coho Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 To the person who got into the Banana Harvesting program at Monkey U.--did they contact you for an interview before you were accepted? I applied there too, but I haven't heard anything from them yet, and I'm soooo nervous. Congrats, though! I'm jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopelessly_Neurotic Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I wouldn't get your hopes up. I've just been rejected (too ashamed to post it on the results board). Apparently I didn't use the word "banana" enough times in my SOP. 56 times would have probably got me admittance with guaranteed funding of 15K (in bananas, of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAN Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 To the one who got rejected on the results page, I'd imagine you'd have a better chance of arguing for speciel (species-al? special?) discrimination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polumetis23 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 They flew me in for a final interview (didn't mention it 'cause I hate when people start beating their chests about whether decisions have been made), but I had to stay in a cage the whole time and it was pretty cramped, which didn't bode well in my mind for department facilities in general. I thought having to conduct the entire interview in sign language was a bit contrived and tedious as well. Of course I know it, why keep making me demonstrate the obvious? Seems like a very green department overall, which, as anyone who knows bananas knows, ain't a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heymanyo Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 At least they gave you the actual interview. They flew me all the way out there, and as soon as I sat down to begin, they just started flinging an unmentionable by-product of digestion at me! :oops: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 Enough of this monkey business! Your aping of the admissions process is driving me bananas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadhelyn Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 I know a visiting professor from Monkey University out here in Asheboro. He's working on a project comparing the Bible and Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Wants to figure out if he's his brother's keeper or his keeper's brother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopelessly_Neurotic Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I know a visiting professor from Monkey University out here in Asheboro. He's working on a project comparing the Bible and Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Wants to figure out if he's his brother's keeper or his keeper's brother. What would we do without comic relief??? Seems like there is no shortage of people on this site who've been able to maintain a healthy sense of humor in the midst of all this application insanity... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdilks Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I mean, if you've got every monkey in the world working on their applications day and night, a couple of them are bound to come up with the perfect SOP eventually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeful Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'm worried about the ratio of hoots to gibbers in my SOP. And I'm afraid my dominance display was more style than substance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnesotan Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 I'm worried about the ratio of hoots to gibbers in my SOP. And I'm afraid my dominance display was more style than substance. Hopefully the university operates on the level of group -- rather than individual -- selection, then. A well-framed 'for the good of the species' argument might put your application over the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDLee Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 What would we do without comic relief??? Seems like there is no shortage of people on this site who've been able to maintain a healthy sense of humor in the midst of all this application insanity... Thank God for that. Honestly, I think that somewhere in the process the brain just turns to mush...and we're left with...well...insanity. I've heard it said that only crazy people try to do grad school ("What a waste of your twenties!" is a common refrain from the peanut gallery...or is that the banana gallery? LoL). Although, at this point, I've heard that Monkey University is throwing fellowships like dung...so I'm headed that direction, if I can help it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholinguist Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 Didn't they do some exchange program with the University of Michigan? I recall it having its very own monkey pit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkle456 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I wouldn't get your hopes up. I've just been rejected (too ashamed to post it on the results board). Apparently I didn't use the word "banana" enough times in my SOP. 56 times would have probably got me admittance with guaranteed funding of 15K (in bananas, of course). LOLOLOLOL this is priceless. No big, is this really the name? Monkey U...I thought it was a hoax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poiuyt Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 LOLOLOLOL this is priceless. No big, is this really the name? Monkey U...I thought it was a hoax. Oh yeah, it's a top uni - the only downfall being their unfortunate habit of funding in bananas... But hey, 15K is 15K. And I'm afraid my dominance display was more style than substance. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholinguist Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 Oh yeah, it's a top uni - the only downfall being their unfortunate habit of funding in bananas... But hey, 15K is 15K. And you can always get a savings account for bananas, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liszt85 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 The aid package also contains free housing in plantain leaf houses. Each grad student gets one to him/herself. There's also a compulsory meal plan which would enable smooth bowel motion every morning. Its what they call a "self-sustaining" meal plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baryon Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 This thread is mystifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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