WoolCoatMotherhood
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Hey Gradcafe-ers
Longtime lurker first time poster, i applied to several comp lot programs this year, got into a few, and am currently deciding between Berkeley's comp lot program and Columbia, where I was admitted to the Slavic dept with a foreseen concentration in the institute for comparative literature and society
So columbia's way of doing comp lit is essentially the opposite of every other program's, and I wanted to ask what anyone knows about ICLS, whether it's seen the same way that a comp lit dept is, whether there's anyone here who had to make the choice between columbia and another school and why they made the choice they did, etc.
I understand that this is a great choice to have, and I'm really shocked by the offers that I got, but I'm completely torn about whether to do this and probably be more slavic-focused, or move across the country and go to berkeley.
Columbia ICLS
in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
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Hi, what I meant was that the application protocol is different-- whereas in most schools you apply to a comp lit dept and then set up ties with whatever national literature programs you'll be working in, at Columbia (from what I understand) you apply to a national literature department and then add on ICLS as a phd minor-- what this means (I think) is that you have slightly more coursework in your major literature and that this possibly impacts how MPhil examinations are carried out.
I'm not really sure about this though, but I'm meeting with a current head student there later today so I think that'll clwar up some questions!