tunamelt
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saw an acceptance from Harvard on the results board - anyone here want to claim it?
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@Eliza123 and @imamura12 my prediction is this friday for Harvard acceptances. Of course rejections will probably take a little longer urghhh -______-
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Hey, this is my vague area of interest! I just submitted PhD applications with the idea for my research being how urban destruction and the forced demolition of buildings in captured in film. Check out Giuliana Bruno at Harvard (and Laura Frahm), she is a professor in both film and the architecture department. Harvard VES department overall has interests in urban life / architecture.
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14 hours ago, Outbound said:
Hi folks, I have been accepted into UC Irvine PhD Visual Studies Program! It's my first acceptance after 2 formal and 1 implicit rejections; It's mid Feb and I was almost convinced that I had been rejected everywhere else and TOTALLY freaking out. Now I can relax a bit and wait for the remaining few knowing that I will be able to go somewhere in the fall
wooo congrats!! Whats your interest area? and where else are you waiting to hear back from? good luck with our other acceptances!
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1 hour ago, dreamsfrombunkerhill said:
Just Skype interviewed with Stanford. It was.... painful.
@dreamsfrombunkerhill oh noooo! im sure it was better than you thought - maybe they pushed and tested you because they thought you were a strong candidate?
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the Harvard art history PhD applicants are hearing back now judging from the Results Board, so hopefully not long for the VES applicants!
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@dreamsfrombunkerhill congrats! and @moviegirl your application still sounds strong to me!
@imamura12 welcome to our very quiet thread! what sort of research are you interested in?
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On 12/3/2016 at 11:29 AM, The Shade King said:
Dont feel bad. While i have received a lot of email replies and had nice phone conversations with varying faculty. The ivy leagues schools has been very, very had to get an email reply from. Its interesting and I try not to take it personal. I try to just think of it as they are just that busy.
Hey thanks for the reply - yeah that makes sense, when I sat down with the head of the Harvard faculty last year, she makes clear that she only really gets in contact with or agrees to meet students who are already at Harvard (I was doing my MA there so got lucky). As an alumni I thought that might hold some weight when trying to get in contact with other staff members but no luck annoyingly!
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On 10/26/2016 at 6:43 PM, dreamsfrombunkerhill said:
Hi tunamelt and others (who will hopefully materialize!),
I went to Berkeley where I earned my B.A. in Film and Art History and a minor in English.
I'm applying to PhD programs at:
UC Santa Barbara (Film and Media Studies); UC Berkeley (Film and Media); Harvard (Film and Visual Studies); Stanford (Art History with focus in cinema); Duke (Literature); UC Santa Cruz (Film and Digital Media); University of Pittsburgh (Film Studies and Art History joint program); Yale (Film Studies and Art History joint program)I might be applying to USC (Cinema and Media Studies) – Not sure about this program because I really want an interdisciplinary approach and from what I can tell from their (really crappy) website, they don't seem to value an integrative approach across fields.
My honors thesis advisor already told me there's little chance of being readmitted to Berkeley; sadly, they generally don't like to welcome back their own. I'm wondering if applying to Rhetoric would be a better idea since it'd be a change of departments. Any insight is welcome!
Tunamelt, Harvard is also my number one
Fingers crossed for both of us. Also, I ruled out MIT after talking to a professor in the Art History Dept. at Berkeley who got her PhD there. She told me the faculty of HTC tends to look down upon film studies as a discipline (yikes!). I'd take that with a grain of salt, though, as she wasn't exactly enthusiastic about, well, anything.
I'm happy to exchange Statements of Purpose with anyone! I'd love some feedback. Also, anyone who is applying to the University of California system – what the hell are you doing about the "Personal History Statement"? I don't remember having to write two separate pieces when I applied as an undergrad .-.
Nice to hear from you!
Those seem like a solid list of courses! have you looked into Chicago much?
Are you only applying to places where there is definitely at least one professor who shares interests with you? I'm finding it all to be a conundrum, everywhere wants you to write a personal statement focusing on your potential research, but they totally understand that your research focus may change.... in that sense I don't whether to apply to places which broadly align with my interests (e.g. interdisciplinary, strong focus on critical theory) but there are no staff members who I 'click' with on paper. urgh!
Yeah to be doesn't the HTC doesn't make me too jazzed, but I have friends who been through the program and loved it, and some of the profs look great, so I'm not sure!
Have you been emailing any of the Harvard staff or visited? I met with Carrie L-B last year, but would love to study with giuliana bruno (though have had zeroooo responses to my emails -_-) -
Have a look at Mignon Nixon at the Courtauld - she is great on psychoanalysis and queer theory! and Alyce Mahon at University of Cambridge. Also University of Essex in the UK might be a good fit.
I'm applying for film studies PhD this year too, and share your confusion about good programs! My interests are pretty different (urban destruction as mediated through film), but finding programs that are a great fit can be tricky... so far my list only has 2! -
I'm also applying for film studies PhD and having the same problem... My SoP as it currently stands has a paragraph which basically gives a rundown of my master's thesis - what is was about, what methodology I used, why I found it interesting, and a big summary of my main argument/findings...
I think it reads well, but equally I don't want to give them the impression that i'm inflexible etc...! -
Thought I'd start a thread as nothing popped up in my search!
I come from the UK with a BA in art history and MA that specialised in film studies (though my degree is officially 'history of art', hoping it won't be held against me!) and so far I'm interested in:
-Film and Visual Studies at Harvard
-MCM at Brown
-History, Theory and Crit at MIT (in the arch department, but they accept art historians there's a guy who specialises in my intended topic)
I don't have a large choice of locations, as I'm staying on the East Coast to be near my partner who can't move. Also feeling pretty bummed that the course most aligned with my interests is Harvard's, which seems impossible to get into! -
Does anyone have any information about the admitted students day eg when it is, do we get accommodation, do they contribute towards flights?
Thanks from a confused English girl!
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Got into Arts In Education!
Very dependent on financial aid so not celebrating too much.....!
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Hi everyone
I'm from the UK and applying to the AIE masters at Harvard! Bit confused about GRE and my GPA (used an online converter) so if you can give me any indication about how good they are then that would be great!
GRE Score (Revised): V: 163 Q: 157 AWA 6.0
GPA UnderGrad: 3.7 (but from a top university, not sure if that makes it slightly better?!?)
GPA Masters: I find out my first semester's grade in a few weeks!
Work Experience: Not much as went straight from undergrad to my current MA, but director and trustee of small educational charity that sends undergrads from Oxbridge to teach English in China, Hong Kong and Japan.
Undergrad Institution (Public, Private, Ivy, etc..): British equivalent of Ivy
Applying for PhD or Masters: MA
Program: Arts in Education
What Other Schools Are You Applying To: NoneSent off the application on Friday, and two of my references have been completed, so just waiting for the third one and then everything will be done!
Anyone know what the success rate is for MA applications? I read online somewhere that it was around 50% but that seems too high?
Media/Film Studies 2017 Applications
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emailed to say i've been waitlisted by harvard! chances are probably incredibly slim, but at least the letter was nice.