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Hi! I am interested in applying to the Courtauld and it says that the current deadline for the 2016/2017 year is April 1st. However, I keep seeing Courtauld acceptances and rejections on the Results Board and in the thread on this page. Is it too late do you think for me to apply this year? Or is it more of a rolling basis?

There is a thread over in the Literature thread on this and I thought it may be a nice distraction! I got interested in Hybrid Modernities and global history because as an undergrad my department had a very strong 20th century Asian Art professor, strong Latin Americanist and my eventual mentor who works on Modern Middle Eastern city planning. Due to this, I was got my basics of modern art and architecture through a non-Western viewpoint, which was invaluable to excitement about the field. How about everyone else?

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I'm moving back from two years in Asia, and am excited to finally be around real books again! After living through my Kindle since books in English were hard to come by, the thought of access to a library seems like the biggest luxury in the world.

Does anyone have any experience with the MA program at U of Oregon that they would mind sharing with me? It seems like a nice program from the website, but I would love to hear a current or past students opinion! Please share or PM me! Thanks to everyone for being so helpful so far!

Hi guys! I hope everyone is doing alright. I was wondering if anyone has experiences with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's MA program in Art History or the Department in general. I've been having a hard time finding information. Please please share or PM me!

I did not receive an email and randomly checked my status one night to find that I had been accepted into a Masters program. I didn't have any communication with a POI from the school or anyone else. Anticlimactic for sure, but hey still good news!

This thread is extremely helpful! Thanks! I'm an architectural historian but I focus mostly on looking at architecture through its context and within the realm of memory studies, so I read a lot of Pierre Nora, Bourdieu, Anderson and Bhabha. But all these suggestions are very helpful.

Hey! What do you guys say when you email them? What is the question that you usually ask? While I can usually include a few sentences about the research goals we have in common, I feel like I'm wasting their time if I just ask if they are taking students.

Hey guys! Does anyone have any advice regarding the attitudes towards MA students at these schools? Are the MA students seen as cash cows or are they know for treating their MA's well? The list of schools is: University of Delaware, Penn State, Boston University, University of Minnesota Any advice is appreciated!

Hey guys! I know this has been brought up before, but I was wondering, is it alright to contact potential advisors and just say: this is my work, this is what I want to accomplish. I like your work for this reason, these are the intersections between the two and what I can learn from you and the program. Can you tell me if X school is a good fit? I'm applying to Masters programs so I don't know how accepted reaching out to professors is. What do you all think?

Hey guys! I don't think this thread has been started yet, but how is everyone doing in terms of gearing up for the next application season? Personally, I've picked out my schools, am studying for my second GRE (ugh) and working on my writing sample. How is everyone else doing?

Hello! Does anyone know of any funded Masters degrees in American Studies?

This is all very helpful advice, thank you! I really appreciate it. My plan at the moment is to get an MA in Art History (preferably Architectura) and then a PhD in American Studies, although the more I research the more I'm considering switching to a PhD in Art History. So this is all very helpful to me personally! Lets keep the funded MA list going!

This is all great information! Thanks. I thought it would be helpful if we could just compile a list. I have another question. I'm gearing up for the cycle this upcoming fall and have done quite a bit of research. I know what I want to study, who and where I want to study. However, I feel that I would get significantly more (especially in terms of developing language skills) by doing the MA first. Plus, I am unsure of my chances of getting into a PhD program. So, for places like UPenn, which is in my top choices, would you suggest that I apply to the MA program and let them know I hope to plan on continuing to the PhD program? I'm worried that if I apply for the MA strictly (and this is for any school), I will be cut out of funding anywhere, but that if I apply for the Phd then my chances for acceptance will be very low. Any thoughts?

Hi! Alright so I was wondering if we could compile a list of funded Masters programs. I think it would be really helpful since when applying to Masters programs its difficult to discern from the websites whether or not they are funded. Does anyone have suggestions?

Hi guys, Good luck to everyone hearing decisions, I know this is a big week coming up! This is a question I have been wondering for a while and just thought I would throw it out there. What do you guys think makes an exceptional application? I've heard from colleagues and friends and even commentors on this site about wonderful sounding applications being rejected (3.9 GPA, great GREs, tight and thoughtful writing sample, glowing recommendations). So what do you know this makes an application stand out? I know these qualities change based on the department, but I'm just curious what you guys think!

I'm a pretty bad writer, so I was really nervous about taking the Writing GRE portion. The night before the test I looked over the Writing sections in Princeton Reviews book. The Argumentative Essay is a pretty strange format, however my prep book gave me a word for word template for structuring the essay. Practice this! I wrote the template out a few times by hand to practice it and went over it on the train the next morning. Also, for the Issue Essay, all of the possible Issue topics are listed on ETS website so it may be helpful to do a few test runs, practice coming up with examples really quickly. I actually ended up getting a 6 on the Writing so I think these strategies really helped me (especially memorizing the Argumentative template). However, I also got a 140 on the Quant, so my scores are pretty all over the place. Good luck!

What an interesting field! While I really don't know anything about Sequential Art or programs for it, I would suggest also looking at American Studies programs. During my research I noticed that a few programs have people specializing in video games and visual culture, which from their descriptions sounded similar to what you are interested in with Sequential Art. I could have sworn I saw a few people studying graphic novels (I'll look back through my notes to see). Bowling Green State University has an American Popular Culture Department. I would also look at programs that have American Studies and Art History so that you can choose faculty from both, maybe with the American studies focusing on the actual graphic novels and Art History focusing on the more traditional visual analysis. Also maybe art school which have Art history programs and also have graphic design or illustration or animation departments (I'm unsure what the technical term for comic book design is) as well. Savannah College of Art and Design has both and I know that the graphic design (and others) department has classes in the history and analysis of comics as part of their curriculum. Good luck!

Guys thank you so much for all the advice, this is incredibly helpful!

Thanks guys! This is not only really helpful, but also very reassuring. Much appreciated!

Hey guys, I hope everyone is not worrying too much right now. I'm applying for the cycle next year so I can only imagine how much stress you guys are feeling. For the programs I'm applying to I need at least one other language (German). I unfortunately studied Hindi in college and am abroad in Asia right now. I have tried to find a German language school or classes, but there are none offered in English. Does anyone have recommendations for a German online program? What is a reputable or legitimate one? Thanks!

Hello! I was wondering if anyone knew of good architectural history MA programs. I am interested in both an MA in Architectural History or an MA in Art History at a program which has a solid amount of professors who specialize in the architecture of a variety of areas. I got my undergrad in Art History focusing on city planning and architecture and so I would prefer to look at schools where I can focus on architecture within an Art History framework. I'm applying in Fall 2013 and have compiled a solid list (UT Austin, UVA, VCU, Boston, SCAD) being at the top, but I am curious if there are anymore out there. Thanks!