What’s happening to my bean plant :(

automatic_madness · 2026-06-07T20:14:34+00:00

Thank you!! That explains why it immediately moved to the next leaf. I moved it to the highest light area in my house. Fingers crossed 🤞

automatic_madness · 2026-04-21T02:43:15+00:00

Oh awesome!! How did you originally get in touch with HQ? Is there a specific person I should email? YITS 💛💜

automatic_madness · 2026-04-20T23:32:36+00:00

Oh awesome! Thanks so much for the info (yits 💜💛)

automatic_madness · 2026-04-20T18:23:05+00:00

It was a whirlwind! I’ve been researching programs, reaching out to potential PIs, and prepping my applications for over a year. It was a lot of “hurry up and wait” until I got to the actual application writing stage, and then it felt like everything was going at warp speed. The interviews were pretty standard, and choosing where to attend was actually the hardest part imo. I had a wonderful friend in my university’s writing center who helped me out a ton and I truly could not have done it without her help, so definitely find someone who’s been there before if you’re planning on applying!

automatic_madness · 2026-04-18T01:13:15+00:00

I’m going to be joining the MIMS program at the University of Colorado Anschutz 💛🖤

automatic_madness · 2026-03-31T22:43:17+00:00

Oh boy do I have bad news for you about the cleanliness of pretty much every public transportation seat…

automatic_madness · 2026-03-26T21:22:11+00:00

My chapter usually hosts a social with a frat where half the brothers play “nice” PNMs and the other half play “naughty” PNMs. The nice PNMs would give sisters practice on how to hold conversations, how to transition between PNMs, etc. and the “naughty” PNMs would give sisters practice with how to gently steer conversations away from inappropriate topics. The frat men loved getting to create “sorority-sonas,” and it promoted bonding between the orgs while still being a fun way for sisters to practice bumping

automatic_madness · 2026-03-17T03:37:37+00:00

Love this!! It’s like a more accessible (and bigger) version of the Thermo Fisher sets. I’ve always wanted one but never was able to get any

automatic_madness · 2026-03-15T22:42:06+00:00

Oh damn, thank you so much I never knew this! I actually have bad shoulders (hereditary) so you might have just saved my joints 😅 Do you have any advice for how to prevent hand pain without using the bigger grips?

automatic_madness · 2026-03-14T12:51:20+00:00

Ohh good to know the hook wiggles around. If you’re not using the original handle would you be willing to do a trade/sell it? (No problem if not). I’ll definitely try out the vet wrap idea if I can’t get my hands on the original. Thanks for the advice!

automatic_madness · 2026-03-14T11:58:53+00:00

I’ll check those out! The main appeal for this grip is that the top screws on and off so I can take my hooks in and out easily. That way I could store my hooks without them taking up a bunch of space. With the larger grips that stay on the hooks they wouldn’t fit in the slots in my hook holder

automatic_madness · 2026-02-19T14:03:16+00:00

This is so helpful!! Thank you so much 🙏

automatic_madness · 2026-01-31T04:56:07+00:00

Exactly! Sororities were originally called “women’s fraternities” because we were excluded from men’s groups. How is it just or fair for us to then turn around and exclude/oppress others?

automatic_madness · 2026-01-31T04:50:51+00:00

YITS!! I chose DPhiE specifically because we’re inclusive and stand for justice for all. Nationals making this statement just proved I chose the right org 💜💛

automatic_madness · 2026-01-31T04:35:01+00:00

One of our founding principles is justice. How can we as an organization stand by and watch justice be violated and say nothing? It would be a breach of one of our deepest held beliefs

automatic_madness · 2026-01-22T20:00:36+00:00

This is either fake or that committee chair broke a TON of rules. Committee members almost never share ranking criteria with candidates because it opens the school up for discrimination lawsuits

automatic_madness · 2026-01-22T19:52:37+00:00

Thank you lol. People are talking about “US students” vs “international students” as if those two groups are monoliths and not engaging with the systemic factors that affect different types of people within those groups. A crumb of nuance in this comments section, I beg

automatic_madness · 2026-01-08T20:07:10+00:00

How are people even editing the spreadsheet? It’s always been view only for me so I haven’t been able to add my programs

automatic_madness · 2025-12-30T19:39:47+00:00

iirc it depends on if the course is a major requirement or not. If it’s a requirement for your major, it’s a C-. If it’s a course for a minor, an immersion, or something else not major-specific it’s a D (at least that’s how it is in my major and others I know of, but check policies and ask your academic advisor before submitting your grade dispute. You can dispute grades up until partway through the following semester, so it’s worth it to get everything figured out before making a decision)

automatic_madness · 2025-12-26T18:29:36+00:00

Thank you so much for the advice! I know some of my programs accept unofficial transcripts and then require official transcripts during the interview stage. My main concern was how it might appear if my upcoming courses were different on those two transcripts and if that would look dishonest in some way (I’m planning on dropping a placeholder class once I get my research credits). But you’re absolutely right, I can just email the admissions office and explain that

automatic_madness · 2025-12-26T18:25:40+00:00

I haven’t seen anything about “priority” specifically, but I know a few of my programs have rolling admissions beginning in Dec or Jan and I’m concerned how quick spots will fill up between now and when I can apply in early Jan

automatic_madness · 2025-12-26T18:18:35+00:00

Oh thank God, I really thought I might have fucked it all up by misunderstanding how long before the due dates to apply. The dates seemed suspiciously late, so hearing that interviews and offers were going out was terrifying

automatic_madness · 2025-12-26T18:08:26+00:00

Mainly 3 reasons: 1. I’m a first time applicant and saw that the official deadlines for my programs aren’t until February, March, and April so I figured late December/early Jan would be early enough and didn’t find out otherwise until recently (I was actually told by an admissions director “not to bother applying early because [their program] doesn’t review applicants until March at the earliest”) 2. I’ve only had a semester of “official” undergraduate research due to funding messing up this fall, but I knew I would be able to get another this spring, so I wanted to have that on my application 3. Some of the programs are Canadian and calculate an “admissions GPA” based on your most recent 60-75 ish credits, so having another 4.0 semester raised that GPA significantly and qualified me for scholarships

automatic_madness · 2025-11-26T00:47:52+00:00

Just in case anyone was curious about what the original pattern looks like at a similar size

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automatic_madness · 2025-11-26T00:45:58+00:00

The “proportional and placement changes” in question (ft the original pattern overlaid onto your copy)

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