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Title sums it up. I applied to 4 phd programs in communication. The whole thing felt like a shit show. I spent Jan-March studying for the GRE every night after work. Got 156q/167v. When I was ready to return to the world, COVID hit. Quarantine continued. I had to take the TOEFL as well. Got 119/120 yay! Needless to say, most programs have now waived the GRE and I am out of hundreds of dollars during an already crappy time.

My husband lost his work. I got promoted and had to work more. Then we both got Covid. 7 more people in our fam got it. Awful.

And then I had to gather my LORs, my Master’s advisor passed away in 2017 so I had to approach the dean of the dept to write it for me althoug

UPDATE: Thank you all for the thoughtful comments and suggestions. I reached out to the Dpt., they immediately responded and also advised I ask the current Chair for a LoR. So I just emailed him. It's a strange situation, but apparently not totally unusual, as evidenced by your posts below. Thanks again and take care, everyone.

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The headline pretty much explains it. I completed an MA program and worked with a wonderful advisor who guided me through the dissertation process during a time when I had nearly deemed it a lost cause (due to a very hectic schedule/personal life stuff). I ended up getting an "A" for the project and basically consider this person to be the reason why I made it

The title explains it. Looking for beginner spots in the beautiful state of Maine...that I have never visited. I have only surfed a little in SoCal, so looking for beginner beaches only. Scared of big rocks, sharks, etc...:-) Thanks so much!

I tried surfing and switched to paddle boarding because it’s a bit less intense and I love lakes. I’d like to try sup surfing at some point and wondering whether it would be too dorky to try to sup surf with a pfd? One of the reasons why I stopped surfing was the fear of getting wiped out (which I know will happen again), so the pfd would help with the peace of mind. Sup surfing doesn’t entail paddling with arms so it should be possible to do it with a vest on? Thanks!

We were on a walk and she freaked out seeing a level crossing barrier in motion. Lights, noises etc. my husband convinced her to cross by running. But today we did the same walk and she saw the barrier move from one block away and REFUSED to keep walking. Almost wiggled out of her collar and was completely panicked for about 20 min. I tried to sit with her and comfort here but no luck. Had no treats on me. Two trains passed during that time so the other one added insult to injury. I’ve never seen her so terrified. She’d plant herself to the ground, wiggle etc. She would only walk back where we came from and refused to go forward or make a left. I’d like to be able to do this walk again. How

Watching BB for the first time. I just think it’s interesting that he always talks about providing for his family but never even spends time with his kids. Always MIA somewhere taking care of business. Barely ever around the baby. Bought Walter jr a car to basically buy his affection. He’s full of it. Kids need attention more then material things, it’s basic development science and the entire premise for his criminality falls apart when you actually examine his behavior. Judge by actions not words. Walter sucks so bad.

Skyler sucks too but not for the reasons people used to hate on her. Similarly to dr melfi in the sopranos, she still took the money which makes her immoral (and a criminal)

Title pretty much explains it. Got a solid verbal score, 167, so that was good. Avg practice tests were 162-165 for verbal, so that’s even better. Improvement on test day, yay!

That said, I was obsessing over reading comp and considered that to be my weakest skill. Did plenty of flash cards and stuff, but in the end mostly drilled RC. Now got my diagnostic report and out of the questions I got wrong, most were actually vocab questions (sentence equivalence and fill the gaps). I personally think RC gives a much better overview of a person’s intelligence than just knowing random fancy words, but that is namely what ETS is testing. Got quite a few “fill 3 blanks” sentences wrong especially.

Hello! My husband and I adopted a lab shar pei mix on March 22nd, ie a month ago. The foster was feeding her one brand of dog food, we tried another brand at first for a week and then switched to a third brand that she seemed to prefer. So she’s been on the food for about exactly 3 weeks and has had a lot of changes in the last 2 mo from being a stray to our normal routine.

The dog is doing great but I noticed when she poops, the first “half” of her poop is a solid dark brown firm poop, easy to pick up etc, but then the second half comes out almost as diarrhea, is lighter brown (no mucus or blood, just creamy) and stinks like a mf. It makes me sick sometimes 😷

I am worried about the diar