slightlymoreanonymous

Hey Mittensmitten, You sound fabulous, best of luck on your applications! I'm currently applying to MA and PhD rhet/comp programs (like Purdue!) and have a few more you might want to check out. Texas Christian University has a great department (I'm there now), plenty of stellar rhet people (especially if you're into digital humanities stuff), and offers full funding to their MAs and doctoral students. As for other programs that seem pretty great in terms of funding and faculty, Florida State, Nebraska, UT Austin, and Iowa State might be what you're looking for too. Oh, and as a Michigan person, you'd probably know...how is East Lansing as a city? I just met someone on the train the other day who was talking about nearly getting shot and how the city's become not exactly safe and wondered if he was representing things accurately.

Thanks! I'm finding more and more as I finish up the first round of applications (this process is just a little miserable, I'm learning). I've had the chance to take a couple graduate courses in rhetoric at my current institution and I've been finding the digital humanities stuff really fascinating, so I'd love to do work at the intersection of rhetoric and economics, particularly in digital environments. But we'll see. Do you think it's limiting to have such specific interests when applying? I've been discussing this in most of my SOPs, but I don't want to box myself in too narrowly before I've really had much experience with graduate-level research.

Hey y'all, I'm a hopeful rhet-comp student applying to MA/PhD programs for next fall. If you're already at one of the programs I'm looking at, I'd love to hear any feedback you have about your experience! UC Berkeley, UT Austin, TCU, Iowa State, Michigan State, Clemson, Florida State, Purdue, Nebraska, UC Davis And a question: is it okay to email current student in these programs to ask about their experience? I feel a little odd cold-contacting strangers, but the websites only offer so much information. Thanks!