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    South Bend, IN

    in City Guide

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    What does off-campus housing look like this year? What are the safest/cheapest places to rent? I'm looking for a room mate or two also! If anyone's interested PM me. I'll be attending the Sociology doctorate program this fall :)

    Fall 2014 Sociology Interviews and/or Acceptances

    in Sociology Forum

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    I think Yale has a great program! I've met some of the grad students there and they really liked it. I've also met Phil Gorski. I don't think you

     

    Sorry to chime in so late, but I got into Yale's sociology Ph.D program!!! The chair and DGS, Ron Eyerman, emailed me on Feb. 11 to tell me I was on the short list and wanted to know if I had accepted offers elsewhere. The department then sent out a more official notice on Feb. 26 inviting us all for a prospective student visitor's weekend in April. Yale's GSAS sent out the official acceptance letter on Feb. 28. I haven't yet gotten my funding package offer, but it should be coming in the mail in a few weeks.

     

    Just to give a little background--I was a double major in English and Sociology with a minor in Africana Studies and came to Yale in 2012 as an M.A. student in African Studies. Because the program is interdisciplinary, I continued to combine my interests in cultural sociology and African literature. I applied for a mix of programs this year--one in English (Columbia), one in Comparative Literature (UPenn), and one in African and African American Studies (Harvard). I didn't get into either Columbia or Harvard, and am still waiting to hear from UPenn. Yale was actually the only school I applied to for sociology because I really like their cultural sociology program. 

     

    I've got sort of an unusual background/path toward the sociology Ph.D, but I think for me the problem is figuring out my academic identity. Because I had undergrad and grad training in both sociology and literature, I really struggled to choose one discipline to pursue. My sense is that Yale's sociology program, unlike perhaps others that might be a little more positivist/quantitative-oriented, is very open to interdisciplinary engagement and collaboration with the humanities. I'm leaning toward staying here, but wondered if anyone else had thoughts on this?

     

    I know Yale ranks high in cultural sociology, but their overall rating has been around 17 and 20 over the last few years. Would love to hear everyone else's opinions of Yale's program!

    I think Yale has a great program! I've met some of the grad students and they were happy there. I've also met Phil Gorski. I'm sure you would have a great time and find a supportive environment at Yale!

    Fully funded acceptance offer: How do I respond if I am already attending a recruitment weekend?

    in Decisions, Decisions

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    I had a similar dilemma. I told them that I needed time to decide in order to make the best decision for where to go (I hadn't been accepted to the other schools but I was attending interviews). Then I asked for a few weeks. In your case, sometime after March 4th. My rationale is that the schools want us to make a good decision and a little extra time wouldn't hurt. We still have plenty of time before the April 15th deadline!

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