Clou12 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 People keep telling me, "You'll get in somewhere." For some reason that just makes me more frustrated and doesn't comfort me at all. So since I have no time to make a video about this. Plus there like a million videos about what "people say" on YouTube. Care to share what people have been saying to you? Just for humor folks aberrant, Lycidas, earresponsible and 23 others 26
quantitative Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "RELAX. You'll get in everywhere!" My least favorite line ever Nanolol, nackteziege, MissData and 28 others 31
fenderpete Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "You applied THERE?!?!" Nanolol, lisnica, callyw22 and 7 others 10
Sash2012 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 You can't do anything about it now, just relax. doingthings, AJ09, Friendlyasafrog and 16 others 19
contretemps Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "You're studying again? You'll end up being a librarian" -This is wrong in so many levels. stephchristine0, akyl, siarabird and 5 others 8
kazoo Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "think of something else!" firewisp11 and Olee_Beantown 2
silentskye Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 4. You're so smart, of course you'll get in! 3. You'll get in because everyone knows the average American is an uneducated redneck, so there'll be no competition (hurrah for feel-good foreigner philosophy) 2. What's your Plan B? And my personal favorite... 1. You know you can always teach highschool when you finish your English PhD. Yup. I'm disturbed. Thank you for this thread. Foon, Armadilla, jerzygrl and 11 others 14
deleteduser0333 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Thanks OP, that's the most frustrating line ever. Especially if you hate it being just "somewhere" ore you are 80% sure you are getting into nowhere. "Think about a backup plan" Edited January 30, 2012 by dec4rhapsody Clay Made, aldoushuxley, njm.black and 1 other 4
Grunty DaGnome Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 You still haven't heard anything? Gosh, when will you know? nackteziege, awwdeerp, Bigcat and 13 others 16
Athenrein Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "What are you going to do when you graduate?" thunder_bird, callyw22, AWall2014 and 6 others 9
elmambo Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) 1. You did well on your GRE? Then you must get in! 2. How long is grad school (Ph.D.) gonna take? two years? 3. So you' re not gonna earn any money for the next 5 to 6 years? (after hearing the answer to 2) Edited January 30, 2012 by elmambo LLajax, raggy, siarabird and 9 others 12
TypeA Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "Wait, what? I thought you were going to medical school." the green saint, mspsych, OutWest and 12 others 15
Clou12 Posted January 30, 2012 Author Posted January 30, 2012 Someone else said to me, "There is no money in education." Duh! I have spent 13 years in education, I think my bank account and I know that quite well. Another goodie, "Are you sure you did everything you could on your apps?" I actually considered adding glitter in my FedEx envelope for my transcripts, but hopefully spending almost 6 months preparing for the GRE, 3 months on the statement and obsessing over my apps even AFTER I submitted should be enough. Well, I guess I could have sent a musical card too. sugarmilk, gouache, CrownJules and 17 others 20
Grunty DaGnome Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 2. How long is grad school (Ph.D.) gonna take? two years? Oh yes. That's one of my favorites as well. alison14, Tin Sn and Friendlyasafrog 3
snes Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) 1. "You spent all day on your applications? You're still not finished?" 2. "And what are you going to do when you're done?" (absolutely no one cares about what I'll do when I'm there) 3. "But are there any things you could do with that in the world?" <--this person would not listen to me until I started talking about music therapy, which is luckily a genuine interest of mine, albeit still on the research side of things. 4. "Oh, you got accepted to [unfunded master's at a name brand school]? WOW CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!" vs. "Oh, you got accepted to [a top-ranked doctoral program with full funding for five years but much less local name recognition]? That's nice!" Edited January 30, 2012 by snes sacklunch, m1213, Grunty DaGnome and 23 others 26
koolherc Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 (edited) Oh yes. That's one of my favorites as well. I echo that. Edited January 30, 2012 by koolherc alison14 1
chaetzli Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 my favorite reaction: "oh"... (long silence)... "well, good luck" ... (silence) ..."you know that these programs are very competitive?!" aaaaaaargh!!!!!!! marruma, lisnica, calan23 and 2 others 5
deleteduser0333 Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 my favorite reaction: "oh"... (long silence)... "well, good luck" ... (silence) ..."you know that these programs are very competitive?!" aaaaaaargh!!!!!!! I know! That hurts... +"Maybe you should also consider these schools... there are many decent programs out there..."
cunninlynguist Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "Scared of getting a real job, huh?" "Why are you applying there? Doesn't [insert name of completely random local/regional school] have a good program?" Sursie, ere08, gtownhopeful and 8 others 10 1
burgundykitten Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "Why are you applying to [graduate program] instead of [something that still has your undergrad major in the title]?" My (least) favorite from my aunt: "Do you really need a graduate education?" followed by one news article link every week regarding the uselessness of grad school, etc. LLajax and RebeccaT 2
GreenePony Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 2. How long is grad school (Ph.D.) gonna take? two years? My husband is insistent that a PhD shouldn't take longer than 3-4 years. I laughed at him and told him to wait till I got to that stage and just see. (for the record he will never go for a PhD and his dad took 9 years so I'm not sure where he got that statistic.) "You're so precious! I'm sure you'll get in!" What adult wants to be called precious? Seriously? I know I'm short but I'm not a child. OutWest 1
snes Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 my favorite reaction: "oh"... (long silence)... "well, good luck" ... (silence) ..."you know that these programs are very competitive?!" Ugh, yes. I got that from one or two people, while everyone else has no idea how competitive these programs are. Susie Q Sample down the block got into graduate school on her first try! "Scared of getting a real job, huh?" This one really gets my goat.
Karajan Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 "It's not too late to apply to law school!" Other least favorite: After I got into Berkeley, my parents were going on about how worried they were that I didn't have a back-up plan. It's like, guys, I just got into a great school, why are you still going on about back-up plans? crazygirl2012 1
Quinny Posted January 30, 2012 Posted January 30, 2012 4. "Oh, you got accepted to [unfunded master's at a name brand school]? WOW CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!" vs. "Oh, you got accepted to [a top-ranked doctoral program with full funding for five years but much less local name recognition]? That's nice!" LOL, I got this one a lot...they also say " I've never heard of this school " even though this school is in UC system. Give me a break people! pheonixx, OperationPhDforMe and tangentc 1 2
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