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Come on, authors, grab your guns
Mar. 19th, 2006 02:44 pmWell.
Stanford's rejection was very gracious, I thought, especially compared to Penn's, which wins the official WTF?!? Award: "I trust that you have been, or will soon be, admitted elsewhere to a university of your choice, and I should like to take this opportunity to wish you luck and success in your graduate studies." That alone is enough to make me reach for the tequila.
For those of you following along at home, I have been rejected from every school except Cornell. Now the question becomes: do I attend? It's a good school and a good program. I know someone there already, and she recommends it highly. On the other hand, it is not known for ancient history per se, and I wouldn't have the same opportunities for interdisciplinary work (read: employability enhancement) as I would at other places. Also Ithaca = the middle of Nowhere.
If I didn't go, I'd probably move to Seattle or somewhere like that and try to get a job. Then the decision would become: work on languages and reapply to other schools in a year or two with French and this year's grades under my belt, or give up on grad school and find something that is enjoyable and pays adequately for the indefinite future?
Also, I have done no work this break and will probably fail everything. Well, not really. But if I don't get distinction on my orals, I'm dropping the thesis. It's not worth the aggravation, especially given how wonderful it apparently looked to admissions committees.
It'll be really embarassing to have to tell all the professor types: "Yeah, I didn't get in anywhere but Cornell." You know they'll all be thinking "Then what the hell is wrong with Cornell that they let you in?"
It would be nice to have a choice, y'know?
Stanford's rejection was very gracious, I thought, especially compared to Penn's, which wins the official WTF?!? Award: "I trust that you have been, or will soon be, admitted elsewhere to a university of your choice, and I should like to take this opportunity to wish you luck and success in your graduate studies." That alone is enough to make me reach for the tequila.
For those of you following along at home, I have been rejected from every school except Cornell. Now the question becomes: do I attend? It's a good school and a good program. I know someone there already, and she recommends it highly. On the other hand, it is not known for ancient history per se, and I wouldn't have the same opportunities for interdisciplinary work (read: employability enhancement) as I would at other places. Also Ithaca = the middle of Nowhere.
If I didn't go, I'd probably move to Seattle or somewhere like that and try to get a job. Then the decision would become: work on languages and reapply to other schools in a year or two with French and this year's grades under my belt, or give up on grad school and find something that is enjoyable and pays adequately for the indefinite future?
Also, I have done no work this break and will probably fail everything. Well, not really. But if I don't get distinction on my orals, I'm dropping the thesis. It's not worth the aggravation, especially given how wonderful it apparently looked to admissions committees.
It'll be really embarassing to have to tell all the professor types: "Yeah, I didn't get in anywhere but Cornell." You know they'll all be thinking "Then what the hell is wrong with Cornell that they let you in?"
It would be nice to have a choice, y'know?
