Haroun

Hi all, i'm applying for PhD this fall and the problem is I won't be able to get my master's at my current school. PhD programs I'm applying to don't require a master's degree at all, but the problem is the fact that I wasn't able to finish the thesis. (This is why I dropped out) I'm not sure how I should explain this situation in my applications. Just be honest that I wasn't in a situation where I could conduct a full research? I have some contacts with POIs in some of the schools I'm applying to. I met them and left a good impression with my writing samples and prospective research ideas. Maybe I should tell them what happened? I know I will have to be honest with everything that has happened, but I guess I'm just afraid. I'd appreciate any comments or advice.

^ I'd just submit. It would just calm me down.

Don't you just hate it when out of several schools you are applying, only one school has Dec. 1 deadline... and all the other schools have their deadlines in late Dec-January? ... I do. But i figured I'd apply to one more Dec. 1 deadline school now that i already decided to apply to one anyway.

it's so quiet in here o_o I'm also re-applying. Good luck to everyone!

I heard some schools allow you to include a note for each composition when you submit your portfolio. That might be a better place to explain your work in-depth maybe?? (rather than in your SOP) Or if it has something to do with the school fit, that may be more significant. But I don't think you want to make a paragraph in your SOP sound like an analysis. But I'm not a composition student, so that's just my opinion...!

Talk about mom's intuition! Congrats on your son's acceptance!

ouch indeed!! Now I'll probably have to wait at least until the end of this month to hear from other schools... ahhh

OH NO!!! Well, It's the 100th not counting the very first post of the thread. Anyway, Princeton will make decisions sometime next week... I know that a lot of people here applied, so good luck to us all!

In my opinion, those questions are pretty specific! Well, at least compared to what I got. How long was the interview? edit: I'm the 100th poster in this thread

Oh... lol of course. But that could have been true for any other humanities/arts degrees, right? I thought it would be more music-specific.

No... How does it go?

Thanks! Good luck to you too!

OK. Just had an interview (musicology). It was about 20 minutes, which was a little shorter than I expected. Pretty generic questions in a rather informal setting... (Why PhD, this program, my interests, strength/weakness and so on.) I think that is mostly the case for Phone/Skype interviews or single-session interview. May be different for 2- or 3-day interview weekend. Decision will be made a little later... Good luck to me!

OMG. Me too... I couldn't believe that one school wants to interview me and I doubted it more times than I can remember, but again... they did invite me. I like your Eeyore metaphor. lol

I have an interview tomorrow, and last night in my dream, a professor from that school paid a visit to my apartment to help me prepare for the interview. LOL Good luck to those who have interview(s)!