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congrats, pim! was the email sent today?

No, not at all! I've always told myself that if I end up teaching high school english, I will be totally fine!

LOVE THIS. my mom ordered me a dozen cupcakes to ease the stress....needless to say, they're gone!

hey everyone! hope everyone is hanging in there! does anyone know if footnotes and/or endnotes count in page lengths? I have some pretty chunky footnotes and am wondering if the space they will take up will count in my page limit. haven't found any specific guidelines on this. thanks!!

blah it's details like THESE that are going to drive us crazy for the next few weeks! and I'm still fighting with my WS and SOP. how are people managing what feels like constant, chronic stress?

on this topic, are there any MA programs similar to Georgetown's or Villanova's that people recommend? Those both look unique and great...and seem to offer really supportive environments!

wow, congrats guys! still fighting with my northwestern SOP to try to get it down to 400-500 words (WHAT?!)

congrats! I'm still in the midst of heavy revisions.

what schools have such early deadlines? mildly freaking out that I'm late, haha!

hey everyone! I need some good, solid "pleasure reading" books for this month to balance out all of the work for grad school apps...recently, I've really been enjoying Eugenides, Patchett, etc... hope everyone can make their app process as cozy and holiday-y as possible!!

I'd love to read these examples as well!!

Oh me neither. I must have left at least 50 blank. That 2 hours and 50 minutes went by SO quickly

That was awful. I didn't even finish.

This is SO ME as well! Some days, after meeting with really encouraging professors, I'm like "YAY I totally want to be a literary scholar," and then other days, I'll be working on my WS and not be able to string two sentences together! Also, a totally random, unrelated question: Are people putting their language strengths in their SOP? Where do those show up? I have taken a French lit class and can speak French well, but I don't want to just arbitrarily stick it somewhere in my SOP...

I also love Columbia's statement about the Lit GRE...it's something like, "We do not feel the GRE is an adequate representation of your abilities as a literary scholar" or something...I read that whenever I am feeling downtrodden about this darn test!

Hey! Is anyone else starting to freak out about the upcoming English GRE test? If so, what are everyone's last minute study plans? It's always helpful to commiserate together

I guess as we're on the topic of the CV, I'm unclear as to exactly what to put on my CV? I'm just a senior in college (undergrad), so it's not like I've had any publications or anything like that to speak of. I've done a few journalism and PR internships, as well as a teaching internship. Are these CVs supposed to look like the resumes of our friends who are seeking jobs in the "real" world? Thanks!

Hi, everyone! I'm just reading about various professors at different English PhD programs and figuring out which ones to list in my Statement of Purpose as profs I'm interested in working with. I was wondering, should I list only full professors or associate professors? Not assistant professors, right? Also, how many professors should I list in each of my statements of purpose? Thanks!

Are there any other good courses for download from iTunes? My eyes can only take so much reading a day - listening would be a nice change!

I would personally love help from experienced SoP writers -- I'd particularly love to read examples! I know there's a really specific way to do it. If anyone's willing to share theirs, please let me know! Thank you so much! Also, I have no idea what I'm doing, but for style and whatnot, I'm happy to read anyone elses!

Hi, everyone! Does anyone know when we can register for the English GRE in October or November? The GRE website isn't letting me register, but I want to have a plan, haha. Also, anyone else taking it this fall?

Hi everyone! So glad someone made this post for our year! I'm a Victorianist looking mostly at East Coast/Midwest Schools. Also interested in critical theory, comparative arts, gender/sexuality studies. So glad to find other people who are doing this too...my school mostly churns out pre-meds and future CEO's, so I am glad to find a community of other hopeful academics.