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    Dr. Yekhefah

    I have nervously, but finally, decided to get my ass a PhD. I've wanted one for years (really, I decided to get one about one semester into my Master's program). But I was always afraid of being one of those losers who couldn't hack it in the real world and hides in college forever; I had nightmares about becoming some overweight, frizzy-haired tenure jockey who smells like cat litter. (You know who I'm talking about. If you went to college, you took her class at some point. Every school has one.)

    Well, fuck it. I always dreamed of becoming a professional student, and this life I'm living now isn't working, so I might as well become a tenure jockey if it makes me happy. So I'm getting a damn PhD and then I'm going to become a professor. I'll have summers (and money!) free for my own filmmaking and photography projects, and I'll also have stability, health insurance, benefits, and occasional sabbatical. Why the hell not?

    I found a terrific program at Yale. Har. I can see myself with a PhD from Yale. Because it is extremely unlikely that I'll be one of the 3 or 4 people they accept each year, I'm also looking at other schools. But that's a SWEET program at Yale, and I already have an idea for my dissertation topic there. Fingers are crossed for that one. I'm hoping to start my coursework in the fall of 2007, so I'm getting my shit together over the next few months for the December application deadlines.

    First thing I have to conquer is the GRE. <shudder> I get the feeling this one's going to be a little rougher than the ACT and I'll have to actually study for it. I plan on taking it around August or September.

    And in another five or six years, y'all might have to call me DOCTOR!

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    well for the GRE part take an old test or two but the only people I really saw improve their scores were these girls who made a shoebox full of index cards with words and their meanings. they memorized away. and if there is still time people who read much, seemed to do much better then their intelligence would suggest.

    phd in what if i may ask?

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    good luck sweetheart.
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    Can I ask what discipline you're going after?

    You remind me of an old "Popular American Literature" professor who was this real sexy scriptwriter.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah
    I have nervously, but finally, decided to get my ass a PhD. I've wanted one for years (
    I found a terrific program at Yale. Har. I can see myself with a PhD from Yale. Because it is extremely unlikely that I'll be one of the 3 or 4 people they accept each year, I'm also looking at other schools. But that's a SWEET program at Yale, and I already have an idea for my dissertation topic there. Fingers are crossed for that one. I'm hoping to start my coursework in the fall of 2007, so I'm getting my shit together over the next few months for the December application deadlines.

    First thing I have to conquer is the GRE. <shudder> I get the feeling this one's going to be a little rougher than the ACT and I'll have to actually study for it. I plan on taking it around August or September.

    And in another five or six years, y'all might have to call me DOCTOR!
    Been there done that and I say go for it... You will never be sorry.
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    Thanks, y'all! My BA and Master's are both in film, so I'll continue in that vein and go for a PhD in Film Studies. That way I can keep studying what I'm interested in, and whoever hires me as a professor should be amenable to my pursuing my own film projects. Yale requires their graduate film studies students to combine with another department, sort of like a double major, so if I get into Yale it will be a combination of Film Studies and either Modern Jewish History or Chinese Literature. (I'm very much into Jewish feminism and its influence on religious tradition and the Zionist movement; I've also been a big fan of Chinese cinema ever since I was a kid.) That's what I like so much about the Yale program; I like the way they force you to integrate cinema into a cultural context, rather than just yak about movies.

    Plus, life in coastal Connecticut. Beautiful weather, pleasant people, and just a little over an hour to NYC if I ever get bored with the peace and quiet. Yes, please!

    I'm also applying to the University of Texas at Austin, and a couple other schools yet to be determined. I still have to investigate Australian schools and whether I could do it there or not.

    I'm so very excited. I'm nervous and intimidated, and damn this is going to take a long frickin' time, but it beats the hell out of what I'm doing now. It feels good to finally have a plan!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah
    Beautiful weather, pleasant people...
    beautiful weather, pleasant people? bwahahahahhaahah!!!

    you must not know much about new england. the weather is anything but beautiful. the only thing worse than the weather is the people.

    plus new haven is a literal cesspool

    if not for your yale, no one would visit there

    lmao

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    Good luck, Yek. Make sure to look me up if you end up in Austin!

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    Best of luck Yek! Great choices of schools. Yale sure has it's share of serious actresses who came out of it. And UTA was my own personal backup for the BA.

    I mostly look forward to some creative scripts!


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    So doc.... ya gonna make a movie about me now?
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    That is great!


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    You're so cute. Go you!


