ekant Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 It's so difficult to wait. I've been rejected from 8 PhD programs now. Of the 3 remaining PhD programs I'm waiting to hear from, 2 of them are my top choices, though. Must get one acceptance. Must. One.
Julianne Pigoon Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 If I get in and you get waitlisted, ekant, you can have my spot. Unlikely as it is. I will email them and say "You give ekant my spot. No, I don't know his/her real name. Neither do I know his/her gender."
ekant Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 If I get in and you get waitlisted, ekant, you can have my spot. Unlikely as it is. I will email them and say "You give ekant my spot. No, I don't know his/her real name. Neither do I know his/her gender." Julianne Pigoon, I love you. This is my dream school. Dream program. Dream. I would so appreciate that spot. However, if you get in, I mean, it's kinda yours, ya know? I would potentially chop off one of my testicles to go to this school. Now you know my gender. Maybe.
Julianne Pigoon Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) It's not entirely altruistic. I've been having second thoughts about starting a PhD program this year as this has been more a crusade than a desire. I'm really kind of hoping that I just get into CMU for Master's. There are some specific things I'd like to do other than school for six some odd years right now. I will eventually get my PhD, but if I do get into Oregon this season, I might just go rather than risk another season of rejections. If that implausible scenario plays out though, and I choose not to go, I'm serious that you can have my spot. Save your testicles, son. Edited March 5, 2012 by Julianne Pigoon
ekant Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 What kind of second thoughts have you been having? I can definitely understand the wanting to do other things rather than sit through another six years of school when, in reality, we've been in school for many many many years straight. I will take you up on that. I'll call the University of Oregon personally and tell them that Julianne Pigoon wants her spot to go to me. I'll save the testes, yay.
Julianne Pigoon Posted March 5, 2012 Author Posted March 5, 2012 Well, I have a 2-and-a-half-year-old that I would prefer to be home with, for one. I'd like to reproduce more, and though I have faculty that are like "it's great to have newborns at dissertation stage! You set your own schedule!" the very thought of it makes me dizzy. I'm thinking about home-schooling because I'm the weird liberal opposite of most homeschoolers who don't want their kids exposed to the idea of not god and sex and whatever else. Socialists. Obama. Reality. Mostly I just take issue with public schooling as it is. I'm also a visual artist and a creative writer, and in choosing a major (I was initially an art major), I had to put other talents and interests aside to focus on my academic work. I never even took a creative writing class. The thought that I could take time to do art, write creatively, and give my kid(s) an arts-and-literature-based early experience is really appealing. I still, however, like the idea of CMU's funded year-long Master's, and I think CMU, as awesome as Oregon is, would be better for me in the long-run. They don't have a feeder program, per se, but it seems like it's an unspoken leg up as they have a few students of their small PhD cohort who were CMU MAs. I would seriously consider an offer, if I got one, from Oregon, but if I also got one from CMU, I'd rather go there, and give myself the opportunity to really think out all the timing and desire. Life, bro.
ekant Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Ah, those are definitely some good reasons to take some time off! Pursuing some time in the visual and creative arts sounds wonderful. If I could just tour the country playing music (I'm a musician, too), then I so would, but I'm in the academic mindset and I feel like I may get too far removed from the academic mind set if I abandon it for a long while. CMU's program sounds great. I had never looked into it. There were many programs that I wish I had looked into. If I get into Oregon I'm going. That's it. I'm anxiously awaiting some type of decision. Rejection would suck, but I know it's a huge possibility. For real. Life is grim sometimes.
Julianne Pigoon Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 I agree, it might be hard to take time off and then get back into this again. Even still, I feel like I need a break, mostly because my honors thesis is killing me. Six more years of this really might actually do it. The stress. CMU does seem really great. The people there seem so awesome. It's everything I could want out of a program. If it appeals to you and you don't get into Oregon, and neither my giving up my hypothetical spot nor genital dismemberment help, apply there next season fsho. Okay back to thesis x_x!
ekant Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Bahhhh, honors theses.... I finished both my Philosophy thesis (60 pages long) and my senior English capstone last semester. It was a large struggle, so I know how you feel. You got this! I will look into it if I have to do another round! I got into an MA program today (with some funding), so maybe I won't have to do the second round stuff. Still dunno yet! Cheers on the thesis. I literally glued myself (okay, I didn't really glue myself, but I sat myself down) to a chair for hours on end and refused to get up before certain parts of my thesis were complete. Stressful, but it worked. You'll finish it up, I have faith!
jamie_w Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Congrats on your Eau Claire acceptance, ekant! Has anyone heard anything from Oregon yet? I really hope we hear this week!
ekant Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Thanks, jamie_w! It seems that nobody has heard from Oregon yet... I realllllllllly hope we hear back soon too. Oregon has been my top choice school since I picked schools to apply to back in October. And before considering English programs I was considering Philosophy programs (I have both BA's), and even then Oregon was my top choice! It'd be a dream to get in there. When I e-mailed the graduate administrative assistant, Michael Stamm, he said that they'd be letting us know in "early March - hopefully."
jamie_w Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Thanks so much for the info., ekant! My fingers are crossed that we receive some news this week--I keep checking the website, but no updates yet.
ekant Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Lol, I check the website many times a day. I hope they don't have a tracker on how many times one logs into that system to check the status of applications. If they do, then they'll surely think I'm seriously neurotic.
Julianne Pigoon Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 Bahhhh, honors theses.... I finished both my Philosophy thesis (60 pages long) and my senior English capstone last semester. It was a large struggle, so I know how you feel. You got this! I will look into it if I have to do another round! I got into an MA program today (with some funding), so maybe I won't have to do the second round stuff. Still dunno yet! Cheers on the thesis. I literally glued myself (okay, I didn't really glue myself, but I sat myself down) to a chair for hours on end and refused to get up before certain parts of my thesis were complete. Stressful, but it worked. You'll finish it up, I have faith! Congrats on your admit! One admit is better than no admit! Yee, I got dis. I can do this, I will do this, even if I have to literally glue my butt to a chair. Thank you for your confidence. Nels 1
jamie_w Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 ekant, I hope the application website is not like evite, where the creator can see when you last viewed it; I would, for sure, be rejected for obvious neurotic tendencies! Julianne, good luck with your thesis!
Julianne Pigoon Posted March 6, 2012 Author Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) I know on Buffalo's website they log your last date of sign-in. No one is paying attention, though. Thanks, Jamie :] Edited March 6, 2012 by Julianne Pigoon
ekant Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 Last date of sign-in I can handle, but if they check the amount of times I sign-in a day then we're going to have some trouble haha.
Julianne Pigoon Posted March 7, 2012 Author Posted March 7, 2012 (edited) Really sorry, ekant. Oregon? More like BOREgon! Edited March 7, 2012 by Julianne Pigoon
ekant Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 LOL! Thank you, that made me laugh. This rejection definitely stung, though. I really thought I had a shot. Good luck to the rest of you folks!
user_name Posted March 7, 2012 Posted March 7, 2012 no news on mine yet. looked like most of those rejections were from the phd program though
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