*cough*

I am not sure what to say, so, um, here is a video I thought you all would like.

Home stretch (sort of...)

TO COMPLETE FOR TUESDAY, DEC. 9 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 10

UC Berkeley

- Deadline: Dec. 10
- Write personal statement:
- complete online application form (started)
- mail letters: Department of English, Graduate Office, 322 Wheeler Hall #1030, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-1030
- mail writing sample (20)

Rutgers

- Deadline: Dec. 15
- write CV
- complete online application form (started…make sure to apply for fellowship…somehow?)
- mail personal statement to: Office of Graduate and Professional Admissions, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 18 Bishop Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8530, U.S.A.
- mail writing sample (20)
- mail statement of purpose
- mail letters

NYU

- Deadline: Dec. 18
- Send GRE scores (subject and general) code 2596
- send transcripts to: Graduate School of Arts and Science, Graduate Enrollment Services, One-half Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
- notify profs about online letters
- complete online application
- edit writing sample to 12 pages (groan)

TO BE COMPLETED BY THURSDAY, DEC. 18

U Michigan

- Deadline: Jan. 1 (but encouraged to submit by the 18th)
- write CV
- write personal statement
- complete online application (with CV and statements)
- mail writing sample (25): Graduate English Department, 435 S. State Street, 3187 Angell Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

TO BE COMPLETED FOR MONDAY, DEC. 22

Brown

- Deadline: Jan. 1
- Send GRE scores (both subject and general) code: 3094
- send transcripts to: 47 George St., Box 1867, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
- complete online application (can submit writing sample through online application)


UVA

- Deadline: Jan. 2
- complete application form (started)
- select and mail second critical paper (total not exceeding 25) sent to: Department, 219 Bryan Hall, Box 400121, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4121, and marked "Attention Graduate Admissions."
- mail letters

University of Washington

Deadline: Jan. 2
- mail printed copy of online application
- mail copy of transcripts (pick up from office
- mail letters of recommendation
- mail critical writing sample (20)
- mail teaching assistanceship application form (just a form, doesn’t ask for anything nuts)
- mail all this in one packet to: English Graduate Studies, University of Washington, Box 354330, Padelford A-105, Seattle, WA 98195-4330



TO BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 1

Rice

- Deadline: January 15
- complete application form (started)
- mail letters (address below)
- mail writing sample (25) to: Department of English, MS-30, Rice University, 6100, Main Street, Houston, TX 77005-1892

University of Oregon

- Deadline: January 15
- complete application form (started…I think?)
- mail personal statement: English Department, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
- mail writing sample (20)
- mail letters


UNC Chapel Hill

- Deadline: Jan 1
- complete online application (can submit writing samples online)
-mail letters

Claremont Graduate University

- Deadline: February 1
- send GRE scores
- send transcripts
- complete online application form
- mail writing sample: Office of Admission and Records
160 East Tenth Street
Claremont, Ca 91711

More reasons to love Randall Munroe:



It's like he's been hiding in my closet watching me for like, 7 years.

Also, I have teh sniffles.

Something funnier, until I have time for something substantial. GPSIII sent me this:

I'm writing this here instead of writing this somewhere else. Somewhere where I really wanted to say it.

"There have been two great accidents in my life, Diego - the trolley and you. You are by far the worst."



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