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demofoonte

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    LA
  • Application Season
    2014 Fall
  • Program
    Art History PhD

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  1. First off, elisewin, profuse apologies for referring to you as "Caffinated." Obviously betraying my rank noob-osity there. Many thanks to all for your great advice! I talked with an advisor there and was told that, barring something really egregious on my part, I could expect a smooth transition to the PhD program after a year, without even the need to retake the GRE. Feeling better now, but I'm thinking I'll probably decline and try again, and at a larger number of schools, for Fall 2015 admission. Many thanks again!
  2. Seems quite reasonable, Caffeinated. Though I'm impatient to jump right into a PhD program, if what you describe was indeed the reason for SUNY to shunt me into the MA program, it'd certainly lessen the sting of being rejected for the PhD program. Many thanks for the input!
  3. I did a fair bit of lurking before posting this and what info I found was inconclusive. I've got a BA and MA in Economics from 1983 and 1985. My work has presented me with an area of research that overlaps Economics and Art History. My 2011 GRE scores were V760 and Q720. I've ruled out applying to Econ programs because the age discrimination there is pretty ferocious, and moreover my quantitative GRE score was less than stellar. With an eye toward applying to Art History PhD programs instead, I've put together what I think is a fairly compelling statement of research interest. SUNY Stony Brook rejected me for their PhD program but accepted me for their MA program. Because of my age, and because my (very) previous academic experience was in Econ, should I treat this result as a bellwether and resign myself to the inevitability of having to go back as an MA student and then jump into a PhD program from there? I'd love to go directly into a PhD program - is that impossibly unrealistic given my circumstances? Many thanks in advance!
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