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  1. Actually, I haven't gotten the formal admission letter yet, but faculty have been in contact with me. There was no interview. If you've been wait-listed, there's still a chance you'll get in, so don't give up yet!
  2. anyone scheduled their campus visits yet?
  3. FWIW, I think nurye27 is dead on with this response. My own stats are lower and i don't have a masters, but have still managed to land funded offers with all of the programs i've been accepted to. My recommenders are well-regarded and i worked for a long time on putting together my SOP with close advice from my undergraduate adviser, which seems to echo nurye27's remark that your LOR, SOP, and research agenda (i would add writing sample) are infinitely more valuable than any numerical stats. These are essentially what you're paying for when you get your MA -- names, connections, proof that you can do research, and an idea whether or not what you're doing is something people currently in the field think is important or exciting. Whether you get these when you're an undergrad, through an MA program, or by working as a researcher probably isn't too important, but having them makes all the difference.
  4. it's still waaaay too early to know! (last year someone got their acceptance from Columbia on March 2!)
  5. honestly no, i don't know anything about the number of admits, etc. the information i received indicated i'd be getting the standard fellowship pack that all Ph.D students get. it's definitely way too early to count yourself out anywhere. offers come from a totally different office based on the department's recommendations, and i'm sure there are people that don't get contacted in advance. it will probably be a bit before the Graduate School Dean starts sending out the formal admissions letters.
  6. yah -- i spoke with a faculty member there a few weeks ago who said the adcom would be meeting (what he thought was) this week to make decisions. hopefully we'll hear before the week is out! (i bet we'll be waiting even longer for funding information though)
  7. so far UCLA and Yale have contacted me by phone. discussion was positive, but i got the impression that Yale was just trying to evaluate how well i would fit in their program. UCLA said my application is slogging through the bureaucratic mire of departmental admissions and i should hear from them mid-Feb. it was nice to hear from them, but i wouldn't put too much stock in it. at the end of the day, you're either in or you're not, and they've yet to tell me either way.
  8. really i just want to bump this post so we don't get split between this and the other one about East Asian stuff... anyway, i've heard from two schools now by phone -- just calling to get more info about me and my application. sounds like the process is in full swing, but it's unlikely formal acceptances will come out before the second week of Feb.
  9. Looks like the thread last year didn't pick up until February, so maybe we just have to wait for more people to start obsessively checking for news/results.
  10. tenshi

    Waiting...

    i think it will be a few years before schools get back to accepting as many students as they did in 2007. Maybe i'm just pessimistic, but seeing protests over tuition hikes at UCLA last month and the following in the news today is really not helping me wait it out... "The University of Illinois has received only seven percent ($51 million) of its state appropriation since the start of the 2010 fiscal year in July 2009. The amount owed to the university is $436 million as of Dec. 31 and increasing each month." dote.
  11. I'm applying to Yale too (I'm in the Humanities). I'm pretty sure they want to know if you've talked to anyone in your department about the fact that you're considering applying, whether the school would be a good fit, etc. I'm guessing that admissions committees will talk to faculty who've been contacted if they like your application, but that's just speculation. Personally, I contacted a prof. in my prospective department in October about my application, so I put his name down. That said, I didn't get the impression that it helped my application (rather, it just helped me decide whether or not to apply). [edit] it's not that specific of a question -- it was on the Columbia app too, and probably is on a handful of others.
  12. Seeing the 2009 thread get posted to inspired me. i'm applying for EALC/EALL PhD to: columbia - yale - ucla - usc (also applying to history at usc) so far those are the only places that have really matched with my interests -- i'd like to find a less competitive program that i match with but haven't had much luck. i know there's more of you out there -- lets hear it!
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