narc Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Finish the statement. ...I would apply for the spring at a no-name (but not take zero funding! lol don't want it that bad).
igel Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I'm willing to live on $15,000/yr. until I'm 30.
Tritonetelephone Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I'm moving far away from anyone I know and love, likely ending a great relationship with my awesome bf of 5 years who can't leave his job, and... wow this is getting really depressing. I need to just stop there.
synthla Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I'm willing to live on $15,000/yr. until I'm 30. I'm willing to start living on $15,000/yr. at age 30.
Tonights Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I'm moving far away from anyone I know and love, likely ending a great relationship with my awesome bf of 5 years who can't leave his job, and... wow this is getting really depressing. I need to just stop there. See, Tritone, I really admire your resolve. I wouldn't leave my partner for school. I just couldn't. I'd have to wait until he was able to move too. You are really dedicated and strong.
Tritonetelephone Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 See, Tritone, I really admire your resolve. I wouldn't leave my partner for school. I just couldn't. I'd have to wait until he was able to move too. You are really dedicated and strong, Aww, thanks tonights! That's really sweet. There is a possibility that he can move after year 1... he just started a new job 6 months ago and is up for a raise, so leaving only a few months after the raise wouldn't be right. We haven't worked out all the details yet... it's kind of one of those "cross that bridge when we get there" things. Wouldn't it be nice to be a poor grad student but sharing bills with an employed engineer, though?? Grr
narc Posted February 12, 2009 Author Posted February 12, 2009 I'm willing to start living on $15,000/yr. at age 30. LMAO That IS kinda worse. Oh, for the love of PhD. I want to get a PhD so badly I don't really care that the social sciences job market is terrible with far more PhDs than faculty positions *and* applying to many nonacademic jobs will leave me rejected and dejected due to being 'overqualified'.
narc Posted February 12, 2009 Author Posted February 12, 2009 Aww, thanks tonights! That's really sweet. There is a possibility that he can move after year 1... he just started a new job 6 months ago and is up for a raise, so leaving only a few months after the raise wouldn't be right. We haven't worked out all the details yet... it's kind of one of those "cross that bridge when we get there" things. Wouldn't it be nice to be a poor grad student but sharing bills with an employed engineer, though?? Grr I think that would be spectacular!
gadhelyn Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 ...I would wear a hot dog suit to the interview if they asked me to. ...I would eat a tube of wasabi. ...I would do any experiment asked of me with a smile.
Tonights Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 ...I would wear a hot dog suit to the interview if they asked me to. I would pay good money to see that. I would also be willing to submit to dangerous and psychologically scarring illegal experimentation if I would be guaranteed admission.
zygomatic Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I would pay good money to see that. I would also be willing to submit to dangerous and psychologically scarring illegal experimentation if I would be guaranteed admission. Don't forget with funding!! Hate to see you have all that psy scarring and be broke!
UnlikelyGrad Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 ...that I'm willing to sell my house and move half-way across the US with some grumbly teenagers in tow.
miratrix Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 ...that I spent several hundred dollars and many hours of my life over three months trying to convince programs that I'm worth admitting. ...that I'd be willing to move to the middle of nowhere in a climate I'd hate and live on not much money. But I'd be getting to study archaeology, so it should be worth it! But honestly, I'm not utterly dedicated to the idea of getting a PhD right now. I applied to a couple MA programs that would be great fits for me, in addition to PhD programs, and if I end up in one of those I'm not ready to say yet whether I will apply to PhD programs afterwards.
illinoisellie Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 ...I'd be willing to spend nine straight years of my life in school, with no break! :wink:
texasgrad Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 ...that I'm willing to sell my house and move half-way across the US with some grumbly teenagers in tow. I think this is the winner so far. I'm moving far away from anyone I know and love, likely ending a great relationship with my awesome bf of 5 years who can't leave his job, and... wow this is getting really depressing. I need to just stop there. This is the boat I'm in (except gf instead). Sigh. What we do for science.
ridgey Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Ditto on the many hours/$$ submitting applications. Give up the rest of my twenties to minimal income and maximal stress. Basically, skipping the "independent adult with a real income but no responsibilities" phase of life. Though I suppose there's no law saying I have to be responsible in my thirties. More in the spirit of this thread: I would eat gross things (well, things that are gross to me) inlcuding avocado, cucumber, watermelon, strong olives. I would fast for a week (I'd be willing to go as long as it tok for a guaranteed admission; however the my willpower would definitely end run out at 1 week, if not earlier). I would work fulltime at the job I had and hated while I was in highschool. In fact, there probably isn't much I wouldn't do for a guaranteed, funded
narc Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 Don't forget with funding!! Hate to see you have all that psy scarring and be broke! I don't think anyone wants it badly enough to go without funding (not even the independently wealthy)!!
narc Posted February 13, 2009 Author Posted February 13, 2009 ...I prefer it over any other degree that's out there.
Astaroth Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 ...I would backpedal on everything I've said so far and forget every criterion I decided to use when "choosing" places to apply. This is actually quickly becoming reality.
Yellow#5 Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 I don't want to get mine badly, I want to do it well.
danil Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 ---I'm willing to leave my home country and my family, and have in tow a husband who can't speak English and won't be able to have a job (he's a well-paid designer here, but won't think of staying here alone with me gone to study) anywhere I decide to go. do I win do I win? Though I doubt I can beat the three teenagers in tow. Good luck, unlikelygrad! and others as well. :wink:
LadyL Posted February 13, 2009 Posted February 13, 2009 I think I would give up a minor body part, like a tooth (a molar wouldn't be a big deal) or a toe. Can you tell this is my second time applying and I'm getting panicky?
pregasauraus Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 I think I would give up a minor body part, like a tooth (a molar wouldn't be a big deal) or a toe. Can you tell this is my second time applying and I'm getting panicky? Oh, LadyL, it's my second time, too. I feel your pain. I want to get a PhD so badly that the thought of accomplishing it makes my heart physically ache. So badly that I'd let the admissions committee name my soon-to-be-born child. So badly that even if I was rejected from everywhere for the second year in a row, I'd make even more progress in my academic work and try again next year.
rlm8746 Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 ... i'm willing to make a ten hour car ride (there and back) with two non-spayed howling yowling cats in an extroidinarily small honda civic to get some face time with my prospective advisor.
Aeternalis Posted February 14, 2009 Posted February 14, 2009 I am willing to risk a steady job, put off marriage plans and lead a near poverty-stricken life for the next 5 years.
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