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Heather Hoffman

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  • Birthday 01/29/1972

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    Los Angeles, CA
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    Comparative Literature

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  1. I emailed the department politely asking for a status check, and received an instant reply saying all the first round acceptances and wait list positions had gone out already, so essentially I'm rejected. That same day, someone logged an acceptance on the results board here, so who knows? I can tell you that I sent 3 status check emails to 3 different programs and received 3 rejections from those programs in, like, one day. I swear I was polite in my email, I just think they were gonna reject me anyway. Not sure what advice I can give, but I can tell you that they haven't sent out any formal rejections yet, so I figure they're sitting on a big pile of rejections waiting for the right moment or something.
  2. I've driven around Canyon Crest, and you're right, it's quite lovely. I'm just a little concerned that it's out of my price range. What are the rents like for 1BR? Can you walk or bike to campus? Is there shuttle/bus service to the area?
  3. After I got accepted into my first choice program, I sent polite status check emails to the dept secretaries of the other programs where I disclosed that I was considering an offer from another university. Within 3 days all of the schools I sent the status check email to rejected me. I'm not sad about the rejections, but it did give me pause - I don't think my status check email was rude in any way, in fact it even said that if my application status wasn't available, that was fine - I just think those programs had me low on their ranking list (thanks to low GREs), so by sending me those rejections they were probably saying "take the offer from the other university." In hindsight, I'm not sure if I did the right thing. If my goal was to weigh the options between different schools, then I really blew it. However, I really really wanted my first choice school, so for me it worked. Still, I wouldn't reccommend this tactic to everyone.
  4. Hi, Thanks for all the info, I'll definitely look for a 1Bdr in the Eastside area. In terms of robberies, is it limited to property or do people get hurt? Where I live now there's a lot of vandalism and theft, but very little person on person violence. I've learned to get good locks on my doors and windows here, and been perfectly fine. Also, I've heard about car windows getting smashed in Riverside. Is that for theft - like someone left a laptop in the car - or vandalsim - criminals just like breaking car windows? There are a lot of broken car windows in my current neighborhood, but it's always to steal a radio or something expensive. My building has garage parking so I'll probably look for that in Riverside as well. How's the bus service to the cheaper neighborhoods west of UCR? Is it worth it to live a little farther away from campus, save rent and take the bus, since it's free? Thanks for your time, BTW, this has all been very helpful.
  5. Hi, I'm moving to Riverside in a few months to start the PhD program, so wherever I choose I want to live there for 6-7 years. What I'm looking for: 1. Close to campus (walking/short biking) distance 2. Close to bus/shuttle stop - especially if the bus/shuttle runs till 9 or 10 at night 3. Close to businesses, like supermarket and starbucks 4. Studio or efficiency apartment is fine, I don't need a full kitchen or a lot of space. 5. I'm a non-smoker, single female, no pets, no loud noise. That said, I honestly don't mind if other people have pets, loud noise or smoke. 6. I live in a (fairly) bad neighborhood right now, and I'm doing just fine. I'm not fussy about having to live in a "pretty" neighborhood, and petty crime/vandalsim doesn't bother me either, especially if it means that the rents are cheaper. I'm planning on moving in on sept 1, but I'll be out of town till late August, so I will need to get a sense of which neighborhoods and buildings are good in the early summer. Any suggestions/ideas?
  6. Thank you! Yes, it feels more real now. I think I just got scared or something. Or I've heard too many horror stories about getting "in" then it all falling apart, so now I believe it and wow it's very wild to suddenly know what I'm going to be doing for the next 6 years.
  7. Hey, I have a question about this. I'm probably paranoid, but if any of you have had a similar situation, please let me know. I attended the a Comparative Literature Graduate Recruitment Day yesterday, and toward the end of the day the Graduate Recruitment Advisor took me into the hallway and said, "The department has decided to offer you an acceptance into the PhD program with a full funding package. The Graduate Division has approved your acceptance offer as well, so you should get the offer in email and postal mail soon." I asked how soon, and she said the offer had to get routed one more time through the department, and then it goes back to the grad division and they send the offer to me. She couldn't give me a super-definite timeframe for these last steps, but she made it sound like it was no big deal, just a last round of "routing." She congratulated me on the acceptance, shook my hand, etc.. so I'm accepted, right? Sorry, I'm just beyond paranoid and obviously need reassurance. I guess I'll still be on the edge of my seat until I get the offical letter.
  8. I'm in Comparative Literature, so I don't have a lot of information about UCR in the sciences. Good luck in your interview!
  9. I'm bringing a very small, slim case (about the size of a file folder) with my notebook, notes/questions about the program, and two articles by profs in the department with my annotations. I'm tempted to bring my laptop, as it's extremely thin and would fit in there, but I also think I'll just want to pull it out all the time but then I won't take it out because that's way rude... so I'll leave the laptop at home (thus elmimating that internal debate) and just keep my iphone on silent. That said, I will be there all day, it's gonna be hard to go a day without my laptop... but honestly I think it's necessary. Oh, I'm also bringing small items that make me calm and happy, like breath strips, for example - gives you the nice calming flavor of mint without the rude chewing thing you could do with gum.
  10. For me, it was not too bad in the moment of getting rejected, but at school today it hit me incredibly hard. I haven't told the other students in my cohort yet, and one of them had me help her with a paper this morning, so I was talking about literature and theory on an intensely complex level and all the while in the back of my mind, thinking, "I won't get to do this anymore in a couple months." That. just. hurt. I have one official rejection, three implicit rejections and one halfway decent chance at a wait list. Like you all, I'm really starting to feel depressed. Gonna try to take my mind off it by doing some schoolwork now.
  11. You know, there may be some truth to the camel link thing. My rejection letter arrived by postal mail today. Ah, well.
  12. Just got my first rejection today. Very depressed, even though it wasn't my first choice. Now feeling snappy and reactionary toward people who love me. Wah.
  13. Comparative Literature. And this is actually more like an interview day, definitely not an open house.
  14. I just did camel link, and it came up as an invalid ID. Thinking that means my rejection is sitting my mailbox right now
  15. Anyone do a recruitment day informal group interview kind of thing for Comp Lit or English? Could really use some advice, especially on how to prepare. I'm most worried about how much profs stuff I should read, since I don't know exactly who will be there, aside from the profs with administrative positions. Help!
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