bdon19 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Wow, thanks Austin for CC-ing all the acceptances instead of BCC-ing them on this latest visting info email. Not an unprofessional thing to do at all. Muahahaha now I can Facebook stalk you all. Just kidding. Kind of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowe Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Muahahaha now I can Facebook stalk you all. Just kidding. Kind of. Uh, it took me about one second to figure out which one you are. Dokkey and I are relatively safe, for now. Also, I don't see it as terribly unprofessional at all - just trying to foster a sense of community! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdon19 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Uh, it took me about one second to figure out which one you are. Hahaha yeah, I figured. Oh, well. We're among friends, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowe Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Hahaha yeah, I figured. Oh, well. We're among friends, now. Not if you go to Carolina! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ComeBackZinc Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 In the summer before we started, the assistant director of our program set up an email chain for the new rhet/comp cohort. We all talked about ourselves and shared stories and such. Going back over it all months later, it's remarkable how little I see of the people themselves in the emails. How we represent ourselves.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HunkyDory Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Uh, it took me about one second to figure out which one you are. Dokkey and I are relatively safe, for now. Also, I don't see it as terribly unprofessional at all - just trying to foster a sense of community! I mean, you can't tell my name from this username, but I have one of those distinctive names where if you google/facebook it, there's only one result. It's not a big deal cause it's only 20 people, but it's still weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marlowe Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Here is a thematic gif for you all: cquin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hazelbite Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Muahahaha now I can Facebook stalk you all. Just kidding. Kind of. Haha yeah I definitely spent a hot minute on Facebook this morning trying to figure out who was who among us I'm so excited about this program! bdon19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WendyMoira Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 Ha! Wow, I'm behind. I should get on Facebook and do my homework... Did you rhet/comp people get the same people as the English people? Can't tell if we're all mixed together. I'm in English, specifically Victorian lit with a focus on childhood/technology studies. I'm definitely going to the weekend...such a bummer about the date, though. I really would like to decide before then. Anyone know a lot about the Austin area? I'm vaguely considering buying a small house instead of renting, but it's still too early to tell, I think. Also, has anyone talked to their POIs, or anyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 22, 2012 Share Posted February 22, 2012 Any bets on whether waitlist notifications come out before or on the 24th? That "by" is too ambiguous for my current level of neurosis and anxiety Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 There's one wait list up on the board...someone please put me out of my misery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert Pupkin Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 First wait list notification just went up. I don't know why I am still holding out hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 First wait list notification just went up. I don't know why I am still holding out hope. Totally. I just want an email from them letting me know either way so I can mourn and get on with my life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoundandRoundAgain Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I really want people to let us know their fields while they're being wait listed. That would help immensely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Yeah, not one person on this board has mentioned applying in my specialty (ling/lang) so I'm curious if there is someone out in anonymous gradcafe land who heard back from them... Edited February 23, 2012 by antecedant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope. Feathers. Insanity. Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 After talking to a professor in the rhetoric department, it seems some decisions are waiting on news about funding. ... so I'll cuddle up with my last little ounce of hope for this school for at least a day or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 They even fund their waitlisted candidates??!?!? j/k...just dreaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope. Feathers. Insanity. Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 The professor told me (and why-oh-why would she lie - that would just be cruel) that the rhetoric department only accepts the people they can fund... and that they were still waiting on some of their funding. I'm just clinging to this hope. CLINGING. A girl can dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I've been hoping the deadline they set for themselves (Feb 24th - tomorrow!) would be hard just so I could know, but perhaps if what you're saying is true then it isn't? I was under the impression that all UT Austin PhD offers included at least 4-6 years worth of tuition waivers, TA-ships, etc. Perhaps not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope. Feathers. Insanity. Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) If they put me in charge, all the programs would have a hard notify-by date. (accepts and rejects and lists all at once) Why won't anyone put in me charge? I just don't understand it. I would also give everyone a kitten just for applying. Sympathy kittens for everyone. Edited February 23, 2012 by Hope. Feathers. Insanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 I would also give everyone a kitten just for applying. Sympathy kittens for everyone. Yes please! Cuddles for all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 So according to the website, tomorrow is the day. I'm painting my nails yellow right now 'cause either way I'm going to need some fucking sunshine at the office. