tommy421
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So, I got into the geography MA program at Kentucky! So happy! It was the best one for me anyway, since I'm a social theory geek and the certificate in social theory looks rad. Very excited. However, still on the waiting list for funding. I'll survive somehow, though.
I am looking for advice on where to live, whether I should try to visit before I move, if they will be sending me more of an introduction to the program and the area after April 15, etc.
Thanks so much for all the encouragement, and I have my fingers crossed for everyone else.
imisscoffee, you should definitely come visit, we will show you a good time. Let the director know and he will try and find someone for you to stay with, although you should definitely come soon. It really is the place to be if you are into social theory. I don't know if you were given a deadline to make a decision, but I think they want all decisions made by April 15, so I wouldn't hold out for info to come after that. If there is anything you need to know, be sure to contact the director of graduate studies. Good luck.
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Congrats, Geohomme. Hopefully we will soon here from the other's school and this is not a sign that only the admits heard first.
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Just got into Kentucky with full funding. Would have been pretty embarrassing to get rejected by my own school.
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Got an email last Monday that I would hear from Kentucky "within a week." Looks like tomorrow is the end of that time period so fingers are crossed!
They are meeting again tomorrow to finalize decisions, so I would say Tuesday at the earliest.
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Michigan State told me Tuesday and Syracuse said they would at least have decisions made by then, so maybe a couple.
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Got a rejection letter from Clark. At least this time it was a real letter instead of just a two sentence email that I got two years ago. They said I had, "fine qualifications," whatever that means.
Also, for other Kentucky applicants, admissions committee met this week and are meeting again next Monday to finalize everything. They want to have all the decisions out before AAG starts so that they can meet up with admitted students at the conference.
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My research interest is in biofuels, but I am still trying to decide which region to focus on (I have been learning Portuguese, but am far from fluent). Syracuse seems to have quite a few good resource geographers (Matt Huber, Farhana Sultana, Tom Perreault) and of course, I would be interested in at least taking a class with Don Mitchell. I've also met Jamie Winders a few times because she still comes to visit down here in Kentucky, although our interests don't really overlap.
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So Geohomme, does this mean that you also have inside knowledge about Syracuse?
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Agreed Geohomme, don't quite know why that is. Good choice of schools. I've heard that Rutgers is having very bad financial problems since nearly all of their state funding has been cut, so they can't really offer very much funding. I think this is probably going to be true at quite a few state schools for the next few years.
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Kentucky is a good place to be if you are doing urban geography, especially urban economic. They are also quite strong in social theory and I would advise you that it is probably not your place if you are not into critical geography. Political ecology not so much and physical geography, forget it. There are people here doing these things, but there are very few professors in these areas, so you really have to work hard to make it happen. That's probably the main reason I am heavily leaning towards going elsewhere. All in all though, it's not a bad place, but you will realize very quickly that it is a very good department in a not very good university, one that doesn't take academics, especially outside of medicine and business, seriously.
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So where is everyone applying this year?
I am at Kentucky currently and applying for P.hD. programs at Kentucky, Penn State, Clark, Minnesota, Syracuse and Michigan State.
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Hi Pinecone,
I had very similar stats to yours when I applied last year (3.6 GPA, V620 Q640 and AW4). I was accepted at Kentucky (which is where I am right now) and I was rejected at Arizona. I also got rejected at Clark, Syracuse, Minnesota, Rutgers and Washington and I was put on the second-tier wait list at Penn State. From what I heard, the Arizona and Rutgers ones were largely based on the fact that they had almost no funding, since the stats that I had were significantly higher than what they reported on their website. I don't know if funding is any different this year (I would venture it might be even worse). There is one P.hD. student at UK who got his master's at Kansas, which based upon what he has implied, it is easier to get into and not as rigorous as UK. I know one person who applied to UNC, who had slightly worse stats than I did, and she didn't get in. Schools do tend to look at P.hD. first, especially in terms of funding. I regretted not applying to some schools that I absolutely knew that I would get into. From what I hear, it is much easier to trade up to a top tier P.hD. after your master's than it can be to get in at the master's level. Hope this helps.
