The feeling is similar, I would imagine, to sitting behind the defendant's table in court, having the jury come back, and the foreman simply announcing, "Well, we're certainly talking about it."
The world is a buzz with people waiting for phone calls and letters from grad schools right now; I am planning on applying next year to schools in NYC and in CT, so it's rather inspiring. What are you applying to study?
I've applied to Columbia and Yale's playwriting schools, and Northwestern's department of Performance Studies. In all three cases, I'm looking for both the terminal degree that allows me the opportunity to teach drama at a collegiate level and a further education of the playwright's toolbox.
Unofficially, I'm also looking for focus; I really crave a constant atmosphere of dramatic study among other people committed to the same discipline. I've floundered enough on my own and done all right for myself, but there's only so long one can do that and I think I've hit my limit.
In hindsight, I could have applied to more graduate schools, but these three were the ones I was most interested in, and it seemed counterproductive to apply to graduate schools I only "sorta" wanted to get into.
I hope your mail box is the bearer of good news ;) You definitely made the right decision in applying to only a few schools; what's the good of getting in if you're not really, really excited to go? I am going to be applying to graduate programs myself this fall for American Studies, and my miniscule list has only three schools on it right now: NYU, COlumbia, and Fairfield University as a backup. Unless I can find more schools that get me really excited, that'll be it. (and maybe one to Yale, just for kicks, I'd never get in.)
What will be more fun is when the paper mail starts coming from those schools - if the envelope contains more than one piece of paper, you're in, or at least waitlisted. If it's clearly a one-sheeter, well, then I'm sorry.
(I can prove it; 2 sheets from John Marshall - acceptance; 2 sheets from Kent - waitlist; 1 sheet from Illinois - rejection. The theory is sound.)
First off, I know how you feel! Those letters drive me nuts! And as for Adam's theory, I have to disagree... My first three Illinois rejection letters were in fact one page. HOWEVER, the Illinois acceptance letter was also a single page, believe it or not. But at that point when I assumed that it was just another rejection I was pretty much ready to say, "well, here we go again."
Key point here: (Adam, this goes for you too) Persistence. And Patience. That's key too. Hm. Now that's two points. Well, anyway, that's how I did it. And I just got more damn determined to make them see me, every day that went by.
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Unofficially, I'm also looking for focus; I really crave a constant atmosphere of dramatic study among other people committed to the same discipline. I've floundered enough on my own and done all right for myself, but there's only so long one can do that and I think I've hit my limit.
In hindsight, I could have applied to more graduate schools, but these three were the ones I was most interested in, and it seemed counterproductive to apply to graduate schools I only "sorta" wanted to get into.
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(I can prove it; 2 sheets from John Marshall - acceptance; 2 sheets from Kent - waitlist; 1 sheet from Illinois - rejection. The theory is sound.)
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Key point here: (Adam, this goes for you too) Persistence. And Patience. That's key too. Hm. Now that's two points. Well, anyway, that's how I did it. And I just got more damn determined to make them see me, every day that went by.
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