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This is a thread for anyone going to or considering going to Florida State or FAMU, the two big state universities in Tallahassee.

My senior thesis is due April 10. I have written very little and this week my advisor told me I needed a different approach to the material. If I don't turn it in, I don't graduate at all. :cry: AKA, I feel your pain.

Most schools process everything that they've received by March 1 and then begin a second round where they look at the ones they got on March 2, then they look at March 3, etc (presuming funding is available). So the sooner you get the FAFSA to them, the better. Although if you're international, I'm not sure you qualify. You definitely want to look at the Financial Aid sites for the specific institutions and email/call/pester them to get the info you need. There might still be some smaller scholarships available. Again, check with the school. Also check websites like fastweb

Hi abcd, Have you heard about funding yet? What are your languages? Sorry for all the questions but UGA Comp Lit is high on my list (they have a lot of profs working on African literature, which is one of my interests) but no one ever seems to mention it on any of the grad forums that I check (or used to check). Do you know anything about program rankings? Feel free to private message me if you want. Where else did you apply and what are you looking to study?

To the guest that asked about scores and grades: I honestly have no clue what is getting me acceptances and what isn't. My undergraduate background is heavily inclined towards the humanities (literature and Spanish) so I doubt my grades are a good indicator of my potential success in geography since they have nothing to judge on. Generally speaking, if you can find the average GRE scores and GPAs, you want to be at that average (slightly above if possible). Maybe someone else can offer you more/better advice. I'm really new to this whole thing.

Indeed. And I have been reading the thread on LJ. But I think there are some listings in your survey that don't correspond to any that I've seen on LJ and that's why I was asking.

I see tons of Comp Lit listings in the thing but no one posts in the forum. I was/am looking for the person that got into UGA comp lit...

Did you redecorate again tonight???

Hey shelly, I applied to MA programs in geography. If you have any suggestions on where to look, I'll write them down and save them for when the next grad school search starts (although really I've already started. I was looking at Kansas State's soc program last night...). Thanks for the encouragement!! And good luck to everyone out here waiting! yin-bodhi, had you thought of emailing a school that you really like whose deadline was March 1 and asking if you can still apply?

Yay for finding out before they reviewed your application without the letters. Every little victory counts, imo. BTW, this thread has inspired me to look into sociology programs for when I go for a PhD since my interest (at least right now) is Latin American and African development.

I agree with kokoko. It seems that threads are dying...

It seems to me that only big state universities in the US offer geography, particularly at the graduate level. Got my rejection from University of Texas today. *sigh* They were one of my top choices and the first school that I ever fell in love with. That makes me quite a bit sad. Oh well. I'm lining up department visits for Ohio State (even though I don't know about funding) and University of Georgia for the first part of my spring break. Should be interesting. I hope I like one of them because I'm really not sure about going to Florida State.

UT is University of Texas - Austin. I'd love to go there, really. The grad coordinator is an administrator and he looked around on his desk and then muttered something about how I'm not on the list and wished me "good luck". I emailed him again to say I was confused about what he meant but he hasn't responded. But I'm getting more and more sold on the virtues of UGA and FSU (though wary of going there because 1) it's doctoral and 2) I grew up there). What is the AAG conference? Not to dim your hopes, but someone on livejournal's who_got_in community heard from University of Kentucky at the end of last week. As good as they are, they lack Africanists (both in the program and at the university) which did them in in my book. I did look at Louisana State before but Hurricane Katrina aftermath scared me off. They have a new program starting this fall for a PhD emphasis in Anthrogeography so I may look into that when PhD application time rolls around (which is 3-4 years off, I think). As for my literary interest, the prof I want to work with at Ohio State is into geography in literature and he previously did a bunch of field research in Africa. Needless to say, I'm hoping to get funding. Even though I'm not sure I can deal with more winter. I type this as it snows outside. *sigh* Last thing. I'm south of Rutgers at that other school. Have no background in geography. I did study abroad in Spain in fall 2004 and had a fabulous time. I almost considered applying to grad schools there but couldn't decide if I had it in me to do a Master's degree taught and read in Spanish. Although I might... It seems odd, by the way, that you couldn't study abroad as a geographer.

Got my first official rejection today. UNC. I think it's because they were missing 2 LoRs as of Feb 15. I tried to have the recommenders resend but I guess it was too late. Still waiting to get the official rejection from UT. I know it's coming based on the grad coordinator's cryptic phone response and his lack of responsiveness to my emails (I was just trying to ensure that all 3 LoRs were received!). Oh well. I've got UGA and FSU to look forward to and a barrage of questions to fire at each school.

Hey Andrew, They're supposed to be a steppingstone towards the PhD. Really my interest is Third World development, with an emphasis on Africa. There aren't a lot of places that don't have what I consider Arctic weather so I'm sort of limited. There are two mini-goals as well. 1) That I find one discipline to really ground myself in and 2) that I get over my hatred of cold weather in the next two years (I'm doing undergrad in NJ and I can't stand it). So, while I am interested in doing a PhD, I'm not interested in doing it right now. I could only really see myself getting a PhD in Comparative Literature (which is what I'm studying as an undergrad) or Anthropology (which is my pseudo-minor [we don't have it as a minor but I've taken enough anthro classes for it to be my minor if we had that option]). What about you? What's your goal?

First, let me just say that I only applied to MA programs. That said, I got into Univ. of Georgia (MA) with a Teaching Assistantship. Accepted to Ohio State with a nomination for a Graduate School Fellowship. And, today I got into Florida State's doctoral program (which I did not apply for, wtf?) with a teaching assistantship and a scholarship. I am wary of going to FSU only because I grew up in Tallahassee.

Anyone else out there applying to MA/PhD programs in Geography?!? If so post news!!!