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Damerflinn

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  • Location
    NJ
  • Application Season
    2015 Fall
  • Program
    English

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  1. Statement: So I took the GRE a while ago and was happy with my V:166 Q:153 since I'm looking into English programs. Then my writing score came and was a... 4.0? This has aggravated me to the point of not wanting to ever pay for a GRE again. Complaint: For prep, I took the two practice exams and just wrote the essays like I would any other, but I have recently been informed of certain things which are not acceptable within the essay (like questioning the argument's "facts"). I guess I'm unhappy with how these essays are scored. It seems it's where they can force you to conform to their testing practices. If you don't need to practice vocab or (in other people's cases) math, they can still see your lack of practice of their testing premises within your writing. The other sections are just right or wrong answers. Conclusion: I'll probably retake it, knowing what I know now about how the essay grading is done. Just wanted to complain about it and seek commiseration/ wise advice on where to find good practice stuff for the writing section. Thanks
  2. Hi there! I've been going to various university sites, trying to make a list of decent/good schools offering waived tuition and/or stipends to Master's students in English programs. I've been told multiple times that I should not pay for a Master's degree, but it seems many programs only offer fully funded PhDs, leaving Master's students to fend for themselves, so to speak. I am in the Northeast, but I have no problem traveling, providing they will help me pay to stay there. I do plan to continue to a PhD, so it is not necessarily important where my MA is coming from, as long as they have an engaging and (for lack of a better word) "good" English department. Some of the schools I found which I believe offer tuition and stipends for English MA are: Syracuse, Penn State, Cornell, and possibly Michigan? It is a bit confusing on some of the sites, since it is hard to tell if they are talking about Master's or PhD programs at some points of their funding literature. I looked into UPenn, Emory, and Northwestern, all of which offer a fully funded PhD but not MA. TL;DR 2 questions: Is there a comprehensive list of schools that offer fully funded Master's in English? Are their schools which offer fully funded dual MA/PhD programs in English? If there is not a list complied somewhere, maybe someone can suggest a few schools that they know of. Thanks in advance!
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