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  1. heyDW
    I'm so sorry, that really stings...but are those your stats on the admissions page? If so, they're very impressive! I hope you get a good response soon.
  2. heyDW
    I just got my funding letter from UMN. Super competitive + they have a good track record of funding in the summer. Woohoo!
  3. heyDW
    I'm excited to go to sleep just so I can hopefully wake up to more schools sending out stuff. Weekends are so slowwwww.
  4. heyDW
    My husband lived near Houston and then Tuscaloosa, Alabama before moving with me to Minnesota for grad school. I think the #1 thing that made a difference for him was a GOOD winter coat and snow boots. He got a North Face jacket and Sorrell boots (sp on everything-- I'm half asleep on the couch) and he loves them. We will also be making remote start a priority in our next vehicle.
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    @ejpril88 Nope, I don't know anything about Mass Comm...I will say my UMN acceptance came nearly 2 weeks after what the gradcafe's admissions pages showed in past years, so it may be slow all over. Hopefully you hear soon!
  6. heyDW
    I don't think U of Iowa has made any decisions yet!
  7. heyDW
    CONGRATS! Woohoo! That's awesome! I'm doing PhD after MA because I think job security is a lot better for folks with PhDs...as is pay. I also really like learning stuff that blows my mind, heheh.
  8. heyDW
    @DBear! That whole day sounds SO stressful! Babies and toddlers are exhausting. ....but how'd the interview go??? hehe
  9. heyDW
    Low calorie ice cream that is high protein and doesn't taste like crap! I lift weights so it's my favorite thing on the planet, hahaha.
  10. heyDW
    Thanks for the positivity, @DBear and very true! Even my other Dec deadline school doesn't start sending out decisions til mid/late February.
  11. heyDW
    I totally get the anxiety. I feel SO lucky that I received my first admit so early in the game because I was already a wreck. I have renewed anxiety hoping my husband and I get in to the same program again, but it does make a difference knowing I have some direction if nothing else pans out. Thinking of you all and sending you lots of ice cream vibes. I'm definitely grabbing some Halo Top on payday.
  12. heyDW
    Congrats on Temple @DBear! Great program, plus Philly is amazing!!
  13. heyDW
    thanks folks! We have a few more we applied to together so we're looking forward and hoping something else pans out. we ate pizza and watched cartoons, so mourning is complete hehe.
  14. heyDW
    he was rejected gonna go hide in darkness for a while
  15. heyDW
    THIS IS THE LONGEST DAY
  16. heyDW
    Thanks folks. We should have the official decision any time now. He managed to teach but I've been squirming in bed reloading the page for hours!
  17. heyDW
    It's changed but waiting for the decision to be posted. He's doing better than me about it, haha.
  18. heyDW
    @ejpril88 don't worry! If a program accepts you, it means they want you there and believe you can do it. Most PhD programs, I assume, will have a particular way they want things done and will break us down and build us back up in the first semester. If you're prepared to read a lot and ask questions, you will be just fine.
  19. heyDW
    Agree @DBear, a quick email to a few different POI helped me a lot-- even ended up not applying to two programs because the exchange gave me a bad feeling. It's 4+ years of our life, I know they get a lot of emails and it's tedious but I'm paying more than my TA stipend to apply to programs and work with these people. Having said that, I would usually go through the DGS and they would CC the POI in their response.
  20. heyDW
    Minor update for those following along at home...friend of mine from my department's application said "final review" this morning, changed to "decision made" around noon, and by 5 she had a letter saying she'd been rejected from UMN husband's hasn't moved since "final review", which also changed early this morning. hoping it isn't an ominous sign and has more to do with separate tracks...gah
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    He applied to Critical Media and I applied to Rhetoric. I'm a bit worried because I got a "congrats" email from the DGS last night, but I'm also wondering if Rhetoric acceptances went out first....he has more research and teaching experience than me and great LoRs, and his interests fit. It's impossible not to analyze it repeatedly ????
  22. heyDW
    Thanks y'all! I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high but I also drove around my dream apartment in St. Paul this weekend soooo...
  23. heyDW
    My husband's UMN status changed...should know by tomorrow. Gaaaaaah!!!
  24. heyDW
    @ejpril88 oh sorry! Basically when grad students are just trying too hard to make everything sound perfect...grad school is hard and grad students go through a pretty tough transition, so I think it's natural and even healthy to have a bit of cynicism about the experience. For example, when I went to the National Communication Association's grad school fair this year and there were so many grad ambassadors talking about their programs as if they were perfect and there was no conflict and the faculty were all best friends and after being with my husband who is a full time faculty member and being part time faculty myself, I just don't buy it. Conflict is natural and good and it gives the grad students something to bond over, haha.
  25. heyDW
    Someone once told me to watch how the grad students interact with each other & talk to you about the program like, they should be a LITTLE bitter, not overly complimentary but not miserable either. In a group there should be a little mutual commiserating but with good humor-- these all indicate the students trust each other and have a mutual understanding and that they're not trying to oversell. It's helped me!
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