Okay, I found this website thanks to my friend, Cassie. It's called The Grad Cafe and there is a forum where people post their acceptance and rejection notifications from grad schools they applied to. So, for example, you can type in your field in the search box on the Admissions Results page. It'll then show you a list of programs, where it says accepted/rejected/wait listed next to the school name and users can comment.
Why does this matter? Well, for one thing, if a slew of people have heard back from a school you applied to, it could help determine if you should contact them if you haven't verified that they have all relevant materials. Or, if you're like me, you could dwell on the fact that other people have heard back from the University of Minnesota, meaning you should expect some communication any day now.
If you fall into the latter category, this will only make your life more miserable. You'll still thank me for it, though.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
I've decided...
...that where I go to Ph.D. school should be solely dependent upon the climate. I realized within the past week or so that anything below 25 degrees is too cold.
Some might say that I should base my grad school decision on things like faculty or research opportunities. I'll remind them of that when I'm enjoying 75 degrees in February and they're frozen.
Some might say that I should base my grad school decision on things like faculty or research opportunities. I'll remind them of that when I'm enjoying 75 degrees in February and they're frozen.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Things I Hate About the Students on my Campus
At the risk of sounding really Negative-Nancy-ish, I'm going to need to vent about some things I've noticed on campus lately. Certainly, I don't mean to suggest that all Wake undergrads are this way, nor do I mean to suggest that our little campus community lacks any redeeming qualities. Still, these are obnoxious.
1. Undergrad girls talking about going "out" when referring to an on-campus frat party. When you go to the dorm across the quad (or, worse, when you walk up a flight of stairs), you're not really "going out."
2. Being "engaged." Really, if you're engaged, that's great. But if what you really mean is that you really like your significant other, that doesn't constitute plans for marriage. If there's a ring on your finger and a wedding date in your future, that is quite different from the fact that you met this guy in a bar two months ago and he mentioned your future together (indeed, he was referring to Myrtle Beach for spring break, not Hawaii for your honeymoon).
3. Complaining about money. You don't get to whine that your parents are only giving you $2,000/month instead of $3,000 because the economy is down. You don't have bills, you don't pay rent--if you can't live on half that amount, you've got problems.
4. Assessing other people's financial statuses. When showing my students the Obama infomercial before the election, one girl mentioned that the featured family couldn't be poor since they had a full gallon of milk in the fridge. Putting aside the fact that that's such an asinine standard to use, you don't get to judge other people's socioeconomic situations.
That's all for now. There are certainly more, but these are the big ones. Please, stop being idiots. kthx.
1. Undergrad girls talking about going "out" when referring to an on-campus frat party. When you go to the dorm across the quad (or, worse, when you walk up a flight of stairs), you're not really "going out."
2. Being "engaged." Really, if you're engaged, that's great. But if what you really mean is that you really like your significant other, that doesn't constitute plans for marriage. If there's a ring on your finger and a wedding date in your future, that is quite different from the fact that you met this guy in a bar two months ago and he mentioned your future together (indeed, he was referring to Myrtle Beach for spring break, not Hawaii for your honeymoon).
3. Complaining about money. You don't get to whine that your parents are only giving you $2,000/month instead of $3,000 because the economy is down. You don't have bills, you don't pay rent--if you can't live on half that amount, you've got problems.
4. Assessing other people's financial statuses. When showing my students the Obama infomercial before the election, one girl mentioned that the featured family couldn't be poor since they had a full gallon of milk in the fridge. Putting aside the fact that that's such an asinine standard to use, you don't get to judge other people's socioeconomic situations.
That's all for now. There are certainly more, but these are the big ones. Please, stop being idiots. kthx.
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