tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4661318886848028824..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: CM Flashback: Ben Again. Three Years Ago Today.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13108416483636322482016-11-26T11:42:56.296-05:002016-11-26T11:42:56.296-05:00I clearly remember how amazed we were one year to ...I clearly remember how amazed we were one year to get 50 applicants! We thought it was the greatest thing ever. Years later we started getting 200+ for the most basic entry level spots (Humanities), and it became more and more depressing.<br /><br />RGMCollege Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3615066473397820592016-11-26T10:58:33.321-05:002016-11-26T10:58:33.321-05:00My own favorite was the applicant who pasted photo...My own favorite was the applicant who pasted photos of herself, her classroom, and her smiling students into her 7 page long cover letter. And, yes, the letter was in an artistic font.Ego in Arcadianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-519741261846774312016-11-26T02:05:04.826-05:002016-11-26T02:05:04.826-05:00It's so easy to joke. There's just been s...It's so easy to joke. There's just been such a tremendous glut for so long now. And such exhausting desperation among so many applicants. I wonder what's the smallest number of applications anyone can recall receiving for a position--say, a few decades ago, in the <i>really</i> goon old days?Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.com