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Hello, I discover EGS's program a half a year ago and was interested in their MA program. I did write a few emails asking for information but finally decided to apply to a grad program in Literature in the States. I had a few great options but finally opted for Columbia. But a few days ago, out of the blue, I was offered admission to EGS's program in Comunication. There's amazing people teaching down there, but currently wondering if a) this is just a scam (I never formally applied) and b)if its absurd to do even consider doing a doctorate in Columbia and the MA in EGS over the summer. I realy have no idea who to ask for advice. Please help! Thanks to all! astra

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Hello, I discover EGS's program a half a year ago and was interested in their MA program. I did write a few emails asking for information but finally decided to apply to a grad program in Literature in the States. I had a few great options but finally opted for Columbia. But a few days ago, out of the blue, I was offered admission to EGS's program in Comunication. There's amazing people teaching down there, but currently wondering if a) this is just a scam (I never formally applied) and if its absurd to do even consider doing a doctorate in Columbia and the MA in EGS over the summer. I realy have no idea who to ask for advice. Please help! Thanks to all! astra

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Hola, ¿qué decidiste hacer finalmente? ¿Qué tal era la oferta de Berkeley comparada con la de Brown? Muchas felicidades. aa

Hola Seba, quisiera preguntarte qué te hizo decidirte y qué opinas de la presunta crisis financiera del departamento y la potencial desbandada de profesores del departamento. ¿Hay algo real en todo esto? En todo caso, ¡felicidades! aa.

Hola a todos, antes que nada les deseo mucha suerte en este proceso y espero que sus buzones estén inundados de buenas ofertas! Quería plantear una pregunta general sobre qué opinión tienen de los programas de Columbia, Harvard, Cornell y Berkeley. A grandes rasgos, ¿qué perfil consideran que cada departamento tiene? Me interesa en particular saber de la flexibilidad de los programas, su perfil intelectual en general, la disposición de sus profesores para colaborar con los alumnos, etc. Es difícil, desde fuera, hacerse una idea clara de esto. Le agradeceré cualquier comentario... aa.

Hello, I'm wondering what inside-people think about the difference between these excellent programs. Share your thoughts! aa.

Oubique, thanks a lot for your very detalied and pertinent advise. I'm gonna visit some of these schools and I'm pretty confident that this will help clarify my decision. On the other hand, at this point, my main interest is the program's flexibility to accomodate my diverse interests. I want to see how feasible is it to take courses at related programs or deparments. I also learned about the Scholar Exchange program held at top US universities. I think this would be an excellent way to spend some time working with specific professors at places like Berkeley, Brown or Chicago. (I wonder if you can spend two terms in different schools). In short, I'm also taking into account the spectrum of professors at other departments/universities I could work with in each case (people from NYU in Columbia, people from Brown in Harvard, etc.) Any ideas on this? Do you think this is a relevant criteria? Plop23: Do you have further insight into Harvard's program over against Columbia or Cornell? Clina4: Congratulations! I personaly didn't look much into Duke or Penn, but I'm sure they are every bit as good as Cornell. What do you think? aa.

Hello to all, I applied to several graduate programs in Romance Languages and, to my great surprise, received very good offers from top-notch universities. I've been admitted to Berkeley, Boston U., Columbia, Cornell and Harvard. I'm completely overwhelmed by the fact that I should say no to at least 3 of these great schools! I've sort of discarded Berkeley as I learned that they have some economic problems and things look rather shaky in the deparment. The three remaining have pros a cons. In Cornell, for example, I could study with my all-time favorite professor and intelectual and the flexibility of their program would suit very much my character and interests. Columbia's program is also very good, plus it is in NYC. Harvard, on the other hand, is Harvard, but to be frank, it's program and faculty is the less appealing, although there are some very intereting professors in related programs and fields. Most people just tell me to go to Harvard, but I don't want to rush and want to reach the best decision. I guess my question is to know the general opinion on these schools, and in particular, how important does it really is to have a few professor with very similar interests. I will greatly appreciate any reply, A.