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Started by Mesozoic Mister Nigel, September 05, 2014, 05:51:06 PM

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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Cain on September 13, 2015, 12:59:45 PM
Finally been assigned a thesis advisor.

Need to email them to make an appointment to talk to them at some point.

Advisor seems to be a good choice, in some ways.  He's a jihadi specialist, but his PhD thesis was about online jihadist communities.  My own thesis will of course involve a similar amount of web-trawling.

Woot!
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Don Coyote

Well one of the two professors I asked to write a letter of recommendation for me responded that he would. Now I'm waiting on the second one, and I still need to dig up another reference.

Meanwhile, polishing the cruft from "To slay a jabberwocky," and digging through my other poetry playing the "is this something I want to include in my writing sample" game. And let me tell you what, "To slay a jabberwocky" had some weird cruft in it, and a small handful of flat out grammatical errors.

And then my personal statements.

Hopefully I can beat my brain trying to killing me for next few weeks.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Don Coyote on September 16, 2015, 09:02:28 PM
Well one of the two professors I asked to write a letter of recommendation for me responded that he would. Now I'm waiting on the second one, and I still need to dig up another reference.

Meanwhile, polishing the cruft from "To slay a jabberwocky," and digging through my other poetry playing the "is this something I want to include in my writing sample" game. And let me tell you what, "To slay a jabberwocky" had some weird cruft in it, and a small handful of flat out grammatical errors.

And then my personal statements.

Hopefully I can beat my brain trying to killing me for next few weeks.

You can do this! I believe in your abilities.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Today I wrote a letter and put together my materials for asking my handlers for a whole lot more money so I can finish my Bio degree and do the McNair program.

My stomach is in knots, which is probably from stress but may or may not also be related to drinking this weird mucilaginous sports drink that came in a sample box.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

I sent my extension request! Worst case scenario, I just end up taking out loans for the next couple terms, which will add significantly to my debt but won't kill me.

Now I need to finish a paper that I started a few days ago, and start another paper that I can't recall the due date for.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Don Coyote

Hope you get that extension.

Why are you drinking mucus? Snot is not a sports drink.

And I am almost at the point I was a few years ago, you know that point when I stressing out about trying to get into UW?

Stupid universities.
Wanting EVERY college I went to.
Wanting the MONTH and YEAR for them.
Transcripts don't have that!!!

And I don't have the student login crap for the two colleges I went to for ONE semester to get unofficial transcripts to upload in my applications. Applications for Masters programs. WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT TWO YEAR COLLEGES I WENT TO? And it's not like the important stuff didn't get transferred for my BA.

On the brightsides, I have ONE person that's said will write me a letter for recommendation, and I have collected and edited a suitable amount of my best (or worst but favorite) poetry. Brown wants 15-20 pages of poetry? HA HERE IS 19 PAGES INCLUDING A LIMERICK!!!!

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Don Coyote on September 18, 2015, 04:15:48 AM
Hope you get that extension.

Why are you drinking mucus? Snot is not a sports drink.

And I am almost at the point I was a few years ago, you know that point when I stressing out about trying to get into UW?

Stupid universities.
Wanting EVERY college I went to.
Wanting the MONTH and YEAR for them.
Transcripts don't have that!!!

And I don't have the student login crap for the two colleges I went to for ONE semester to get unofficial transcripts to upload in my applications. Applications for Masters programs. WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHAT TWO YEAR COLLEGES I WENT TO? And it's not like the important stuff didn't get transferred for my BA.

On the brightsides, I have ONE person that's said will write me a letter for recommendation, and I have collected and edited a suitable amount of my best (or worst but favorite) poetry. Brown wants 15-20 pages of poetry? HA HERE IS 19 PAGES INCLUDING A LIMERICK!!!!

Oh my god that sounds so stressful! Why do they want the transcripts from your community colleges??? Won't everything relevant be in your University transcript? Is this what I have to look forward to? FUUUUUUUUCK.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Did you have to take the GRE? IF YES TELL ME ABOUT THE MATH PART. I am so rusty in math.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Don Coyote

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 18, 2015, 04:20:10 AM
Did you have to take the GRE? IF YES TELL ME ABOUT THE MATH PART. I am so rusty in math.

I specifically chose the programs I'm applying to because I don't need the GRE.

Don Coyote

I'm going to fire off a couple of emails tomorrow for clarification. I don't really feel like spending money ordering transcripts from the four community colleges I didn't graduate from, two of which I was only at for a semester each, and all of those classes transferred over. Unlike the other two, which had a lot of stuff not transfer over, I'm not surprised that a class on "Basic Knife Design" didn't transfer to UW, among others.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Don Coyote on September 18, 2015, 04:32:34 AM
I'm going to fire off a couple of emails tomorrow for clarification. I don't really feel like spending money ordering transcripts from the four community colleges I didn't graduate from, two of which I was only at for a semester each, and all of those classes transferred over. Unlike the other two, which had a lot of stuff not transfer over, I'm not surprised that a class on "Basic Knife Design" didn't transfer to UW, among others.

Yeah, it seems like if everything relevant transferred, you shouldn't need transcripts from the original institution, but what do I know. College bureaucracy can be baffling as hell.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Don Coyote

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 18, 2015, 04:36:02 AM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 18, 2015, 04:32:34 AM
I'm going to fire off a couple of emails tomorrow for clarification. I don't really feel like spending money ordering transcripts from the four community colleges I didn't graduate from, two of which I was only at for a semester each, and all of those classes transferred over. Unlike the other two, which had a lot of stuff not transfer over, I'm not surprised that a class on "Basic Knife Design" didn't transfer to UW, among others.

Yeah, it seems like if everything relevant transferred, you shouldn't need transcripts from the original institution, but what do I know. College bureaucracy can be baffling as hell.

I could maybe see them wanting to have a fuller picture of applicants, but at the same time I'd rather not have transcripts from when I had terrible support and failed ENGLISH multiple times be part of my application for MFA in POETRY or LITERARY ARTS.

Looking at the transcripts from my first college just filled me some hate and resentment towards my parents.

Don Coyote

I now have two professors who have agreed to write me letters of recommendation. I'm waiting on a third while I debate asking a fourth, just in case #3 says no. If those fall through I guess I'll try asking my section. Sure, I'd prefer to have all three from academic sources, and sure my job in the Army is not at all related to my desired degree, and sure maybe I am aiming too high with two of my desired universities.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: Don Coyote on September 23, 2015, 04:37:22 PM
I now have two professors who have agreed to write me letters of recommendation. I'm waiting on a third while I debate asking a fourth, just in case #3 says no. If those fall through I guess I'll try asking my section. Sure, I'd prefer to have all three from academic sources, and sure my job in the Army is not at all related to my desired degree, and sure maybe I am aiming too high with two of my desired universities.

If you had a good academic relationship with the third, they won't say no.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Don Coyote

Quote from: Mesozoic Mister Nigel on September 23, 2015, 05:32:27 PM
Quote from: Don Coyote on September 23, 2015, 04:37:22 PM
I now have two professors who have agreed to write me letters of recommendation. I'm waiting on a third while I debate asking a fourth, just in case #3 says no. If those fall through I guess I'll try asking my section. Sure, I'd prefer to have all three from academic sources, and sure my job in the Army is not at all related to my desired degree, and sure maybe I am aiming too high with two of my desired universities.

If you had a good academic relationship with the third, they won't say no.

My uncertainty comes from having taken only one class with him, and it being about two years ago.