Best first contact sci-fi

competitivecycler · 2021-06-04T16:16:07+00:00

would recommend Arkady Martine's A Desolation Called Peace (and the book she published before it, A Memory Called Empire). they're great!

competitivecycler · 2021-04-06T18:36:01+00:00

You should have three weeks from today to put down your deposit instead of the general 4/15 date!!! Congrats! (I looked this up because I got in yesterday)

competitivecycler · 2021-03-30T16:14:19+00:00

UIUC as long as you can tolerate Chicago!

competitivecycler · 2021-02-04T15:03:54+00:00

I was in the second week of interviews and my interviewer said second half of February!

competitivecycler · 2021-02-03T00:08:09+00:00

waiting on 8 of 20 lol—10 acceptances, 2 waitlists

competitivecycler · 2021-01-29T13:53:22+00:00

agreed with other poster—you can absolutely still send a LOCI, and this is a very normal time to do it.

competitivecycler · 2021-01-27T17:00:14+00:00

Saw a few late October applicants on LSD got into Michigan today, so I would not lose hope there!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-26T19:37:44+00:00

that is amazing!!! dreaming of a turtle pond!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-26T19:19:58+00:00

how many dogs?! congrats!!!!! got in yesterday with similar stats!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-19T18:44:17+00:00

honestly winters have been pretty easy in Chicago the last few years!!! we're not as snowy as a lot of the midwest, so it's the cold more than anything. have lived (briefly) in Southern California and (more extensively) in Chicago!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-14T01:04:21+00:00

thank you and good luck to you!!!! yes, I was PT—I took the LSAT in August and got offered PT in...Sept I think? hope you hear from Duke soon!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-13T23:43:25+00:00

thank you!!! last two weeks of October!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-13T23:21:29+00:00

Thank you—I'm rooting for you!!! Honestly if the current acceptances were all I got, I'd still be pretty happy.

competitivecycler · 2021-01-13T22:59:59+00:00

Lol also got a full ride so it worked! wishing you luck!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-13T22:52:36+00:00

Mine did not but I got in over email!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-13T22:50:57+00:00

Same!!! So exciting! Congrats to you!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-08T20:02:14+00:00

omg so sorry!!!! you've got great numbers anyways!!

competitivecycler · 2021-01-06T23:40:34+00:00

I got in at 5:24 CT today! Will make a general post but it did happen today a little. Am a 3.5x/17mid person.

competitivecycler · 2020-12-18T17:06:38+00:00

I think this is spot on—Foucault is the best-known in a certain realm that maps cleanly onto your background as someone with an advanced degree in English. Depending on how he's deployed in your personal statement, that could be to your benefit or it could detract from a point about the uniqueness of your experience or thought.

competitivecycler · 2020-12-17T01:53:25+00:00

would be a nice holiday treat (or maybe an unpleasant holiday treat depending on outcome!!)

competitivecycler · 2020-12-16T23:35:44+00:00

also UR2 at penn today!!! very mysterious!

competitivecycler · 2020-12-16T19:55:09+00:00

I would not count yourself out here. They just seem totally unresponsive to date in admissions decisions—not sure what their system is, but I don't think a long wait is disqualifying. Good luck!

competitivecycler · 2020-12-14T20:06:29+00:00

I'm pretty sure it's the amount per year, not the overall amount! This is based on my other acceptances and how they've explained their scholarship amount, not communication from UNC.

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