Ablukhov Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Let's wallow in our application agony together.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidda Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 I am! About to submit mine soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 Great! We might be the only two on grad cafe, but hopefully not... This is my second year applying. The waiting period is awful but having a little community of people going through the same thing really helps. What's your area? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renwod90 Posted December 9, 2012 Share Posted December 9, 2012 Count me in! I'm applying for Slav lang/lit PhD this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 Cool! What's your area, renwod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaseyleigh Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Hi all! I am thinking of applying to Slavic Linguistics PhD programs for fall 2014, meaning I'll be doing applications next fall. I am excited and just wanted to say hi to all my fellow Slavic language lovers! Ablukhov, it looks like I'm planning to apply to a lot of schools you're applying to, albeit in linguistics instead of literature, so I am curious to see where you end up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted December 11, 2012 Author Share Posted December 11, 2012 Hey kaseyleigh! Linguistics is such a fascinating topic. I've taken a few classes in semantics and philosophy of language, although I really don't know much about the linguistics as a discipline within specific language departments. Do you have an area of interest? What languages do you speak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaseyleigh Posted December 11, 2012 Share Posted December 11, 2012 It is fascinating! I would be lying if I said I knew a ton about it at this point, but my area of interest is foreign language acquisition in adults. I am a law student right now, focused on international law, specifically Eastern Europe, so I love the idea of melding my loves of law, policy, and foreign languages in a career plan. I am certainly not fluent in Russian, but at an intermediate level, and hopefully participating in Middlebury this summer. I'm waiting to hear about fellowships. Also, I'm trying to learn German right now and studying in Switzerland next fall, so hopefully I can learn and practice while I'm there! What is your background and what are your academic interests, ablukhov (and everyone else)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted December 12, 2012 Author Share Posted December 12, 2012 (edited) I'm waiting to hear back about Middlebury scholarships too- so with any luck maybe I'll see you there... I'm also going to apply to Bryn Mawr and SWEESL as back ups because it's easier to get funding for those programs. If you haven't heard of them, you might want to take a look...And since you're working on language acquisition, any tips you have on improving fluency are more than welcome Anyway, interests: I'm working the influence of religious philosophy on Russian lit. of the 19th and 20th centuries- mostly the symbolists though Edited December 12, 2012 by Ablukhov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renwod90 Posted December 15, 2012 Share Posted December 15, 2012 19th century Russ lit. I'm relieved to have just sent in my third application out of nine tonight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 Congrats renwod! My first app goes out tomorrow, and it's going to be a long night... Where are you applying? (If you don't mind) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cml471 Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I'm applying to a few Russian area studies M.A. programs, and a couple Slavic Language M.A. programs as well! Harvard Davis Center, Harriman Institute at Columbia, Duke's Slavic and Eurasian Studies Department, UNC Chapel Hill REECA programs, and University of Washington. Nice to hear from others in the field! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Welcome cml471! How's everyone's application process going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
renwod90 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) I just got an email from Chapel Hill this morning saying they are not accepting new students for Slavic MA, because their programing is closing, and that they will send me a check for the application fee. : / Edited December 19, 2012 by renwod90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted December 19, 2012 Author Share Posted December 19, 2012 Ugg...sorry to hear that renwod. The same happened to me with U Toronto. On the bright side I'm now $100 bucks richer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cml471 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Wow! I'm surprised to hear that about UNC. Glad I chose to apply to the REECA program over the Slavic Languages M.A.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidda Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 (edited) I've submitted 3/7-8ish apps so far. I'm applying mostly to PhD programs. I'm hoping to focus on Golden Age Literature especially the Romantics and Realists. Besides UC Berkeley we don't have any overlap! I decided to stay in the midwest. I've visited two schools so far but am nervous for when more interviews come up. I need to brush up on my language skills (ran out of language courses at my undergrad), hopefully living in Moscow all next semester will help. Edited December 21, 2012 by Eidda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 2 out of 7 in! And I'm taking a few days before tackling the rest. Eidda, I'm also applying to PhD programs, and I really wanted to apply to Indiana! But for me (for my husband really) it doesn't work to be far from the big east/west coast cities. You're applying to Berkeley though? I have a friend in the program and he loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaseyleigh Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 Thanks for the hints ablukhov! I applied for SWSEEL today and I'm probably going to apply to Bryn Mawr also! Does anyone know anything about the summer intensive at the Monterey Institute of International Studies? I was going to apply but then after researching it didn't seem like they had full funding from the institute itself (it sounds like you have to find your own outside funding). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 It is done! All my applications are in! And now I wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidda Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 I have two more left to submit (Michigan and Washington). The waiting period scares me. I just want to get in somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cml471 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 You're lucky, Ablukhov! I have 2 in and 3 to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ablukhov Posted January 4, 2013 Author Share Posted January 4, 2013 Good luck finishing up, you guys! I'm off to the banya to revel in all this new found free time! Eidda and cml471 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidda Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 One more left. Will get it in by tomorrow. Now starting all FLAS applications :/ Ablukhov 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karent Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 Hello, peers! All my applications are in. Now I twiddle my thumbs for a few weeks. It's nice to meet you. K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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