what the fuck am i getting myself into with this grad school stuff

this is sort of at a tangent to yr post but semi-relevant: are most people on the course straight out of undergrad degrees? I'm sure it depends, course by course, but I always wonder what the mix of continuing study/returning to study would be.

Hooray, rejected! At least I have heard from one of my programs now.

man that sux

Yeah just feeds my paranoia of course; one rejection isn't so bad but it's the only program I've heard from so far so right now I'm at 100% rejections!

Broken thinking of course.

when i was applying i got rejected a lot, it was p shitty, idk if really learned anything from it except that i preferred getting things to not getting them

statistically nobody has gotten into grad school, ever

^^ otm

schlump: yes, most of them are straight from undergrad, aside from maybe... 10 people? out of 45ish?

Yay, I just signed up for a 7AM class, kill me now.

Need to book work travel, so need to know when putative interviews are. Emailed the two schools I applied to that I think do them. Feels like I'm saying 'of course you'll interview me' even though I suspect they won't and mean nothing of the sort

ppl who have taken grad school courses online - is this worth the time if it is a halfway decent school?

I haven't taken grad courses online....but in library science, for example, there are LOTS of people who have. You have to show up for class once or twice a month for some programs. But yeah it is more than worth the time and less stressful. Many people find working at leisure from a home office less distracting than a cold or buzzy classroom.

Almost did it myself - switched to library science - but I hesitated. I had the money and everything.

Now that my sanity has returned I think I'm going to historic preservation school...as soon as I get the funds. It's just that studio courses demand your FULL attention, and life doesn't always allow that.

I just hope my portfolio isn't permanently damaged from being stored in the garage this whole time!

Rejection from Br0wn, four decisions to go. In the meantime, have become secretly obsessed with a two-year Masters in genetic counselling.

hey they rejected me today too! bump it.

Ha! They LOSE!

bye Harvard. Hello, Toronto potential supervior who wants to talk to me tomorrow and miraculously does not require the GRE

What program are you applying to there? [/u of t alum]

Developmental psychology and education.

Ok, i have no idea about that, but can say U of T is a nice school! And, if I am told correctly, its psychology dept is historically important.

Yes, the psych dept has had some very stellar people. I visited the education school (OISE) last year and really liked the feel of the department and the attitude of the people I met, and the relationships that exist with other departments. What did you study?

OFFER from Toronto - I don't have to make a decision till mid-April but they'd like to know earlier
Now have to decide whether I really want to do this!

congrats!
I'm trying to write a research proposal and failing miserably. The template we're supposed to use is sometimes redundant and often vague, I keep waffling over which case studies to use, and I basically have no idea if I'm doing this right. Unenjoyable!

omg congrats!

I got my sixth rejection today, sigh.

Four to go though right??

Seven! Omg.

:(

Oh no what I meant was I have seven to hear from still. Cause I applied to thirteen programs like a crazy person. No weekend rejections thankfully.

oh haha good

doing frantic financial calculations

Marry a rich guy IMO

fwiw i am doing my phd in toronto and have had mostly good xps with the university. it is v dept. dependent tho

could I webmail you, Lamp?

sure!

Getting ready to finish grad school, possibly starting with preliminary courses this fall, so I can work on my portfolio.

I didn't finish before because grad work requires teaching and dealing with a lot of students, and being illness prone myself with two sick family members, I found it physically demanding.

admitted to a place! I get to go to grad school!

congrats dude

thanks!

nice

Fantastic, well done!

the trick is to get in to more than one so I have the opportunity to *choose* a place. Time will tell I guess.

And thx nakh and ljubljana

I just got one of those fancy U of T PhDs offers too.

Perhaps more striking was that the actually-really-relevant-to-my-interests-professor I was going to email emailed me!

At the same time I'm still really ambivalent since I spent my entire life (up until last September) in Toronto, did my BA at U of T, and am really very happy where I am now (University College London). I can't help feeling that I would be selling myself short by not reapplying to Columbia or continuing at UCL or something of that sort, so I dunno.

I have a change of plans, life is tough and you know, good thing I'm not a whiner. House has to be fixed up, so no grad school this year.

That's too bad, I got a perfect 800 verbal when I took the GRE.

I think I'll stay home and take lighting courses to bide my time until I can go to preservation school.

Yay EDB! To get first contact from a professor, proactively, is impressive. I had a positive experience re communication with my potential supervisor at U of T - she emailed me, scheduled a Skype chat, and emailed me again yesterday to warn me the official letter was delayed. Mind you, I love London and totally understand not wanting to leave.

Mount Cleaners, I'm sorry to hear this :-(

I'll be okay. Dad wanted me to finish grad school and I think I should respect his wish. I don't want to talk to mom anymore, she wants to sell our house right from under us, and I'm the one paying for it. I think she is mentally ill, always has been, but she has an enormous amount of power. I have to spend every dime on something else.

I can take a lighting course downtown though, which I can probably use as a credit.

I'm conflicted again anyway, between a studio MA or an MA in theory / criticism. I could "cop out" and get an MA in design criticism, but the idea of being stuck in another career where I'm sitting in a chair all of the time depresses me. It would be cheaper at the moment, though.

I feel like taking a hard line with my mom and doing more studio courses. She doesn't like this because it makes me less available to her at any given time (she is retired and disabled).

Guess I'm doing PhD at UofT...

Great! I'm still waiting for the official letter from them. What will you be doing? (if you don't mind saying on here - no problem if you'd rather not).

Art History

Though it'll be weird returning to U of T, having left in summer 2011 as an undergrad, and returning in autumn 2012 as a doctoral student.