practical cat

Not yet. But they are welcome to call me ANY TIME DAY OR NIGHT.

Because I said I'd come back with this. Please, please read Anne Curzan's "Says Who." Anyone who thinks NOT using the singular "they" is traditional is seriously mistaken -- we have been using it for hundreds of years and it was only in recent conduct books that it was deemed "wrong." I really, really, REALLY hate ze/hir but, eh.

And I wish I had this problem! I work in a middle school and the amount of people who think I am a (really very professionally dressed) student is sad. Cannot wait for grey hair.

Ugh. Can't seem to post a video right now. Be back later with that.

23 in a few days.

<3 Your feelings are totally valid and real. You are also great and I hope you remember that part soon.

I literally only know it as the place where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain. It sounds like an OK place though (BET YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD THAT ONE).

Hahahahaha, YES IT IS. I've never noticed that UM people have any of the vitriol that seems to be directed AT Michigan but I have noticed that we are all kind of robotic about school spirit. I've definitely heard "go blue" being used as a kind of "what's up" or "hey."

SEE?!?!? Ohio people are always trying to get other people to finish spelling the state for them. It's FOUR LETTERS you guys!

Srsly. You guys don't want to go to Michigan anyway. All of the undergrads respond to everything with "go blue" and you'll only be committing yourself to 6 years of endless parking tickets if you move to Ann Arbor. Anyway, datatape says some great, wise, wonderful stuff.

Congrats Michigan admits!!!!!!!

I think this might actually be true of every profession. I can't count how many really easy jobs I have had (been working crappy jobs for about 8 years now) where I have just been waiting for someone to notice that I wasn't good enough. If I were the POTUS, I would just be constantly waiting for the country to realize they've made a terrible mistake. I'd be hoping that was youthful insecurity that I would grow out of but plenty of real adults feel it I guess. There are no right answers, guys.

I knooooooow. I'm on my phone and that was all I could remember of the username. I promise that isn't at all passive aggressive, ha.

Why am I at work when I could be home playing the Gatsby game????? The Buffalo page seems to change in some way before each round of decisions (this is historically true too) but never in any way that actually signifies anything. I'm not worried so much as I would rather not get rejected right on the heels of Cornell. Call me, Rutgers!

Congrats, (Not)! I was wondering who that was! So happy for you! So quick, so great.

Congratulations!

No, just a new, completely confusing category. I don't trust changes to the page. Especially when I don't understand them.

I randomly visited the Buffalo status site for the first time in AAAAAGES (though it's actually on my chrome most visited page sad story) and it's changed again. Rejections are probably forthcoming. Shit, you guys.

lol THIS.

Thanks, cicada. I figured it had to be something like that (or a mistaken click but this is better to hear). Congratulations and good luck!

That is so great! Congratulations!

Could someone claim/explain the "waitlist via other" for Brandeis? What is the "other"?

Exactly. I mean, my Gap Year #1 has been pretty ok (sometimes even really great!) but I'm just not doing what I want to be doing and it's definitely not the kind of luxury that many, many people propose. I'm working hard and I'm working quite a bit and barely getting by financially. I'm not doing the "things I want to do" any more than I would be in grad school. I suspect Gap Year #2 will be better but I'd honestly still prefer to be going to grad school since that's actually in line with what I'd like to be doing. Still though. REALLY glad I didn't go through this process last year. As much as I know I would rather be in grad school right now, there was no way I could've picked myself back up after a grueling senior year and hit the ground running the way I would be able to this September. Last summer, I really, truly did not want it at that point in my life. Had I locked myself into something, it would've been just as depressing as my awful jobs. Also, man. The application that I would've produced in the midst of taking a full load, teaching, and writing a thesis would've been actually hilariously bad instead of just OK.

I BELIEVE IN YOU. SORRY.

They don't necessarily. They're independently run programs. When you get in, let me know if you have any questions. I have pretty deep connections to the WS dept.