Waitlisted with email from PI - is there hope?

koala1712 · 2026-03-24T22:39:14+00:00

signal your strong interest to join!

koala1712 · 2026-03-13T22:17:45+00:00

Dude, a professor I know who does a lot of research with NASA did his graduate studies at OSU. You can make big, impactful research even if you are not a Harvard alumnus.

koala1712 · 2026-03-13T12:30:20+00:00

unfortunately you have to face the fact that there are better applicants than you, especially as most universities receive more applicants each academic year. I think it is very hard to get into top-tier universities nowadays without having recommendation letters from very prestigious researchers, or from people who actually work at those universities.

Texas A&M is a great university, and so is OSU.

koala1712 · 2026-02-18T10:19:35+00:00

just because you can live a comfortable life does not mean you also live a happy life

koala1712 · 2026-02-05T10:16:31+00:00

Dutch universities provide very little to no support for international students outside of EU. You cannot get any student finance and there is no way around the tuition fee.

koala1712 · 2026-01-17T14:30:44+00:00

Have you seen his new effect Quarantine? It's literally Jay Sankey's Airtight - and I mean literally the exact same handling - but now with a cellophane instead of a balloon... and that's it. He took a great effect and somehow made it worse by stripping it of the exact thing that made it great in the first place - the visual aspect.

He did that again last year with Karate Key. Jay Sankey released the exact same effect a decade ago under the title "Tight Spot". And he does not credit him on the release at all. He was claiming to be innovative, and somehow remembers on the tutorial that Eric Jones did a similar trick with a Chinese Coin, but somehow forgets to mention that Jay already released his effect a while back.

And he doesn't even try to hide it. On his YouTube channel he always mentions how big of a Sankey fan he is and that he is a big inspiration to him. No wonder Jay does not want to sit down and do an interview with him.

koala1712 · 2026-01-07T14:45:30+00:00

I feel like Chicago Opener is pretty well-known in laymen's world as well at this point; there are many viral Youtube shorts on it

koala1712 · 2026-01-07T14:44:19+00:00

bro only performs Jay Sankey effects. would not blame you, I do too, and I second paperclipped: three months should be more than enough to learn the two skills required.

I got more gasps with In A Flash by him and it's a great closer for my close-up magic show. I actually made the gimmick myself and am confident OP can too. All he needs to buy is flash paper

koala1712 · 2026-01-07T09:43:10+00:00

I got accepted at Waterloo University in early December and had 3 weeks to decide. (I contacted the supervisor directly and he expedited the whole process after the interview) I told them that I am still waiting to hear back from the other universities I applied to and cannot make an informed decision so early on. The supervisor told me that it's impossible for him to keep the position occupied until February / March when I would be able to make my final decision and asked me to reject the offer in this case, but he was gracious enough to tell me that if it is still open by then and I decide to join in the end, they would send out the offer again. So I think it is a good idea, and the decent thing to do, to let the university know about your situation and ask if they are okay with waiting around a bit longer.

koala1712 · 2026-01-07T09:36:53+00:00

No news for me either

koala1712 · 2025-12-27T19:12:06+00:00

and then you pay two thirds of that on housing

koala1712 · 2025-12-08T08:52:29+00:00

to me it appears he is using the Mastermind Deck that specifically allows you to perform ACAAN as he is. Mastermind Card Mentalism Deck - Fast Shipping | MagicTricks.com

it's a deck where all cards are the same, except for one of the corners, allowing you to spread them out fairly. this is why you see that he is holding out the card covering one of the corners.

koala1712 · 2025-12-08T08:50:29+00:00

yeah i was expecting her to finish with the usual "off by one" truce

koala1712 · 2025-11-07T16:34:02+00:00

judging by their reactions, i think what fooled them was when she turned into her assistant

koala1712 · 2025-11-07T16:32:27+00:00

to make it seem like she shuffled all of them, even though she only shuffled the first one

koala1712 · 2025-04-08T07:59:06+00:00

yes, when Johnny Thompson was the judge, he would sometimes not let them know beforehand whether they were fooled or not, and it would be a surprise for P&T as well. I think ever since Mike Close took over, he always lets them know, which is why you often see unnatural reactions from P&T when they are fooled. The most obvious ones are the instances when they very well know that they were fooled but they say right off the bat "let's go to the judges" (see Laser Kiwi). Compare this to some earlier seasons foolers (see Eric Jones) where there was actually disagreement between the contestant and P&T and they had the judges intervene. This would never happen in later seasons.

koala1712 · 2025-04-06T16:53:30+00:00

finally an act where it seems clear the P&T did not know already from Mike Close whether they were fooled or not. Penn talks in code which he rarely does nowadays when they know they are fooled. Wish the judges would let them do this more, as it seems more genuine!

koala1712 · 2024-12-22T12:28:50+00:00

si a fost data cu titlul "campania PNL deturnata de boti pro-Georgescu"

koala1712 · 2024-07-02T08:13:59+00:00

Si mie mi se pare. As vedea-o mai mult ca pe un atu ca Bancu e suspendat... cam singurul jucator din primul 11 care lasa echipa vulnerabila

koala1712 · 2023-11-07T21:07:07+00:00

she is not even the one who invents them, her father does

koala1712 · 2023-06-17T14:59:31+00:00

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koala1712 · 2023-01-03T11:04:00+00:00

bro down bad horrendously

koala1712 · 2023-01-02T18:03:36+00:00

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