yatto
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I got one as an undergrad going into a direct-entry American Ph.D. program!
- jeenyus, ibebignoob and tacitmonument
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Anyone hear anything yet who applied this year?
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Thanks, yatto! As for the pre-modern, early modern, and modern breakdown, do you mean at Columbia?
Nope, I mean your own interests!
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That's really exciting Tomoe, and definitely a good sign!
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Completed by the time you finish your two years of coursework; and by literary Chinese, they mean Classical Chinese.
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To figure out how to write a good article, read tons of good articles; to figure out how to write a good short story, read tons of good short stories; to figure out how to write a good master's thesis, try reading some great master's theses in your field (or at least skim them for structure and to see how they develop and maintain their arguments)! Look in particular for the ones which have won awards (departmental or otherwise) and the ones written by people who would go on to be tenured/tenure-track professors.
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Some advice from a constant necktie wearer: don't buy neckties new! There are so many hidden gems at thrift stores, often for a dollar or two each. Have a nice collection of them that can range from casual to snappy to teaching-appropriate to formal, and make sure you like them enough to be excited about wearing them. It's a nice feeling putting them in the morning, a signal to yourself that you're ready to get out there and face your day. Like a superhero outfit!
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Still waiting in the States too—they said they would be mailing them around September 1st this year so I'm not worried.
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Wooooo! Success! 25.7, Category C (can choose CGS or doctoral, will have to choose the latter). Going into 1st year PhD in Japanese literature and new media.
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No letter yet! Junk mail never feels more personally offensive than when you're expecting something else.
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Whoa. Mine says "Nothing to display," but the full profile was there about a week ago when I last checked. Would someone else also check to see if it's the same for you?
Same for me! I think it's normal.
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My fiancé won't be able to follow me on a J-2 visa because America doesn't recognize same-sex marriages.
Just great.
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Got rejected from McGill's M.A. program! This emphasizes the fact that there is no such thing as a "safe" school—I didn't get into the one I thought I was most likely to get into, and I got into the one I thought was my biggest reach.
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Congrats to everyone who has been admitted to grad programs~
yatto: What more can I say? You are like the King/Queen of EALC programs!
Accepted by Cornell AND Harvard, not to mention waitlisted by Yale...Wow! Would you mind sharing your stats? I'm planning on reapplying to Yale next year, and I'd like any advice you can give me.Thanks so much! It really means a lot.
My stats:
GPA 3.69 (3.79 major)
GRE 800V 730Q 6.0AW
1. Letters of recommendation matter more than anything for getting into these places... a colleague they respect saying "Take this person, they're perfect for your program." That's the number one thing, as far as I can tell.
2. My best advice is to "brand" yourself in your SoP. Be the "_____" candidate. I'm not saying use buzzwords or anything, but this advice will apply throughout an academic career. You want to be the "____" guy or the "____" girl at conferences, job searches, etc. Don't limit yourself, but find a common thread throughout all of your research so far, and then extrapolate it to what you could do. 75% of my SoP were summaries of my three independent studies—this is sometimes warned against, but I call bs on that—with an emphasis on their commonalities and how I hope to extend my research in the future.
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Woohoo Cornell acceptance!
I was sincerely expecting across the board rejections because of my mediocre language training and only two months in my target country... but now I have some very hard decisions to make!
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To my mind Bread Loaf has been unfairly panned. While it does have a reputation as a "party school" - the undergraduate population is constantly baked - the ranking of its graduate program continues to rise. Academic traditionalists are sure to like its fine marble architecture and (frankly) whitebread demographics, while radicals may appreciate the role various other cultures have played in helping it grow. Don't worry about your funding kneads - its upper-crust benefactors have ensured there's plenty of research dough.
Ha! hahahahahahahahahahahaha.
God, that took me far too long,
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Just got a very nice e-mail from my POI informing me that I've been waitlisted for Yale's EALL Ph.D., and that four spots have been offered out of 87 applicants. I'm thrilled about this, and it's nice to hear back so early! (But the waiting is even harder when you're on a waitlist! Agh.) The official e-mails should be going out soon.
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Oh man! I was convinced I wasn't forwarded, but just got the e-mail from SSHRC a few minutes ago. Woohoo!
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Degree: Applying to some Canadian M.A.s, and American M.A./Ph.Ds and Ph.D.s. in Japanese literature.
Schools Applied To: M.A.—Toronto, Mcgill, MIT (in Comparative Media). Ph.D.—Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Chicago.
Fellowships Applied For: SSHRC Doctoral.
Undergraduate School (or school type) Major: East Asian Studies.
Experience in Asia or in Field: A summer in Japan—this, of course, is the big weakness in my application, but here's hoping.
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Hello! I got 800 on the Verbal section, after studying for three weeks. In terms of word lists, I studied Barron's (but by no means remembered it all perfectly), and Princeton's "Hit List" (they also have an especially useful list of alternate meanings of common words). But by far, by FAR the most important thing to do to study for Verbal is to work through ALL of the "GRE Big Book" verbal tests (there are 28 of them, with 38 questions each). Going through all those, writing down and learning the words you don't know, and making perfectly sure why you got the questions wrong that you did is the best possible preparation for this test—not only are you getting the vocab, you're getting it in exactly the ways you'll be seeing it on the actual test.
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My experimental section was Analytical Writing and it was clearly marked at the end. Left it blank, was in no mood to write another piece of BS.
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Dear all,
I'm currently a third year undergraduate. Next week is my reading week, and I'm visiting family who just so happen to live very close to my Wonderful Dream School.
One Professor whom I've always wanted to work with and who is the chair of one of my dream departments, and another prof who's the DGS of the other department (combined PhD) but with unrelated research interests to me, very kindly said they would be happy to meet with me when I asked if it would be possible for me to discuss the program and that I was considering applying.
Now, of course, I'm both tremendously excited and tremendously anxious.
I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences—what were some questions that you asked DGSs and chairs about their programs in informal meetings like this? What did they ask you?
Oh I do hope it goes well at Wonderful Dream School.
Japan Foundation Doctoral Fellowship
in The Bank
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Acceptance letter from the Tokyo headquarters just came in the mail today!