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Ali Adil

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  • Birthday 01/07/1988

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    Texas
  • Application Season
    2013 Fall
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    Urban Planning and Public Policy

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  1. I think this is the kind of problem you get into when you are asked to decide, even tentatively, the professors who would be on your dissertation committee in the first semester of your PhD!!!!!! I did and turns out two of the members (not the chair thankfully) do not get along so well. I have discussed my ideas for research with both and it hits me like a wall of bricks that the advice I received from them was so very different. If I can differentiate in the most simplest of terms it would be: "quantitative ideologically titled towards prevalent system of economy" vs. "qualitative ideologically in preference of alternative economic models". Now that is a significant rift and I am glad I realized that the committee members I have right now SHOULD NOT be on my final committee TOGETHER so I plan to disband the current one and think about having one of the professors off of it so as to have a relatively peaceful PhD experience tbh. Has anyone else come across in dealing with professors with different perspectives to their topic?? This would basically concern fields like mine which is planning and policy, for example, sociology, economics, public administration etc.. Although I have pretty clear idea about the set of topics within which I would base my research question for the PhD dissertation, I recognize that its too early to start narrowing down and as I take courses relevant to the topics, I keep stumbling into this ideological rift that make even the menial task of selecting courses to take and which core courses to substitute confusing and difficult !! I'd really appreciate any insights from your experience that might help me maneuver around this situation and be on track with my research without getting into any professor's bad side because a) one the professors happens to the director of the program the other professor's expertise would really help me in thinking about my dissertation topic.c) the chair doesn't care (lol!) ps: As a background note, I am interested in pursuing a career in academia after I finish (duh!) although I would rule out a non-academic career right now either. Help?? please!!?
  2. Last few days and done with first semester

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    1. Sigaba

      Sigaba

      Stay focused and finish strong!

  3. How long before I can see that I-20 in my hands??

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    1. Andean Pat

      Andean Pat

      It only takes a week!!! I've already got it!! and the SEVIS receipt

    2. Ali Adil

      Ali Adil

      Got notified about it today. yay!

  4. So this is what happened yesterday! Coming from an engineering academic background (EE-Bachelor's and EE and Management-Master's), the academic advisor emails asking me if I am sure about applying to Urban Planning PhD. So, I tell him that I have been working for over 2.5 years in the field of urban planning and share my research thoughts woth him so on and so forth..blah..blah. He is happy that I have hand-on experience and happier about my research interests. Soon after this, he says the school is running low on funds !!FTW!! and he tells me this- "I will try to raise funds for you here but what I need you tell me is how much can you manage on your own so that I can work on getting the rest." Does that mean I have been unofficially accepted with partial funding? There was no talk on waivers He mentioned about in-state fee being lower and how I can assume an in-state status after I arrive (din't really understand that part clearly!) I am confused and super anxious at the moment but I don't want to let go of this opportunity because I have applied outside the US before and most schools found supervising my PhD topic difficult on account of lack of expertise. (my topic is interdisciplinary) If there is any advise (preferably pacifying!) anyone can give me then that'll be so great! thanks xx
  5. Hey, I was wondering if anyone on here has applied and heard back from: Urban Planning and Public Policy PhD at UT Arlington-Feb 1st Deadline and/or Design PhD at NCSU-Jan 5th Deadline I completed my application for NCSU in October and was able to complete the one at UT Arinligton in March (some missing docs had to be submitted) Is it safe to say that I've been waitlisted in both because I haven't heard from them yet! The wait is making me quite anxious! Hope I get your feedback guys! Thanks xx
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