Ancient Artisan

Amen

@MaytheSchwartzBeWithYou I could not agree more with what you are saying. Northeastregional - I called you out on this a while ago and it seems like your responses are continuing to impress. This is not meant to be a negative forum. You continue to troll here, posting comments that are exceedingly negative. You are not even an applicant! So why are you here? The level of intelligence of people who have contributed to these 11 pages is not low and people do understand the gravity of being a grad student and that the job market is far from ideal. No one here is a fortune teller and no one knows if applying a second or even third time will bring them to the right school but it has for many in the field of art history, so unless you are going to offer actual advice pertaining to this, keep your opinions to yourself. It is absolutely none of your business to assume whether or not people are the exception or the rule. Being married to someone in the field does not make you an expert, it makes you a bit more knowledgeable than the average person but beyond that there is nothing. If you were genuinely offering people valuable advice in a respectable manner I would have no issue with the statements you are making what so ever, but all you have done is be exceedingly rude. If you are not going to offer anything of actual value or perspective that can be put in a positive way, then please stop commenting in this forum.

I have been rejected from 4 schools, no yes and am not anticipating one! Gotta change your mindset- yes it is devastating now but maybe this will be a good thing for you and another avenue will appear.

Anyone have any idea what is happening with Penn?

Hope! Sigh, Cannot text to save my life.

I havent seen anyone comment on Penn but I am also losing hop on BU

Unfortunately it does make a difference, if you are wanting to try to pursue a career in teaching. I just sat on a hiring committee and the school you came from did make a difference. It is not the most important aspect but the better schools often lead to better connections which is the key aspect when in the job market following completion of your dissertation.

To the McGill admits: Let me know if you have any questions about the school in general and or Montreal - currently attending McGill.

Yeah their deadline was Dec 15th

Does anyone know any updates on Upenn? Has anyone heard anything?

Anyone else finding the silence of the past few days a bit strange?

Congrats to the Yale admits- would you mind PMing me?

Hey- I haven't had one but from people I have spoken to it can vary quite a bit. From simply discussing your research interests and or answering fairly difficult questions about work that is outside of your field. It is good to have a general knowledge of the works of your POI's as well as others who have worked on research similar to yours so you can demonstrate your knowledge of the field / subject matter.

Congrats to the Columbia admit.

There is no need to be hostile- we don't know what you say to people in private messages. We are all stressed and trying to go through this together so let us all be civil and cordial with each other. And most importantly, supportive.