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Hello everyone! I too am joining the Graduate Center this fall for a PhD in Theatre. I wanted to bring up the issue of housing on this thread. For all those who got in for this coming fall, firstly, congratulations! And secondly, what do you have in mind regarding housing? I have applied for the graduate housing, but am not too keen on it. And as an international student, I can't come in early to look for apartments myself. So if anyone is looking for roommates or are going to be looking for places themselves, please give me a shout? Thanks! I look forward to seeing you all!

Hello everyone! I too am joining the Graduate Center this fall for a PhD in Theater. I have applied for graduate housing, but I am not too keen on them. But the hitch is that I am an international student and I can't come early to look for apartments myself. So I am still trying to figure out how to go about this. But if anyone here is looking for roommates or are going to be looking for apartments themselves, please give me a heads up? Thanks!

Sorry to hear that, Ladyebird and Profmastersam.

Thank you very much, roguesenna!

I heard back from CUNY a few hours back. I got a mail from the department head that I have been offered admission and a graduate fellowship. Now I can breathe easy! But the official offer from the Admissions Office might be a while away. Any news from Stanford?

Hi. I had an interview with CUNY a few hours back. I talked to the program head, Jean Graham-Jones, and she told me that she will be talking to all the finalists over this week and the decisions will be sent out in the next. Good luck to you all!

I have got a reject from Northwestern too. Is there anyone here who has applied to CUNY for their PhD in Theatre?

I am presently doing my final year of Civil Engineering in India. However, I have acted/directed over 10 plays over the last 4 years and have been actively taking part in all the drama activities in our college. That apart, I have done projects in the Humanities department on the theoretical aspects of some of the genres of theatre. This is a very broad outline of the projects I have done: 1. A six month project on "The Theatre of the Absurd". I am presently working on publishing a paper on "Waiting for Godot" in a scholarly journal but unfortunately, I won't be able to achieve that before I apply for the universities. 2. A six month project titled. "A Critical Analysis of 20th Century American Theatre". 3. I voluntarily did an informal summer project for a month and a half under an excellent professor and noted theatre personality, Dr. Ananda Lal (editor of the "Oxford's Companion to Indian Theatre")in Calcutta on "Shakespeare in Performance". 4. I will be doing a six month thesis starting from the 6th of January, 2010 till mid may on some specific aspect of "Modern Indian Drama". I made a 1390 in GRE(590 in Verbal, 800 in Quant and 3.5 in Analytical Writing) but I am scheduled to write a retest of my verbal section on the 10th of September. I am confident I will be able to pull up my score drastically. Owing to these projects that I have done, I have 3 really good letters of recommendation too. With this background about me made clearer to you, this are the things I want to know: Firstly, is it a problem that I come from an Engineering background? Secondly, with this brief idea about my resume in mind, what do you think are my chances? I would give preference to an MA/PhD over a terminal MA program, mainly because of the funding. What are the good universities offering such programs? What is the competition like for such courses as Theatre Studies/History or Dramaturgy and do you think I stand a good chance at getting into some of the top universites ? Also, what are the GRE scores that the top universites ask for? (in both Verbal and Analytical Writing) I will be really grateful if you guys can render me some help in this matter.