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thanks for indulging me everyone. In case you're curious. My two schools, C & N. C: accepts 3 students out of about 100 applicants. N: accepts "up to" 4 students out of ?? applicants. However, the general knowledge is that N doesn't accept students who haven't gone to their MA so I don't know how you would factor that in. My stats: uGPA is meh. GPA from my MFA is 3.75. GRE cumulative was 215 (C requirement is 210) with 167 V and 5.5 AW (my program is Theatre & Comparitive Lit or Theatre and Performance Studies, so I think the QR is irrelevant except in that it brings my cumulative above 210). both of those numbers are in the 97%. I am a very strong writer, and tend to do well on cover letters and personal essays. I think my paper (writing sample) is strong, but I don't have any publications (not sure that's common in TAPS). I have had several of my plays produced and I co-founded multiple student organizations both in undergrad and grad school. That said, I have no idea how this would compare me to the rest of the applicant pool. I'd be willing to assume that there are at least 20% or so that are just completely unqualified. There are probably another 20-40% who only have B.A.s and I probably have a slight leg up over them. I think my GREs might push me into the top 20 or 30%, but I don't know if that's enough for an acceptance rate that's basically about 3 or 4% with school © at least (which is my first choice anyway). So how do I get a "correction factor" out of that data? Or I don't cause there's not enough evidence to compare me to the rest of the applicant pool? ETA: No stats for anyone on results page for either of these programs. No one (from GradCafe) who has applied to any of them has ever gotten in. :/ Though it seems like I'd be a shoe-in for school N's MA program, which I have as a backup.

I would be all about potions, but I'm honestly more of a Hogwarts girl.

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aether, Unfortunately, the cat consumed all glory of the moon and stars. It gave him severe anxiety, but also he received the power to fly. A joy. Suddenly...Bees! They flew around, jealous, plotting murder, arson, etc. They were searching for hundreds of floating wildebeest. These evil bees converged into a mega bee! Zooming fiercely throughout the glen until they could find unsuspecting marsupials, the bees settled on a caribou. Meanwhile, the cat soared through the aether,

bees Unfortunately, the cat consumed all glory of the moon and stars. It gave him severe anxiety, but also he received the power to fly. A joy. Suddenly...Bees! They flew around, jealous, plotting murder, arson, etc. They were searching for hundreds of floating wildebeest. These evil bees converged into a mega bee! Zooming fiercely throughout the glen until they could find unsuspecting marsupials, the bees

I'm a theatre/literature person, not a math person, so I'm wondering. Is there anyone out there who could actually calculate my specific probability of getting into a particular school? I'll give you all the info at my disposal. Just out of curiosity's sake, not for any material reason. Something to go "oh, well I only had an X% chance of getting in" or "I can't believe I got in, it was a 1 in X chance!" Also, I'll take pretty much anything to distract me from the waiting at this point. Also, if you can't because there's information not available to us, can you tell me how you would go about calculating it if you did have that info? or estimate the values? fun with numbers!

thanks to this thread I know exactly what I'm going to write. takes the sting off a little.

(note, this sentence doesn't have a subject yet. let's make sure it has one before it ends!)

glen, Unfortunately, the cat consumed all glory of the moon and stars. It gave him severe anxiety, but also he received the power to fly. A joy. Suddenly...Bees! They flew around, jealous, plotting murder, arson, etc. They were searching for hundreds of floating wildebeest. These evil bees converged into a mega bee! Zooming fiercely throughout the glen, ...

completely disagree with nowaynohow. I make about 21000$ pre-tax and I live in Washington Heights. The trick is to have roommates. look up to my earlier post to see my rough budget breakdown. no. an 800$ studio in Astoria is probably a cardboard box. gentlechaos: it sounds sucky but it can be okay. just find someone who works a lot and isn't home very much. Keep your things seperate, treat it as a business transaction. Put the lease in your name and if they drive you absolutely insane, kick them out (but if you do, do it diplomatically. this is a smaller town than you might think and you don't want a reputation). If you get lucky, your roommate might even become your friend. And you absolutely don't have to share a bedroom. Find a cheapish two bed and split it with one person or better yet, a couple. see my post above about cost of living, I broke down my expenses bit by bit, so just scroll up a bit. anthrogeek & tampopo: scroll up. we've answered all your questions within the last couple pages of this thread. If you all really want, I can show you a more detailed breakdown of my budget. Actually, that's a good piece of advice. Open Excel (or iWork Numbers) and start a budget spreadsheet right now. Record what you spend on everything month to month (or even week to week, which is what I do because I get paid weekly) and see how much you spend on things. Round everything up (don't round down. NEVER ROUND DOWN) within 1$ (or 1 lb). Thus when you get here you will already have a good idea of your spending habits and how you need to modify them to live here without breaking the bank. Don't panic, just plan.

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Ouch. at same school. hmmm wonder if someone's posting twice? also, love this one. short, sweet and to the point. mine will probably look like this:

I know that Northwestern and NYU are pretty much the cream of the crop for Performance Studies I think they're 1 and 2. UCSD is certainly up there too. As far as actual rankings, it's really hard to find. Our field gets so small at this level with most of the schools seeming to take only 5 students or less each year. Also, the general knowledge states that it's impossible to get into the NYU PS PhD without their MA first. I applied anyway, if I get in, I'll let you know. ETA: I know UCI allows you to take a bunch of electives, but they are a pureply academic program, none or very little practicum so you might not be interested in that. My 3 schools this year are in my sig. Next year I plan to add UCI, UCSB and CUNY, those are the ones I can tell you about, but none of those three are top ranked I don't think. I did find this: http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/theater/rank/basic

NYU decisions are running late on account of Funding stuff I think.

erm... neither Julianne Moore nor John Cusack were in the Hunger Games. Unless you're talking about a different movie from the one that came out in the last five years? Also, are you guys using TV or no?

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lol, I'm from Michigan and had not heard of EMU until I applied to WMU as my safety school for undergrad.

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Another game to keep me from going insane while I try not to obsess over decisions. I'll start, each reply should be the next word of the sentence. Add punctuation, complete sentences. Try to keep characters straight. Let's try and tell a story. First word: Unfortunately,

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