hiphopanonymous

You're talking about Harvard, right? Natch.

Thanks, man. I hope your waitlist turns into an offer. So far Rutgers is my one and only. And plus also I applied to do early modern. In any case I'm excited to go visit and find out more.

I'd be pleasantly surprised if at any point during the day I managed to string together ten consecutive minutes of work.

Long-time listener, first-time caller. Personally, I'm batting 1/11 at the moment. But my brother's applying in a different area of the humanities and hasn't heard from anyone yet. I'm dying for him right now, and for all those in the forum who've gone 0-fer thus far. I've been out of school for a couple years, always carrying around the threat of applying to PhD programs more or less as a way to persuade myself that I don't have to keep doing this job. My brother's finishing an MA right now, and I've been so impressed by his enthusiasm and his fantastic research project and his energy for travel and investigation that I actually got more excited about English grad school than I have been since my second year of undergrad. The mere thought that I might be going to school and he might be sitting out for a year (I will make him apply again--he's too good) is painful. As in so painful I sometimes don't want to go. Anyway, all just to say, for those of you who are anxious about what family members are thinking, what friends are thinking: the ones who love you are pulling for you more than you know. Even the ones who say things like, "Of course you'll get in. You love reading!" They may not understand how hard it is, but they'll see how hard you're taking it. [End sweeping, string-heavy Lifetime score.] Best of luck, all.