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Thanks for the replies! Yes, U of Ark is completely funded, New School I'd have to take out loans or something (I have 50% tuition waiver from New School, but as an international student, I can't afford the the rest of the 50% or the living costs in New York). My other choice is to not go, and then apply for PhDs directly next year. But what are the chances of getting into a fully funded PhD at a good uni (i like berekely, columbia, minnesota, irvine, davis) -- without a masters, and with an initial degree in law from abroad? And I asked the head of the dept at U of Ark. He couldn't give me any curriculum lists as courses are individually designed. He said i could take courses outside the department, and that "you could do ur project at our department BUT its not ideally suited for your faculty interests"...for one no one has any legal theory experience, and only one or two profs work in critical theory. Also, U of Ark's ratings are pretty bad, and I don't know anyone who knows anything abt that school... Could someone guide me in terms of its reputation?

I'm interested in the intersection of critical theory, cultural studies and legal theory. I have been accepted at the New School for Social research's Liberal Studies program, but being forced to go to Uni of Arkansas by Fulbright (they are funding my MA). Does anyone know how the Uni of Arkansas program in Comparative Literature and Cultural studies rates? It looks completely traditional literature to me! http://www.uark.edu/ua/cplt/ Does it make sense to spend to 2 years there just to avail the scholarship, considering my interests? Please advise.

Hey Guys, I'm in a huge dilemma here, and would like some thoughts. I'm an international student, with a law background, but interested in studying critical theory/literary theory etc, and then applying it to legal theory. Does that even make sense? Anyway, i got the fulbright scholarship to study in the US. BUT - under its new policies, they choose the universities for us, we have little or no say. I really like New School for Social research, and managed to force them to apply to the Liberal Studies program there. I got accepted with a 50% scholarship. But i also got accepted at University of Arkansas, Feyeteville's comparative literature http://www.uark.edu/ua/cplt/overview.html and fulbright is forcing me to go to arkansas because its cheaper for them. I know many people at New School, but have NO idea what Arkansas is like. From the looks of it, it has hardly any critical theory. I really wanted to go for my masters, and turning down a scholarship is a HARD decision. But would Arkansas be worth the 2 years, epecially if i wanted to study theory, and this is more traditional literature? (Fulbright insists its the same as new school's program). Would appreciate some thoughts on this.