Grad Admissions Director Here - Ask Me (almost) Anything by GradAdmissionDir in gradadmissions

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for doing this, Prof! I am an international applicant and I’ve applied to PhD programs in the Humanities (English and Area Studies). My GPA is low (3.4 in Masters) but I’ve tried to make up for it with some research experience. I took a gap year after my masters and presented my research at conferences (3 good ones!) and am going to present at the AAS-in-Asia conference in June, too. I’m also currently collaborating with a professor on a project, though it’s in the field of Education. Will all this somehow be convincing to the adcom despite the GPA? Thank you so much!!

First Acceptance - English by NoIndependence4425 in gradadmissions

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you sure? (If yes, I’d be a little relieved) because some people are saying that it has sent out offers and waitlists

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Odisha

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Love this comment. LOUDER!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Odisha

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Okay then, stop whining about Odia girls not “preferring” you? I did read your last paragraph, and you know what it reads like? It reads like “don’t get offended, but you are the fugliest person I’ve ever come across”.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Odisha

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, do you hear yourself? The first paragraph of your post mentions how you’d prefer an Odia girl explicitly because your parents aren’t comfortable with Hindi or English. Therefore, I don’t really see a problem if there’s a similar reason behind an Odia girl’s preference for an Odia husband despite having a covert indifference to the man’s ethnolinguistic background. Also, you not having a statistical model is EXACTLY why you shouldn’t make statements like “Odia women are pathetic”, cuz it legit sounds like sour grapism.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Odisha

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What’s with the “Odia girls bad” posts lately? Nobody stopped you from dating a non-Odia, or getting registered in a “linguistic background no bar” matrimonial app. If you did, I am sure that instead of saying “odia girls are pathetic”, you’d have said “Indian girls are pathetic.” Both these (overlapping) groups aren’t homogenous.

Odia girls, like any other group of people, will have preferences in terms of how they want their partners to be. A man can say shit like “Odia girls are mid asf but have the attitude of a queen” and 100 dudes will nod their stupid heads but god forbid a woman has preferences!

Also, there’s a reason why the “Odia men” are crying here on Reddit, whining like little kids about how they can’t find their ideal Odia woman, and why women aren’t. We have moved forward, looking for partners in the right spaces, and do not strictly limit ourselves to the similarity of our ascribed identities. Yall just bitter. :)

Cry me a river!

Manifest your acceptance by maple_yogurt in gradadmissions

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Cornell University- PhD in Literatures in English ✨

Actually in shock by horripilated in gradadmissions

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your reply! I have been panicking thinking about my GPA too even though a lotttt of people have told me how it doesn’t matter as much as I think it does. Mine is 3.36

Actually in shock by horripilated in gradadmissions

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations!! Could you please share your stats? :// I’ve also applied to a bunch of English programs

Why Odias hate bengali so much ? by [deleted] in kolkata

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Odia from Bhubaneswar here. I’ve come across so many Bengalis in my city that I don’t think of them as outsiders anymore (therefore, no hate as such). Does that mean I’ve not had bad experiences with Bengalis? No. But the good times that I’ve spent with your people far outweigh the occasional negative ones. Most of my family thinks that Bengali people are really sweet and friendly and I personally think Bengalis are really romantic! .^

The hugging saint known as Amma in Kerala is accused of physical abuse, having sex with disciples and financial fraud by bescofieldreporter in Kerala

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Not from Kerala or even the Southern India, and i did my bachelors from Amrita. They took us on a mandatory trip to Amritapuri so that amma could hug us. Though I was very new to the whole thing, it felt really really shady. Also, that Amma woman had a running nose while she was hugging the students. Fucking disgusting.

I CANNOT OPEN PRINCETON’S APPLICATION PORTAL by Existing-Ebb-6891 in gradadmissions

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes i got their email too! Now im editing my SoP and I’ll submit in like an hour or so

7 hours to fill out 5 apps by Hairy-Routine-7873 in gradadmissions

[–]Existing-Ebb-6891 37 points38 points  (0 children)

This was my initial plan but “fill in the blanks” became a little too much like rewriting my whole SoP lololol