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    2013 Spring
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  1. Hi application, Thanks for the info. Since you seem to be well informed about this topic, would you care to tell me which departments you consider the most prestigious? Just a ballpark idea. I'm not looking for a one-size-fits-all formula to decide where to apply. I'm just curious about what you think.
  2. Just a small clarification: Obviously prestige is very important insofar as prestige correlates with funding, networking, and ultimately job placement. What I meant to say is that, judging from what I've heard from professors and graduate students, there are highly prestigious French PhD programs at universities that, on the whole, are not generally considered to be among the most prestigious. NYU, Penn State, CUNY, U of Wisconsin-Madison are great universities, but I don't think they have the same luster as, say, Cornell. However, my understanding is that their French PhD programs are all considered to be at the top in terms of prestige. Obviously, everyone's definition of prestige will be different, since we are dealing with a rather imprecise, vague quality. This is why I would like to hear different peoples opinions.
  3. Hi, I recently talked to a professor who is a friend of mine about the paradox of quality of education and prestige. Although, according to her, the Spanish Phd program at UC Davis for instance is consistently ranked at the top for quality of education, classroom size, help with dissertation, etc., the programs at UC Berkeley and UCLA are nonetheless much more prestigious and thus more desirable. My question is, regardless of any other qualities, which are the most prestigious/desirable French PhD programs? I imagine they would also be the most selective ones, but honestly I'm not sure. Obviously, it would be a bad idea to choose a program based on prestige. I'm simply curious to hear what you all think.
  4. Hi, I'm new to this forum but I'm in the same boat as every else here--although I hope some of you aren't any more! At this point, I think we've all experienced the anxiety of receiving an email from the director of graduate studies, politely letting you know that you haven't been given an acceptance yet and asking if you've made a decision. The tone of these emails is usually neutral (neither encouraging or discouraging), but I tend to reader into them trying to find a glimmer of hope! I recently received one with a very cryptic sentence: We would be a very popular choice if you were eventually to come here. I believe this is a typo, but I'm not sure what it could mean! I know that these emails are usually carefully worded to avoid giving false encouragement or discouragement, and the "true meaning" of this email is probably irrelevant to my chances of admission. However, I just wanted to ask you guys your decoding of this cryptic sentence... maybe a test of my "close reading" skills?
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