the 7 that I applied to has made a formal decision.

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Mine's from my martial arts studies. It's Cantonese and roughly translates as "open hand." It's also two words for saint stuck together, but that wasn't my intention, consciously anyway (lol).

Ughh. Lol. Thanks for fixing this, 13cs!

Star Pupil

Lol, yes no sadists, please. I hope you're right.

Wild Fire

Am I the only one who feels that this poll seems pretty lopsided? Where are the 35-40, 40-50, 50-60, 65+ or 75+ categories? It's not like people don't go for their Masters or PhD at those ages.

After last year, I look at it this way: there's hope until April 15th. Anything can and does happen before that. But if that date passes, and you haven't heard anything, you should be looking at plan B.

That was my intuition as well... that they don't need official transcripts to reject. I hope, anyway.

I'm assuming it's a good thing when a school which already has your unofficial transcripts emails you requesting official ones. And if it's not a good thing, it's still a "thing" right? As in, some sort of action requiring an official transcript is about to be taken? Commencing panic phase 2.