matthew111

Hello, I'm pretty excited about the upcoming year. Out of 9 schools, 3 admitted me. I'm okay with that. The University of Virginia admitted me without funding. Boston College admitted to their M.A. program without funding. New School admitted me with 6k in funding (not enough, sadly.) I've pretty much settled on Virginia as my school of choice. My interests are culture, identity, nationalism, and theory. UVa says theory and culture are their strong points, so it seems like the easy choice, but I'm still wavering. New School I certaintly can't afford. Boston College I really cannot afford either, but would BC be the better option. I suppose my question is, which school would you choose? Remember, BC won't give me funding and living will be much higher than Charlottesville. On the other hand, I really wanted to live in New England (UConn and Umass denied me sadly.) UVa is still in the south (i live in GA). I'm if I go to UVa I will be happy. I just don't want to regret anything. I'm interested in everyone's opinions, so write back. matt

Thanks for your reply. This is kind of what I figured, but wasn't sure. On their homepage, however, they claim to be strongly focused on theory. Quantitative analysis did not appear to be a focus, although I need to be sure (I am not quantitative at all). If you spoke with Dr. Nock, he is very warm and helpful from my correspondance with him. As for money--uva will not fund me a dime to attend. Hopefully this will change the next year, assuming I decide to go. But they are definately not going to fund my visit there. Any strategies to procure funding? Perhaps if I whine enough... matt

Hello, I was accepted to boston college (masters only), uni of virginia, and new school. although i have an idea of what these schools are like, does anyone have any real life experience with these schools? i couldn't attend uva's open house, and uva is the school i will most likely pick (i won't be able to afford new school or bc, although i'd LOVE to attend new school). any rumours about the department? i applied there because they claim to have a strong emphasis on theory. i'm looking for a department that is not afraid to cross boundaries and disciplines. i'm hoping uva is not too rigid. thanks, matt