dampka
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On 2/8/2010 at 1:28 AM, strokeofmidnight said:
While the US news and work report can be a useful starting point for research, it isn't very reliable as an actual set of rankings. The list itself is deeply problematic: 18th - 20th century British would include all of these fields: restoration, late 18th century, romanticism, victorianism, modernism, contemporary lit...and I'm probably missing a few of the smaller ones. The list might be more accurate (if its methodology isn't so problematic) if it evaluated these fields separately...but lumped together, it's not very useful.
What topics/questions are you interested in pursuing? Any particularly methodolog(ies)? For the PhD, Duke, UC Berkeley, Michigan, NYU, WashU, and Cornell are quite strong in romanticism/transitioning into Victorian studies. Though it might make a difference if your interest lies more with the novel or poetry. I know that Yale is apparently at the top of the list, but I really struggled to find good faculty fits in that period...though this might not be the case for you.
If you're looking at MA-only programs, NYU, UPenn comes to mind. Perhaps Brown as well, if you have a transaltantic bend. Unfortunately, none of these programs are funded. If you're looking for funded MA's, they tend to be scattered in less-prestigious, or even unranked programs. (US new and world report generally only ranks PhD programs...most funded MA's do not have a separate PhD track). You may have to do a bit of digging around to figure out fit and such. This list is probably incomplete, but might be a helpful starting point: http://community.liv...2009/10017.html
I'm sure you posted this a long time ago, so please forgive my laxity, but this was extremely, extremely helpful. Thank you for sharing this.
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Bad news friends: a few people who applied to Tisch got called for interviews last weekend. Granted, this info is secondhand, but I trust the source.
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Rejected from UCLA today. Out of the various programs I applied to, UCLA was the largest, so this doesn't bode well. Another year in the trenches, my friends!
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I just got an interview at Columbia. I got the e-mail on Thursday.
So excited.
Right on, honeysalt! It sounds like you're really cleaning house. Have you heard from any other schools yet?
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No, haven't heard from any of those. I'm assuming they all interview though, so this is probably not a good sign.
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Was anybody interviewed? I'm assuming if I didn't have an interview, I wasn't admitted. Is this reasonable?
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Hey everyone,
This is kind of a general question... I've noticed on the boards and heard from a few friends that their directing/ acting auditions are already set up for mid-March. Do you think this means that we didn't get playwriting interviews? Is it possible that the playwriting programs interview later (or is this just wishful thinking on my part)?
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Hi, honeysalt. Hopefully this doesn't mean too much, in the sense that we probably shouldn't start panicking yet. I know that a lot of programs let their directing students know something long before they have even finished reviewing dramatic/playwriting applicants. MFA programs seem to be notoriously slow when it comes to us. But when you think about it, imagine all of that reading the admissions committee has to do, yikes!
Man, I HOPE they're reading everything! Sometimes I wonder...
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Hi dampka. Another MFA playwriting hopeful here. I have heard nothing yet. If I may ask, where did you apply?
Here's the run-down for me:
Yale School of Drama
Tisch NYU
The New School
Boston University
Hey there,
Yeah of course! I applied at some of the same... Yale, NYU, UCLA, UCSD. As yet, haven't heard anything, either.
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On 1/31/2010 at 4:42 PM, ecg1810 said:
I know Yale is top for British Literature. Indiana University--Bloomington also has a stellar Victorian Studies program. Washington University in St. Louis and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are strong as well. Hope this helps!
It certainly does! Thank you!!
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Just had a quick question... doing preliminary research about possibly applying for a freestanding MA in Literature, especially interested in Romantic/ fin de siecle British literature.
Anybody in a really great program? Which programs do you recommend?
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Playwriting MFA program hopeful...
Anybody heard anything yet? Interviews? Acceptances? Rejections? Anything?
19th Century lit
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This thread is incredible. Thanks for posting this info... it's all very good advice. A bit overwhelming, but very, very good.