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quarex

THIS JUST IN:

Mar 11, 2008 15:12

Yes, I am behind in my Harlequinfetus emulation. Perhaps I set my sights too high in the first place by trying to emulate someone as amazing and brilliant and actually possessed of a good background with which to apply ( Read more... )

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lishd March 11 2008, 19:35:23 UTC

DO YOU NEED ME TO LOAN YOU 100,000 OF YOUR OWN MONEY WHICH I HAVE CONNIVED OUT OF YOU OVER THE YEARS

?????? PLS RESPOND

OOH! OOH!! quarex March 12 2008, 00:16:32 UTC

YES!!!! THAT WOULD BE EXCELLENT!

How much can I get back!?! HOW HIGH IS THE INTEREST RATE GOING TO BE?!?!? What will I have to do this time oh no :(

Re: OOH! OOH!! lishd March 12 2008, 00:44:50 UTC

well, you certainly can't earn it back the same way you spent it. :D

GASP quarex March 12 2008, 00:54:01 UTC

FRAUDULENT SAVINGS AND LOAN INVESTMENTS?!?!

Oh, you mean the erotic favors :( That was a long time ago :( :(

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Emmeleia vondfreedom March 11 2008, 20:33:35 UTC

Good trying!

Doesn't it cost like a zillion dollars to apply to all of these programs?

Re: Emmeleia vondfreedom March 11 2008, 20:34:26 UTC

Ahhhhhhhh I still have a beard in that picture :(

HOORAY! quarex March 12 2008, 00:27:29 UTC

Super trying :) :) :)

Yeah, pretty much. I spent all the money I had left and then asked for my Christmas present to be my parents helping me pay for all the rest. Every set of two transcripts (of which I needed up to 3 for each application) was about $12, the GRE is effectively $10 to send to each school, application fees range from $35-90, sending all these packets out was about $5 each ... I think somewhere in there is a very large and very sad number.

Re: HOORAY! caitx0r March 12 2008, 16:41:42 UTC

Maybe you could earn it all back by publishing an ironic collection of your rejection letters?

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polpo March 11 2008, 21:14:47 UTC

Ugh. What's with the M.A. to Ph.D. thing? Considering that already have a master's degree, that's kind of a slap in the face. And definitely don't jump into a Ph.D. without being funded. That's ridiculous. Unless you can get a T.A. position, which, let me tell you, is no fun.

Vaguely insulting. quarex March 12 2008, 00:24:27 UTC

The only reason it is not 100% insulting is that neither of my degrees (or even my undergraduate minors) are in one of the fields I am now trying to enter.

I have heard that being a T.A. is no fun. But I also know that if I want to be a professor, then, well, it will be like being a T.A., but without someone else to blame if the material you are teaching does not make any sense. Plus, my girlfriend being a fanatic about education (and wishing all professors had to learn how to teach) means that I clearly should get into the scene. The teaching scene.

Yeah, I am going to have a very serious discussion with them about funding. I do not know what good it will do, but Harlequinfetus did tell me that negotiation is key! Certainly if I say "yeah, I love the idea of this program, and I will be the best student you have ... but I also do not have $100,000" it might help.

How was your T.A.ing experience? Besides obviously fantastic?

Re: Vaguely insulting. polpo March 12 2008, 20:20:43 UTC

I wasn't a T.A., just a grader, though I did have to teach a few classes. Perhaps my experience was not ideal; I did the grading job on top of my research assistantship, so the extra work just seemed like a distraction. To me it just seemed like a bum deal compared to the research assistantship, in which I got paid for what I was already doing for my thesis.

But, if one of your primary goals is teaching, it's probably an excellent way to get experience.

harlequinfetus March 11 2008, 21:21:55 UTC

If it's any consolation, I hate grad school.

Ha. quarex March 12 2008, 00:15:53 UTC

I am sorry, lil' phoneme :( What is getting to you? All of it?

Re: Ha. harlequinfetus March 12 2008, 01:57:19 UTC

The UCLA linguistics department part of it, mostly!

rated_r March 11 2008, 23:33:57 UTC

Yeah PhD then what? White lab coats in public? Stethoscopes, demands for doctors' license plates? You can't go any further. Maybe drug dealer with your blank prescription pad.

That is much like it. quarex March 12 2008, 00:15:16 UTC

I do believe that everyone trying to earn a Ph.D. should go to class every day in a lab coat ... and go to dinner every night in a lab coat ... and go to bed in a lab coat.

Until a little while after my dad finished his Ph.D. there, Princeton required all new students to wear their graduation robes whenever appearing in the lunchroom or I think other common areas. That is my kind of tradition. And it really shows people I AM ON THE WAY TO (DESTRUCTION) SUCCESS!

My University of Illinois alumni license plate is starting to irritate me after they rewarded my proud display for years with NOTHING!!!!!