shilpav82

Hi, I am on waiting list at Uconn, and I have a question regarding the funding. If u have been accepted at UConn Sociology, please message me or post asap. thanks in advance. Shilpa

Dear Appa, Thanks. I wrote to mary fischer thrice over two months (no response) and finally called the dept to check if she's even receiving my emails. I left a message for her and then i received this email. "You are still on the waiting list with a fairly high rank, but we have not had much movement in our list. It is possible that might change on or beforeApril 15th as we hear back from those with outstanding offers. I will be in touch immediately if that is the case. However, I would not advise that you pass up another opportunity on the chance that something might come through with us." Has Uconn sent you an update on your status? do you have other offers? Where are you likely to go?

Dear all, Thank you for your time and effort. Your responses were very helpful. Some of the things you've mentioned didn't occur to me before. So I am really glad I sought your help. I just want to add that I ALREADY have a master's in Gender, Development and Globalisation from LSE. So in case I do choose Soc, I don't have to worry so much about getting a certificate in gender (though I probably will). After brainstorming my dilemma for more than 10 days, I had decided to give my mind a break from the stress, which is why I didn't respond earlier. You'll make so many valid points, and some of them are so convincing. I used to think that if I did a Soc Phd I could work in both Soc and WS (WS - since i have a masters in gender and my project will be gender-related), but now I learn from your responses that WS phds will be favoured in WS depts since they are now available. But it's also clear that with a WS phd it's almost impossible to be employed in a Soc dept. But I guess all these observations are specific to North Armerica and more generally in the West. If at all I return to India, I know for sure that there will only be a handful of good gender studies programs in the entire country even 5-10 years from now. I am going to write to the grad director in Maryland and ask her if I could do something substantial in Soc as part of my WS phd (like a masters). How I wish I could get a joint/dual degree in WS and SOC. that would solve the problem. do you think i can ask her if that is possible? It looks like a joint degree can't be negotiated. And they can't make it happen just because I want it. They should already have the mechanism in place, or they don't. Any thoughts? Dear AmityDuPeuple, thanks for the joint degree idea. I am going to ask the grad director at maryland if it's possible (though i dont have much hope). thank you all once again, - Shilpa

Hi guys, Need your help. I'd like to hear your thoughts on academic job prospects for Women's Studies phds Vs Sociology phds. I have an offer from Maryland for the PhD WS program. I am pretty happy about the uni's reputation, the funding offered, my potential advisor and the department as a whole. But I am worried about job prospects for WS phds. I am on waitlist for admission at UConn for the Sociology PhD program. All other things (funding, research 'fit', etc) are more or less the same in the two unis. If I do get accepted at UConn, it could be as late as april 15th. And I may not have enough time to think. So I would like to do the brainstorming now assuming that I have been accepted at UConn. Maryland seems to be higher ranked than UConn in most of the rankings (But which is really more reputed? Or are they more or less equally reputed? and does the difference really matter?) Does it make sense to opt for Sociology ONLY because it may be easier to find a job with a Soc phd rather than WS phd? (But again, I think even if there are more Soc programs in North America (than WS) and therefore more job prospects, there are also more Sociology phds graduating (than WS). I hear Soc in the US is very quantitative, and I am not so keen on studying statistics, but I dont mind doing it if a Soc phd has much better job prospects than WS. I plan to research gendered power relations in Indian marriages, and I can do that in either WS or Soc. Waiting to hear from you.

I am on an unofficial waitlist at UConn, and it's driving me crazy. Am neither rejected nor on an official waitlist, and april 15 is only two weeks away!!! I wrote to them, they say they can't say how long it will take. Any of you accepted, rejected, or officially waitlisted? I'd like to hear from you and please let me know when you were notified.

Hi sdr2659, i wrote to mary fischer and manisha desai last month. fischer's reply on feb 11: "I actually had planned to contact you today with an update. The committee has ranked you highly, but we cannot offer you admission at this time. However that situation could change in the coming weeks as a number of factors on our end related to the budget become more clear. I will take note of the information you mention below and will contact you immediately if we are going to be able to offer you a position. In the meanwhile, feel free to contact me with any other questions or concerns. I appreciate your interest in our program." and reply from manisha desai on march 4: "I'm afraid I cannot give you any more information than Mary. I am on the Gradudate Admissions Committee but we have to hear from the Dean about our budget before we can make an offer and we have no way of knowing when that will be so. So unfortunately I cannot provide more information that Mary Hang in there and let's hope we will know soon". i feel it's not right to bother them again. but i am restless. do u have other good offers?

did u go for the interview? i did the interview by skype. so if u went, then u know who i am. did u get an offer. i got accepted, but on waitlist for funding.

Hi hillary511, did you get an official email that u were waitlisted in uconn. or was it something they told u when you contacted them? i haven't heard from them yet. but i've not been told that i am on a waitlist either.

Hi. I've applied to UConn for Phd Sociology. Have any of you applied there? If yes, have you heard from them?

Hi. I've applied to UConn for Phd Sociology. Have any of you applied there? If yes, have you heard from them?

Hi. I've applied to UConn for Phd Sociology. Have any of you applied there? If yes, have you heard from them?