You ' re fucking cute you know that <| sep |> I told my roommates and my mom . She had a lot of misconceptions but after explaining my journey she understood it a lot more , which was cool . I usually tell girls I ' m dating pretty early on , just so there ' s no surprises and to explain how to communicate best with me so that we both win . If it ' s an issue , than cool , at least we caught it early and I didn ' t have to live with it hidden under the surface the whole time <| sep |> The MA program only started last year , with the first class finishing this past summer . Unless people applied in the fall , during the first semester of the MA which I ' m not sure if anyone did , there isn ' t really any placement history to speak of yet .