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Just wanted to chime in and say hi. I was accepted last week in the UCR comp lit department!
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2015 Rejections
Appppplication replied to SilasWegg's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Just to add a funny rejection story, my usc rejection arrived in an email with the subject line "USC Fall 2015 Admission" and I was driving when I received it, so I just barely glanced down and saw it. Needless to say I immediately became so excited and cocky because i thought for sure i was accepted! I started imagining funding packages and weighing two offers against each other.... When I got home and read the email I realized that it said I was rejected, and further the grad Secretary had simply responded to an email I sent her a couple days earlier, so the subject line situation was my own fault! I totallY set myself up on that one.... -
People do sometimes turn down offers to reapply, but to be honest, unless it was a bad fit why would you? And if you were admitted it's probably a decent fit for you. I don't like the "safety school" lingo for PhD programs, because every PhD program is competitive. Also you must ask yourself what you would do with that extra year to make your apps stronger, and would it even be worth it? Or would you just be rolling the dice all over again with a similar application? There are no guarantees that you will publish that article within the year, or whatever accomplishment you hope to achieve. If you want to wait to try your hand again at a dept that admits 5 people every year and receives 500 applications, then no, don't turn down your offer. It sounds like the real question for you may be: what are the necessary parameters that must be met to allow myself to go into a humanities PhD program? There are very few jobs no matter where you get your PhD from. Research shows that there is only an 11% difference in the amount of people getting jobs from a "top 6" program than from a "top7-50" program (or something along those lines). Given that placement is generally bad everywhere, 11% more people landing in TT jobs is not that many more and may ultimately not be worth it the extra year and the extra money. But hey, it's just my opinion. I'm no expert.
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So yes I know we're all in the humanities and our lives are intricately intertwined with our reading. But what are you listening to??? We all have the soundtrack of our lives, whether to get us through tough admissions season or just in general. So here's your chance to make all of our lives richer.... I'll start, because right this very moment I'm listening to Beck: Morning Phase, and it is very nice indeed. I was so excited for this album to come out some time ago due to the single Say Goodbye that I first heard. I love that song. And then, you know, that whole Grammy's things too...
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Fall 2015 Acceptances (!)
Appppplication replied to hreaðemus's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
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Fall 2015 Acceptances (!)
Appppplication replied to hreaðemus's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I saw it!!! It was awesome! Mods must have deleted it -
Duke English vs Literature?
Appppplication replied to abitstartled's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Also most complit departments have NOT notified yet. -
Duke English vs Literature?
Appppplication replied to abitstartled's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I wouldn't give up complete hope. On the results board in the past they have sent out interviews as late as Feb 14. Most years they were sent earlier, but hope is still there. And they typically don't notify acceptances until March at the earliest. -
UGG. That guy should step down from the rankings. The Gourmet Report should be banned and reconstructed under a new name with new methodologies. Please take these rankings with a grain of salt people.
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Its not you. Department sizes and funding for the humanities have been dwindling in the US. Mostly due to the recession and the shrinking number of tenure track positions. Also I imagine that US programs just receive 3 or 4 times more applicants than most UK programs. Even Oxbridge gets way fewer PhD apps than US correlates. Don't feel bad. At the final round of decisions everyone is more than qualified and decisions become much more arbitrary. But also you applied to the most competitive US programs.