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Uroogla

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  1. In addition to those listed above, UArizona and UToronto are funded, though I've heard from a faculty member at Toronto that they have more trouble accepting and funding international (including American) applicants. Notre Dame struck me as more inclined towards medieval Latin than the others I considered, which may be of interest to you.
  2. I don't have the time to post something as detailed as actual did, but here are my results and thoughts. accepted: UCLA (after interview), UWashington (no funding) rejected: Princeton, Cornell, Stanford (after Skype interview), UMichigan, UChicago AOI: Historical linguistics, prose stylistics degrees: Bachelor of Science (Mathematics-Computer Science, Classics) from Brown University, Master of Arts (expected - Classics) from University of Kansas GRE: 169V, 170Q, 5.0W GPA: 3.93 undergrad (3.86 in Classics), 4.0 grad professional stuff: no publications or presentations. 5 semesters experience TAing Latin/Classics (4 as instructor of record) [5 semesters experience TAing computer science] greek & latin: both since high school; transcripts show 6 semesters advanced undergrad Latin, 4 semesters advanced undergrad Greek, 5 semesters graduate Latin (1 taken while an undergrad), 3 semesters graduate Greek. other languages: german (3 years), italian (1 year), french (1 semester reading course). writing sample: The introduction and first section of my MA thesis, a stylistic commentary on Cicero's Post Reditum ad Quirites. This was a bit of a gambit because it's atypical as a sample. Both UCLA and Stanford mentioned enjoying it. letters of rec: Three from classics professors at my MA program, one of whom is very well known, one who is fairly well known, and one who is rising in the field. advice for next year's applicants: I have no idea how this process works still, and it feels kind of random. The school to which I was accepted with funding is the school to which I submitted a personal statement with a blatant typo. It was, however, the best fit given my interests. The other school to which I was accepted was naturally the worst fit given my interests. I'd echo actual's advice of changing more than just the last paragraph of one's personal statement for each school. The importance of reading lists depends on the school (KU admits to essentially ignoring them, for instance). Additionally, check to make sure your person of interest is young enough to be still taking on advisees. It was heavily implied by Stanford (during the interview, no less) that, although they expected me to get into a good program and do well, they would be rejecting me because my person of interest was no longer taking on students. And finally, days on which you receive multiple rejections are hard.
  3. Same here. It's my understanding that they do multiple rounds of rejections, and these were sent by the graduate school so I assume they're not done deciding.
  4. Out of curiosity, is anyone willing to claim the Kansas admit?
  5. Seems like I should probably start looking for jobs, at this rate.
  6. Looks like Princeton's sent out some (if not all) interview requests - congrats to those who have heard good news!
  7. As a follow-up concerning the Stanford "interview," the professor mentioned that each member of the committee reaches out to a couple students for more information before they form the short list, and the committee will meet next week. I got the impression that the professor didn't feel the program was the best fit for me, though, which is disappointing because I felt it was a good fit for my interests.
  8. That was me, and that's correct - I got a request by e-mail for a Skype interview by the faculty member who read my file (my POI is not on the committee, it seems). I was confused at first because, as I'm sure those asking have seen, Stanford doesn't seem to do interviews. It just seems that this professor will be asking about my research, though, as happened by e-mail with the poster earlier; I'd imagine it's the particular professor's preference how he or she gets the information (or perhaps something I said was unclear)?
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