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    Quote Originally Posted by kikin
    beautiful weather, pleasant people? bwahahahahhaahah!!!

    you must not know much about new england. the weather is anything but beautiful. the only thing worse than the weather is the people.

    plus new haven is a literal cesspool

    if not for your yale, no one would visit there

    lmao
    Your so full of it. I've BEEN to the New England area and New Haven IS beautiful. The people were nice and the Yale campus was gorgeous. The only thing BETTER than the campus were the Yale Rowers (They have awesome bodies...heh).

    When you get into Yale, I think you'll love it, Yek!

    But, try for Austrailia!! It's gorgeous and "enchanting" Down Under.

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    Cool news, Yek. Please don't abandon us low-life pervs after you enter Yale.

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    Good for you!!!! I am sure you will do well.

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    Oh, hell, honey. I was DYING to become a frizzy haired tenure jockey (I could take or leave the cat litter smell though). I was PRIED into the "real world" (such as it is; I'm still in school, it's just professional school) kicking and screaming. If you have a chance at ivory tower status, seize it with both (or all, if you have more than two. You can even add in your feet if you have prehensile toes) hands and don't let go. Consider Canadian schools - not instead of Yale, but as a back up. (Like I said, they don't really have the panache or status of some top tier american schools, but they are perfectly serviceable). They are, by comparison, super cheap. And.... hmm. That's all I've got. Let me know - I can be informative. We would like you. I'm sure. Canadians are a friendly people. Or so we tell people. It's on our brochures!

    The GRE is more or less the same as the SATs. It's not that bad, except the math. And most arts program dismiss the math part out of hand. For books, I liked the Princeton Review.
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    Holy fortuitous fortunes, Batman! Yekhefah, my club is IN New Haven!!! I would be so psyched if you decided to work there with me . . . if not, we still have to meet F2F.

    Here's an uncanny little tidbit: my ex-galpal is now a PhD candidate in the Yale anthropology department. Though she now makes her dayjob dough as a pro domme, she used to strip, and this is how *I* got started! Hooray for the strippers of Yale!

    So when are you coming to visit?
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    Kikin, I HAVE been to New England and I love the weather there! I know a lot of people think "beautiful weather" is this hot, miserable year-round shit we get in Southern California, but to me, it means four distinct seasons, cool summers, snowy winters, and clear air. I much prefer the beach when I have to wear jeans and a sweatshirt to sit on it, bundled up in a fleece blanket with a cup of coffee. I'm not a summer or tropical kind of gal.

    And thanks for the good wishes, everyone! I won't know until next spring whether I've been accepted anywhere, but augh, it feels so good to have a plan and know I won't be sitting here broke and asthmatic in Los Angeles for much longer!

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    Good luck getting your Pimpin Hoes Degree!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah
    Kikin, I HAVE been to New England and I love the weather there! I know a lot of people think "beautiful weather" is this hot, miserable year-round shit we get in Southern California, but to me, it means four distinct seasons, cool summers, snowy winters, and clear air. I much prefer the beach when I have to wear jeans and a sweatshirt to sit on it, bundled up in a fleece blanket with a cup of coffee. I'm not a summer or tropical kind of gal.
    Well, I guess if you're into a variety of weather patterns, then yeah it's ok. But most of the time the weather is down right nasty, except for three or four weeks in in early fall where it's downright gorgeous. But the people are pretty damn obnoxious and snobby though, I guess they are obnoxious in SoCal as well. So no big deal. Anyway, much luck to you and your wonderful plans.

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    New England is awesome. I used to go camping in Vermont every summer. I loved it.

    Go you Yek! Keep focused and go knock em dead...

    Teach me for only skimming through the thread lmao

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cally
    Go you Yek! Keep focused and go knock em dead... and then you can be my personal physican
    she's going for a doctorate in Film Studies, not a medical degree.

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    Now this is what I get for reading a post this afternoon, and following up on it in the wee hours of the morning.

    I miss the weather out there, from nice mild summers to cool crisp falls. I don't miss shoveling the snow, but I'd love a wood fire.

    I feel so much more alive in that crisp weather, rather than the unbearable heat of summer.

    You want to talk about weird weather? We can go from 3c to 18c in the same day, and have sun, rain, and hail. All in the same day.

    We are into winter now, and thre is enough heat my roses are still blooming.


    Anyway I can't wait to see your first production Yekhefah!


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    Heh I skimmed through the thread and for some reason thought it was doctor doctor. I should have known it was in film seeing as thats what Yek does lol. Well teach me for reading SW as soon as I wake up

    Either way congrats Yek

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    good luck hon
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