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Congratulations on your glaring successes in this cycle. I am someone who once asked you about the rhetoric program at Berkeley and now am gathering all my nervers to ask for one more. Would it be okay to share your SoP? I am sorry if this offends, but as a Chinese transsexual woman, I really need to look for a good program to establish myself first (not the only but might be the best). Thanks...
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congratulations! You've had a great application year. I saw you do postcolonial theory - are you a Cohen fan?
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Columbia Acceptance
popstitute replied to riseaslarks's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I really do feel bad (honest!) I will make my decision ASAP - for the sake of everyone on the waitlists, but mostly for my own sanity. -
Columbia Acceptance
popstitute replied to riseaslarks's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Hi, thank you so much for the congratulations. My field is nominally Postcolonial, but with my interdisciplinary interests they could've read my application in a number of other ways. I'm not sure if the acceptance are going out in rounds, but good luck to everyone still waiting. -
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Unfortunately I won't be at NYU tonight b/c I'm in St. Louis to interview for a fellowship at WashU. I told Brian Waterman about it and he was able to schedule a lunch with him and Phillip Brian Harper on Thursday. Thank God I live in New York. If you don't mind me asking, which school is your top choice?
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Plus, I'm sure you know but the faculty at Cornell is super approachable and friendly as well. A family friend is a professor of history there and she was able to get me into contact with some of the professors who were in my field and I can't say anything but the kindest words about them and they're willingness to help a stranger. Didn't get me in of course but I can't be m...
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Thanks, pop (hehe). That's good to know because I had completely written UPenn off after I heard that they were going to barely accept anyone this year so out of all the schools I knew the least about them. The more I read, the more I like so it's looking more and more like I will end up there.
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Thanks callmelilyb! I'm actually completely floored and don't know quite how to respond to all the really enthusiastic and wonderful faculty members who are reaching out to me from each school. I am not going to be able to visit all of them, and am slightly worried about how they will feel if I end up rejecting the offer without meeting them in person. My academic history is rather odd and twisted, as are my interdisciplinary research interests. I think the protean character of my interests worked in my favor somewhat, since different departments picked up different aspects of my statement of purpose. I suspect that this allowed me to evade the problem of "departmental math" somewhat. I would be happy to share my writing with you ... PM me and we can talk more
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UPenn English?
popstitute replied to strokeofmidnight's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I spoke too soon - I just received an offer of admission from Cornell by email (from Michele Mannella, their Graduate Programs Coordinator). Good luck to everyone still waiting on Cornell! I wondered for a while today if the snowstorm hitting Philadelphia would delay Penn's decisions, but as of now the campus is still open, so I think it's reasonable to expect to hear by the end of the week. -
I'd already written Cornell off but I just got an email from their Graduate Programs Coordinator notifying me of admission, with an invitation to visit at a time of my choice at their expense. I'm not sure why there was such a long delay between the first two acceptances and this next round, but good luck to everyone still waiting!
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UPenn English?
popstitute replied to strokeofmidnight's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I didn't, at least not officially! I saw acceptances and rejections appearing on the results page and so assumed that I'd been rejected. Sorry to alarm you! -
I'm flying out of Philadelphia. Not as worried about landing in Raleigh-Durham as I am about being able to take off at all from Philadelphia. I just called US Airways though, and the operator told me that Philadelphia is not on their list of cities in the weather bulletin that's been put out. This doesn't mean there won't be delays (it's _raining_ right now and already there are delays) but it might help to call your airline and check ... I think I might also call their travel agent tomorrow morning to ask for advice
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UPenn English?
popstitute replied to strokeofmidnight's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
Penn's committee is meeting this Thursday to make decisions. Good luck to everyone! -
Does anyone here have plans to fly out from the East Coast this Thursday to Duke for the admit weekend? There are forecasts of hurricane-conditions and snow over much of the East Coast from Wednesday night to Friday morning, and I have no clue what to do about travel arrangements. Ideas?