Tom
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Going to Kentucky, still waiting on funding, but was told I am near the top of the waitlist for that, so fingers crossed.
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I think that I probably will, most likely just Wednesday through Friday. I am kind of conflicted about the Krugman invite, since he claims to do "geography" when he really doesn't seem to understand very much about it. He actually had the balls to edit an "economic geography" anthology that had no geographers in it.
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I can't find an actual list, but from what I have heard the following are considered the top tier:
University of British Columbia
University of Toronto
Simon Fraser University
McGill University
McMaster University
UBC is supposed to be the best and UT is a close second.
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On Friday I got an e mail from the University of Kentucky letting me know that I get accepted. No word on funding yet however they are hopeful they will be able to give me some as they get a better sense of what funding they will have free. Sounds like they are also finding new sources of funding. I also heard back from McGill and I am essentially wait listed as the professor I want to work with waiting to hear from those she has offered admission to. Overall I am fairly happy.
Also to those that applied to Washington and didn't get in, I heard that they had an unheard of number of applicants this year and even fewer positions to offer.
Congrats, maybe we'll be there together!
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Ok, I really feel like Rutgers didn't update the application decisions on that day...or by few hours to process they mean a week.
Yeah, I don't know why mine came up so quick. I did get a few days ago an official rejection email, so maybe if you haven't heard anything that's a good sign? Who knows this all seems kind of arbitrary. My Kentucky online account still says "routed" even though I got an email and heard over the phone that I had been admitted.
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So I'm assuming we're going to wake up tomorrow with Rutgers online decisions?
They're up and I'm out
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Congrats! Thats very exciting! I am wondering Tommy if you applied to the PhD program or MA? I applied to the MA and I am wondering if I didn't get a call this morning that it would then suggest I didn't get in. Again congrats!
I applied to the MA and I actually called them. The director said that all the decisions are made, but that they haven't sent anything out yet or updated their online notification system. I would guess that if you either call or email the director, he will let you know. So basically, don't worry that you haven't heard.
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Got into Kentucky this morning via phone, first admit after going 0/4 previously, so I'm pretty excited. No funding as of yet, but they said they will let me know by April 15 if they can offer me anything. For all of us Rutgers people, I called the department this morning and they said the decisions have been made and that they are inputting them into the online notification system, which may take a few hours to process.
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Well, I haven't been in email contact with Syracuse, so hopefully the envelope will have good news. Someone from Maxwell, but not the geography department, sent me an email yesterday inviting me to apply for a school wide scholarship, so hopefully that is a sign of good things to come.
BTW, does anyone know when the following schools are notifying: Rutgers, Penn State, Arizona, Kentucky and Clark? Thanks.
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For anyone waiting to hear from Syracuse (and it seems like there are relatively few of us), the grad admissions director let me know that final decisions will be made this coming Friday and notifications will go out on Monday, Feb. 22.
@EmilySF, Do you know if the decisions are being sent out via email or snail mail? Thanks.
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Great idea, I'm still waiting to hear from my schools, but I'll be sure to fill it out asap. I have the same stats as above for Washington. It's a pdf, so just scroll down to geography. http://www.grad.washington.edu/stats/tenyear/departmental/rptGsisAnnual_department.pdf
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Hey, same as all, have yet to hear anything. Minnesota told me that I would be hearing from them by the middle of February.
Application/Acceptance 2012
in Geography Forum
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If you want to live near campus, you can either live in one of the apartment buildings over on Virginia Avenue (lots of noisy undergrads, though), look for an efficiency/room share on one of the streets off of Euclid Avenue or try graduate student housing. Most of the available houses for next academic year have already been leased. There are plenty of cheap options further away from campus, but commuting can be a nightmare and they are not always terribly nice. For any more information, just let me know.