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsoitgoes161 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 (edited) This is so weird, but I think related. So today I was ruminating on this project I did for a linguistics class a few years ago on male vs. female communication, and I got to thinking about how I perceive everyone on this site solely through the way you all write, and how those imagined figures are obviously either a guy or a girl. Then I thought to myself, "Well, I bet I am incredibly mistaken about a lot of these people, because even though there are certain gender tip-offs and linguistic tendencies in language, it usually manifests in oral communication and not as much through writing." Given that we are all intellectual, verbose geniuses (who will all get into UT Austin and have amazing Texan lives) our writing is always highly directed toward some intended goal or message and typically nestled within similar erudite voice/language choices academic writers tend to use, but not in the spontaneous rambling (though this post is starting to lean that way) that usually indicates gender. Anyhow, point being: antecendent, not that it is at all wrong for guys to wear nail polish, in fact I am rather attracted to the indie/rocker type of man who will at some point or another don nail color in his life, but I totally had you pegged for a guy. Now with this yellow sunshine nail varnish revelation, I'm thinking you might be a girl. My world has been turned upside down-- or maybe right side up, since it's been upside down since last December when I applied for grad school. Cue white rabbit. Edited February 24, 2012 by andsoitgoes161 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdon19 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 This is so weird, but I think related. So today I was ruminating on this project I did for a linguistics class a few years ago on male vs. female communication, and I got to thinking about how I perceive everyone on this site solely through the way you all write, and how those imagined figures are obviously either a guy or a girl. Then I thought to myself, "Well, I bet I am incredibly mistaken about a lot of these people, because even though there are certain gender tip-offs and linguistic tendencies in language, it usually manifests in oral communication and not as much through writing." Given that we are all intellectual, verbose geniuses (who will all get into UT Austin and have amazing Texan lives) our writing is always highly directed toward some intended goal or message and typically nestled within similar erudite voice/language choices academic writers tend to use, but not in the spontaneous rambling (though this post is starting to lean that way) that usually indicates gender. Anyhow, point being: antecendent, not that it is at all wrong for guys to wear nail polish, in fact I am rather attracted to the indie/rocker type of man who will at some point or another don nail color in his life, but I totally had you pegged for a guy. Now with this yellow sunshine nail varnish revelation, I'm thinking you might be a girl. My world has been turned upside down-- or maybe right side up, since it's been upside down since last December when I applied for grad school. Cue white rabbit. Interestingly, I've always seen antecedent as a girl. Hmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antecedent Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 This is so weird, but I think related. So today I was ruminating on this project I did for a linguistics class a few years ago on male vs. female communication, and I got to thinking about how I perceive everyone on this site solely through the way you all write, and how those imagined figures are obviously either a guy or a girl. Then I thought to myself, "Well, I bet I am incredibly mistaken about a lot of these people, because even though there are certain gender tip-offs and linguistic tendencies in language, it usually manifests in oral communication and not as much through writing." Given that we are all intellectual, verbose geniuses (who will all get into UT Austin and have amazing Texan lives) our writing is always highly directed toward some intended goal or message and typically nestled within similar erudite voice/language choices academic writers tend to use, but not in the spontaneous rambling (though this post is starting to lean that way) that usually indicates gender. Anyhow, point being: antecendent, not that it is at all wrong for guys to wear nail polish, in fact I am rather attracted to the indie/rocker type of man who will at some point or another don nail color in his life, but I totally had you pegged for a guy. Now with this yellow sunshine nail varnish revelation, I'm thinking you might be a girl. My world has been turned upside down-- or maybe right side up, since it's been upside down since last December when I applied for grad school. Cue white rabbit. I love you for posting all of this! I've had similar musings about gender on these fora, but never knew if it was appropriate to broach them. Some are easier than others (most GC-ers who are American and have also mentioned their husbands I have pegged for women) and of course I have a general (though not focused, I suppose) awareness of pronoun usage. What really got me thinking about it all was when ComeBackZinc posted a photo of himself wishing us all good luck (or kcul doog as the case was I believe) and then some conversation TripWillis and koolherc had a while back. Anyway, I will risk discarding another piece of my internet anonymity and reveal that I am indeed a lady. Perhaps it was my George Orwell avatar that threw you off? And thanks for throwing me a sociolinguistics tidbit...being interdisciplinary is still new to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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