MiroS

Woah did you get the Clarendon? Congratulations! When were you informed, if you don't mind me asking?

Hello all. I'm going for a MA in Middle Eastern Studies, hoping to later pursue a Phd/DPhil and work in academia. My interest is the religion and politics of the contemporary levant/gulf. I was accepted to Chicago, then Oxford to my pleasant surprise, but I noticed while looking around gradcafe that the Middle Eastern program people rarely apply to Oxford. One poster even said that the Oxford program is comparable to the worst of U.S. schools(!) Is this program not particularly well regarded? Is there a consensus that I'm not aware of that U.S schools are better for Middle Eastern studies? I'm not well informed about this field, so any information on the two programs, any advice on which program I should go for would be much appreciated. Thank you so much!