oseirus Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 In general? I'm not sure. In USC's case I know they have the Provost Fellowship, which you are nominated for by your department and compete for with admitted students from all the university. It's a pretty sweet deal though. I wonder how many other schools have such a set up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazedandinfused Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I'm officially losing it. From the moment I wake up until the hours I spend tossing and turning in bed, my mind is thoroughly preoccupied with applications. My wacky application dream consisted of one of my recommenders calling me into his office and telling me that my usage of which/that was so consistently wrong that I would need to pay him $10 per letter in order for him to recommend me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielocks Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Awww, C&C. That's actually pretty funny. Deep breaths. Vodka. Chocolate. Repeat. In an effort to keep my mind of off applications, I decided that now would be a great time to start brushing up on one of my other languages. I thought I'd solicit thoughts on Rosetta Stone. Anyone? It's for a romance language that I have very little training in, but would like to be able to read someday, and to speak a little of. Have any of you used it? Do you recommend it? I'd rather spend $500 on the complete set than $5500 to take the summer courses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oseirus Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 In an effort to keep my mind of off applications, I decided that now would be a great time to start brushing up on one of my other languages. I thought I'd solicit thoughts on Rosetta Stone. Anyone? It's for a romance language that I have very little training in, but would like to be able to read someday, and to speak a little of. Have any of you used it? Do you recommend it? I'd rather spend $500 on the complete set than $5500 to take the summer courses. I have used it for a little bit and it does a good job of giving you a basic understanding of a language, if you're willing to invest the time. I, unfortunately, did not have the time to fully invest in it but the few days that I spent using it came in really handy when I was on vaccation. That's my small & somewhat horrible input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielocks Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 Thanks, oseirus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigaba Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) Congratulations, CPetersen! If you end up a Trojan, I suspect you'll find scholars in the history department as committed to the development of their students as one would like. USC has been very aggressive in their recruitment. FWIW, this was my experience as well. Edited January 16, 2012 by Sigaba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybaxter Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Someone googled me for the first time tonight and I have a pretty unique name so I doubt he/she was looking for someone else. I guess I've generated at least some interest out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapperDaddy Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 how do you find out if someone googles you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielocks Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Someone googled me for the first time tonight and I have a pretty unique name so I doubt he/she was looking for someone else. I guess I've generated at least some interest out there. Yes, I've had several over the past couple of days. One can only hope this is a good sign, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielocks Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 how do you find out if someone googles you? Well, I just look at my stats on my Academia.edu page. I'm not sure about everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybaxter Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 how do you find out if someone googles you? You need to make a profile on academia.edu and the site will send you an email if someone googles you and clicks on a link to your profile there. You can view what the person's google search term was and what country he/she was in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielocks Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Tay, do you ever find that Academia.edu lists several searches/page views, but didn't catch the search keywords? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oseirus Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Someone googled me for the first time tonight and I have a pretty unique name so I doubt he/she was looking for someone else. I guess I've generated at least some interest out there. Are you sure you don't have a stalker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeLight Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 time for my annual "turn off the internet" post: most of you won't hear anything, positive or negative, until mid-february. right now, it's mid-january. with a few exceptions (which seem to be genuine surprises, so there's no way to predict them) you won't get any news for the next 3-4 weeks. so do yourself a favour and don't visit this website in that time. if you get an email from a school, it will arrive regardless of whether or not you check this website. if you get a letter in the mail, that will also arrive regardless of the power of the internet. if february 15 comes and goes with no word, log back on and see if others have heard from the same school yet. but do yourself a favour and wait until february 15 to start haunting this place in the hope that you'll get some inside info. otherwise, the next month will crawl. goldielocks, TMP and Safferz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazedandinfused Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Sometimes I feel like Strangelight is my wise godmother. I'm deleting this bookmark (again) and I'm gonna try really hard to forget that I have ten applications pending. Bye everybody!! I mean it this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybaxter Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Tay, do you ever find that Academia.edu lists several searches/page views, but didn't catch the search keywords? Not yet, but I haven't been on academia.edu for very long. I'll look out for that in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybaxter Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Someone posted interviews for History from UPenn and Yale on the results page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taybaxter Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Interesting thing I just noticed as well. Just checked my app status on the Columbia page and I saw that my thesis adviser submitted two recs. I wonder if she wanted to do that or if it was a strange fluke in the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielocks Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 Someone posted interviews for History from UPenn and Yale on the results page... Yeah, I saw that and my heart sank a bit. But big congratulations to that poster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelkel Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 goldielocks, I think you're a little too old to be applying for Hogwarts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldielocks Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 goldielocks, I think you're a little too old to be applying for Hogwarts... Haha, you are the first to notIce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maeisenb Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Someone posted interviews for History from UPenn and Yale on the results page... I've read the history forum recently, but refrained from commenting (per StrangeLight's views on the matter) since things will arrive when they arrive, the Penn one seems a bit odd considering that it says the person got an interview offer on Dec 15. Not saying it's made up, but just that applications to Penn were due on that day, so seems a bit unlikely... goldielocks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oseirus Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 goldielocks, I think you're a little too old to be applying for Hogwarts... you're never too old for Hogwarts ... I mean look at Moanin' Myrtle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfluousflo Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Interesting thing I just noticed as well. Just checked my app status on the Columbia page and I saw that my thesis adviser submitted two recs. I wonder if she wanted to do that or if it was a strange fluke in the system. Yeah yeah, I have a duplicate submission from a recommender too. Not sure what's up with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapperDaddy Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 you're never too old for Hogwarts ... I mean look at Moanin' Myrtle Durmstrang is way better, but I missed their application deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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