I don't know.
The guy who was going to supervise me for the one I applied for last year (which I couldn't have done anyway given I didn't get the MA finished till now) emailed me a couple of weeks ago telling me there was more funding available for the coming year. He said I should apply for it since I still have a place there (just without funding currently). So maybe.
Although Lewis' job struggles hardly fill me with confidence for going down that path.
Well done Boyd. It's bloody hard getting stuck back into shit after that sort of break.
What was the subject, Boyd?
I wanna do a PHD one day. One day...
Moaning.Originally Posted by Hammer
Just kidding, nice one Boydy.
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I would recommend setting small goals. Sometimes staring down an entire assignment can feel very daunting, especially at the start. But the more you break it down into manageable chunks, the more you can drip-feed yourself feelings of accomplishment.
Also, one of the big hangups in study is the idea that you're doing it entirely at your own behest. I found that while working with people can be distracting, it's good to meet other students for regular discussion of the material. That way you wind up being accountable to someone other than yourself.
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I never found reading alone to be very helpful. I recommend summarizing while you read, then putting away the original document and writing your answer based on the summaries. That's how I used to do it, because just reading or reading/highlighting simply led to my mind wandering.
I don't know how it is for you, but for me, the act of writing really helped solidify it in my head.
Make some notes as you're reading. Writing down even bullet points will help ingrain it into your head and it'll come back quicker when you read them later, hopefully.
I got into McGill.
CongratulationWhat are you studying?
I just underline stuff and make notes in the book I'm reading. Only if I own the book though, obvs.
That said, I used to be a right twat at uni. Just underlining stuff all over the place in library books. What a bellend.
McGill's awesome. Really great result.I got into McGill.
Congratulations, eh.
English or Philosophy, I think. I'll hear from the rest of the schools I've applied to in March but it's a nice safety net to have.Congratulation
Canada.
Does Canada work out much (any?) cheaper for you?
Ahh to have uni to look forward to again
I was put into lectures and seminars for all the units I deferred last year and one lecturer is sending me emails wondering why I haven't been attending. This despite being sent a letter stating I just had to complete the coursework I failed to do as well as emails after I panicked about all the timetabling.
He's still trying to get me into a seminar to do group work shit that I've already done :\
It is much cheaper. 18,000 CAD which is about $13,000 for tuition, and I don't think room/board is that much..
BUT. I just got into Northeastern (in Boston) with a full tuition scholarship.
Well done
At the other end of the spectrum (knock it home, Tobes), medicine is still wank.
I don't think you're autistic mate.
You're Bancini, not Billy Bibbett.
Lewis did that joke before, I think.
It was actually me, I've just remembered. I said one of you and Byron would have to pick a different character when you met Lewis (McMurphy). It was a pretty great joke, really, and yet I don't think anybody laughed. Bastards.
You might just not be as funny as you think you are.
On an unrelated note, why do we have both : face: and : facepalm:?
At least I got the good one.
Does it include room and board? If not that must be a bit expensive over there. I was not a big fan of the whole 'work experience' thing they seem to be all about but it is a quite good university nonetheless. Also Boston is superb. Clam chowder.
Doesn't include room and board, but still it would be cheaper than probably anywhere else bar the U. It might help with negotiating lower rates at other schools too.
Theme for this week is "Death in Childhood".
Predictably cheerful so far.
This. I did exactly that when I got admissions offers. Got em to lower my yearly cost by literally $10,000 (still like $30k lol).
Where else did you get in?
The other schools i negotiated with were Columbia and UChicago. Stanford was pretty clearly my first choice, but they didnt have to know that.
Got into the U of Vermont. I'm on fire.
Bernie would be proud.
Is Spoons in college yet?
You could've at least gone to the effort of reading this page.
Yeah but I'm trying to project that I don't care that much. It's all part of the persona.
Anyways what's the top choice at present?
McGill's the top choice because I got in, and it's pretty cheap (thx Obama for flooding the world with Iranian oil and killing the Canadian exchange rate).
McGill is alright as a name 'brand' but you would get absolutely fucked in terms of networking and a total lack of top level recruiting for the US market. Better off being top of your class at Utah, not to mention the social life for non-French speakers will be very frustrating. They are not the most accepting bunch, especially since all of the French speaking social elite of Europe send their kids (who didn't quite get into the right schools) there. I know a lot of kids from my high school who went to McGill; Phonics can corroborate me on this.
I speak French tho.
Fluently, like a mother tongue? Regardless you're a provincial middle-class kid from Utah of all places, the French are elitist/pretentious/classist beyond anything you'll have ever experienced.
I'm telling you dude, take the full-ride to Utah and accept who you are (unless you get in somewhere truly worth it).
Don't go to Utah you fucking spastic. McGill or bust. Or Stanford obvs if you get in.
Do you know anybody that actually went to McGill? Or are you just relying on the 'brand' value?
Utah would be so fucking boring if you've lived in Utah your entire life. Go somewhere else, be around different people.
This is pretty ironic, no?
I met a bunch of great people at Oxford who went to McGill. Seems to put out good grads.
I've only visited the place, but it seemed really nice when I was there.
Mert and mokbull, exactly the type of people anyone would want advice from.
Spoon would fucking wank himself into a coma in French Canada.
McGill would be perfect for him.
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