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		<title>… Oops? Summer Wrap-Up III: Self</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've gone vegan, am starting a masters, and will be interviewing for web development internship.]]></description>
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		<title>Meeting Dr. Duck &amp; More Ableism</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Duck has done wonderful work towards outreach and encouraging children to pursue science and math. His name is on several papers that I have come to love, rereading as if they were a beloved novel. I wanted to work with him. Up until I met him. Oh, and did meeting him hurt. My chest, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Started on Grad School Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Graduate application committees will look at the following things: Transcripts to learn what academic background you have, whether you are missing some of the basic requirements, and how well you did in classes. Test scores are typically used more in figuring out which applicants to compare you against; from what I&#8217;ve heard, these don&#8217;t make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Statement of Purpose</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s past the halfway point of the semester. Soon, I will be sending off applications to HCI and related graduate school programs. From faculty mentors, I have received mixed opinions on whether to write a general or university-specific statement of purpose. Unlike the personal essay for undergraduates, the statement of purpose is better with focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A different sort of admissions letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:38:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I got an email from Berkeley. Today, Riverside contacted me.  Their email is quite a bit different: We received correspondence that you are interested in our Computer Science and Engineering Graduate Program. The first place that you should check out is our website: www.cs.ucr.edu &#60;http://www.cs.ucr.edu/&#62; and see what we are all about. Second, [...]]]></description>
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