A fantastic (and only slightly exaggerated) cartoon portrayal of the Humanities grad school admissions process—specifically, asking your jaded, reluctant professor for a recommendation. (Note: maybe don’t watch this if you’re planning to ask your jaded, reluctant professor for a recommendation.)
(Via Shout-Box and Tenured Radical.)
Bonus Feature: Political Science edition:
as a recent grad/engl major: so funny and terrifying at the same time. but these are the obstacles one must contend with if one wants to live a life of the mind.
scary. so scary.
– currently applying.
Don’t worry, all the profs saw this a couple of weeks before it hit Wesleying.
And we think it is pretty funny! (And true!)
da fukn tr00f
here’s the one for social sciences: http://politicalwire.com/archives/2010/10/29/so_you_want_to_get_a_phd_in_political_science.html