justkeepswimming
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Has Penn historically notified over a few days?
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I'm also hoping for Penn but the fact that people have been wait listed already leaves me with little hope.
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For me personally it is not so much I took offense as I think it's useful and productive to be critical. Hypersensitivity is a word often wielded against people who feel the stakes of racism/sexism and speak up about it. It isn't a bad thing that people feel emotions or feel strongly about certain things.
I agree with you and I see what you're saying--my apologies for coming off that way. To be clear, I don't mean to invoke it against those who are URM in any shape or form. It was just a frustrated comment in reaction to general hypersensitivity of this forum towards nearly every other comment (exaggeration) posted.
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I truly admire your ability to come up with an appropriate response via a YouTube video in just ten minutes. Bravo.
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I think we're done with this one. The tone of this form is so much more civil than 99% of the internet, so it's all cool.
I see what you did there.
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It doesn't take much of an extension of logic to see why this question is silly. So we can't take offense to the ideas coming out of somebody's mouth unless they are directed towards us?
This entire conversation started because of a perceived slight that was, in fact, non-existent. Of course we can take offense to things that aren't necessarily directed towards us. It just seemed to me that asleepawake was insisting on taking personal umbrage because DH's comments were "very thoughtless" with respect to Keely. Again, I'm not debating the necessity for discussing AA. This forum is just way too hypersensitive about people stepping on other people's toes.
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asleepawake, I definitely appreciate your opinion and support, but my personal philosophy is that I've had to fight tooth and nail to even get to college in the first place, and it's made me a very dedicated scholar. I think it's wrong for applications to even ask things like race and socioeconomic status, BUT if you ARE going to ask me in the personal prompt if I've overcome any educational challenges, be ready for an earful. I'm not going to hold back, because ultimately I'm looking out for #1.
I don't approve of AA as a general practice, but as DontHate says, it IS a current practice, so if one can take advantage of it, one should. However, I have made sure to try my hardest to pass on the opportunities and good fortune bestowed upon me in the last year or so - I've spent my time at Berkeley tutoring and mentoring the Guardian Scholars Program, which is a privately-funded program to help foster kids transition into college. ONLY 3% of us ever even earn a BA in their lifetime. Sorry, I'm just a little riled up now lol. And I think it's a statistic people should be aware of.
I wish I could upvote this. This is great--thank you.
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I did. Qualifying it doesn't really negate the implications of a statement like that.
I don't think there is anything wrong with having a discussion about AA and the role that diversity does or doesn't play in admissions, but it seems very thoughtless to bring it up in response to another user's acceptances.
Keely didn't take offense, so why are you taking offense?
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You may have said that, but responding to her acceptances with "I know why you really got in" is insulting no matter how you justify it. Getting a diversity fellowship doesn't prove that somebody is an AA admit, either. All it proves is that they got the diversity fellowship; of those admitted, they offered the most in that area.
I CANNOT STAY MAD AT YOUR PUPPYNOSE ICON, though.
I don't think DontHate said anything remotely near "I know why you really got in." I realize that things can be tense on this forum, but let's try not to read into comments too much? And yes, getting or being nominated for a diversity fellowship doesn't take away from any of his/her accomplishments as an applicant.
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Can anyone confirm the lone UCLA admit?
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Sorry to hear about the rejection. Would you mind sharing the first letter of your last name?
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It's a bit odd that only four are posted when there are usually a dozen plus... I guess every year is different though.
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who's got two thumbs & a UCLA rejection?
*this guy!*
Sorry to hear that
I checked my UCLA status and nothing has changed. I also didn't receive any email. Would you mind telling me when your email arrived? -
There are three UCLA rejections up. Can anyone confirm these?
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None of my schools will start notifying until next week at the earliest and I'm already thinking about the next application cycle... Clearly losing it here.
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I definitely just read through all of last year's acceptance threads and this has at least doubled my anxiety about admissions results. I love this forum because it's the only place I can go to, but I also hate it for the same reason ...
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Checking updates on this thread as soon as I wake up has already become a daily ritual... (The second thing I do is to go to the results page)
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Yes! Fortunately (and unfortunately) my dream programs are also the ones with the latest apps.. so that pretty much means I'm going to obsessively rewrite until the beginning of January...ugg..
Seconded. My top programs also happen to have the latest deadlines. I will be revising my SOP/WS for the next two weeks until I submit.
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Is anyone else having massive trouble uploading docs for Columbia? This is not looking good hahaha
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Ah, there was a thread specifically about this. Verdict is that department trumps online app.
They say roughly double spaced 2 pages or 500 words, so I'm going with the former. Somehow I managed to fit ~700 words that way.
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Can anyone confirm that the deadlines for Chicago and Columbia are 12/15 at 11:59PM? I think I'll have to submit in the afternoon after I submit Cornell by 5PM, but I'm paranoid that Chicago and Columbia are also due at some specific time that I'm not managing to find on their websites b/c my brain is fried. Living on the edge
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: charisma matters in academia. Charisma is a type of intelligence. If you can charm your professors into wanting to back you up, then you will go far.
Well said.
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I was told by someone I trust very much, "Do not apply to Chicago or Columbia." And I'm already applying only to programs where I go "just who do I think I am???" with each submission, so. Don't need my list of rejections to be longer, you know? And I can assume from Harvard's rejection what Chicago's would feel like, I think.
Anyway, I've made a last minute decision to apply to another school by the 15 so I'll be at that until 11:59pm Saturday, I fear.
Wait, why not apply to Chicago and Columbia? I've only heard wonderful things from people around me...
Are applications with 12/15 deadlines due at 11:59pm that evening?
I know that Cornell is due 12/15 5PM EST.
And lastly, hurrah for all of us working right up until the end. The next 72 hours or so will not be pleasant, but--I hope--it will be all worth it in the end.
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Am I going to be the only one working up until the last hours to submit December 15 applications? Lovely.
Fall 2013 English Lit Applicants
in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
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Orbis, when did you hear back from Stanford? Just noticed your signature...