KingNikolai1

I was supposed to be doing a little homework before dinner, but I decided to check the self service page just for the heck of it. I hadn't received an email yet, but I found out Cambridge has made me a conditional offer! All I am waiting for is to hear about funding, which might not come until March. Either way it is a relief to know I have been accepted to at least one program. Let me just say that I called my family immediately, then went down to the cafeteria and told my friends who were eating dinner.

The DGS told me they had begun reviewing applications, but they had not made any decisions yet. The interview went well, the only generic question was 'Why Yale?' She mostly asked about my research interests. The Russian portion lasted about five to eight minutes, and she asked how long I had been studying Russian, what interested me in Russian linguistics and literature, about my summer study abroad, and a little family background since I am not a heritage speaker but my dad is. Honestly, my Russian was a bit rusty, but other than that I think the interview was fantastic. I asked about funding packages and coursework that Yale offers. In all, the interview lasted about 30 minutes, and I had not spoken with any of the professors at Yale prior to the interview. I have no clue where I stand, and the interview was a huge surprise because it came very last minute. I received an email on Friday, and within an hour we scheduled the interview for the next day. Without giving too much away, all she said in the email was that she and her colleagues would find it helpful to know a little bit more about my candidacy.

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Nuclear Power

I am applying to programs, but they are for Slavic. Since you mentioned it, I applied to Oxford for the MSt and MPhil Slavonic Studies programmes. Sorry I can't be of much help!

So I just had an unexpected interview with Yale yesterday which is atypical for Slavic. The DGS for Slavic told me they will be sending their admissions letters in the second and third week of February. She said the committee hasn't made any decisions yet, but I was extremely surprised to be interviewed because out of all the Slavic programs I applied to Harvard is the only one that has interviews.

I just had a Skype interview with Yale, and the DGS for Slavic said they will be sending admission letters in the second and third week of February.

I was considering Berkeley, but its application involved separating your personal history from your statement of purpose. In the end I decided against applying in order to save money, and I did not want to spend several days revamping my statement of purpose.

My application deadlines range from December 2 to January 22, but even the earliest program (Cambridge) won't let me know until late February.

My application still says 'Ready for review,' and the deadline was December 15.

The past month would have been very difficult without my dear friend Pinot Noir.

Darn it, I won't start hearing from places until February at the very earliest. Harvard is the only program I applied to that regularly interviews Slavic applicants, all the other schools will send admission letters in March.

I submitted all of them a couple weeks ago, and now I am sending deadline reminders to my professors for their LoRs. Good luck everyone!

I applied to two Comparative Literature programs even though I am focusing on Slavic Languages and Literature. Cambridge only offers a DPhil in Slavonic but gives a MPhil in Comp. Lit through the Slavic department. UPenn does not offer a MA or PhD in Slavic, but the Comp. Lit department allows Slavicists to take the majority of their coursework in the Slavic department so there is a workaround.

I finished all of my applications two weeks ago, and almost all of my LoRs have been submitted. Waiting is definitely the hardest part of the process. I am half way done with winter break, and I find myself wanting to relax yet at the same time wanting break to end so that I can begin to hear back.

That was my original thought. I planned on going to grad school for Byzantine History, but the fact that I did not know Latin, Greek, French, or German barred those possibilities. Classical Greek is a wonderful language, but I didn't continue with it this year because we were never able to finish the book. An administrator mistakenly scheduled the four credit hour class for three hours both semesters, so the teacher was constantly cramming because we only met three times a week instead of four. Suffice to say, the situation was not ideal. Either way Classical Greek taught me quite a bit about the intricacies of grammar, and OCS is more comprehensible even without formal training.

From my experience over the past year and a half, most decent Slavic programs have a specialist in the West Slavic realm. You have a whole year to refine your interests, but I will repeat sarajop's comment that language requirements are taken seriously. Applying to a Russian program with less than 3 years of Russian language is most likely a death knell, but there are a few programs that will consider applicants for South Slav and West Slav emphases if they have at least 2 years of the applicable language. I personally have four years of Russian language, although the third year was completed through an intensive summer language program in Russia. My only concern about applying to Harvard is my lack of French and German. My year of Ancient Greek in college does not count for much, and it was the only language I studied besides Russian.

I was never able to find a good list of rankings. Given I wanted to study Orthodoxy, I was only able to find about twelve programs with specialists. I chose not to apply to Berkeley, Princeton, and Nottingham. Now I am on the fence about Harvard because I could complete the application once my finals are finished this upcoming week. Toronto and UCLA are my two less competitive options. Anyone else know what the top programs are?

I didn't expect to receive any responses! Anyways, I am done with graduate school applications. My interests have slightly changed, but I applied to Oxford, Cambridge, Yale, Toronto, UCLA, UPenn, and Columbia. Each of those schools is an excellent fit, and I honestly don't know if I want to suffer through writing one more application. Flier is excellent, but I have moved away from linguistics towards twentieth century literature and critical theory.

Hello everyone! I was wondering if there are any aspiring Slavicists around for this upcoming round of applications. I am looking to apply to Slavic programs with an emphasis in Russian literature. Nearly all my research in undergrad deals with Orthodox imagery and symbolism in Russian literature, especially Solzhenitsyn and Tolstoy. My secondary interests include Old Church Slavonic and medieval Russian history. Though I am literature oriented, Orthodoxy and Old Slavonic are so intertwined that it is always helpful to learn OCS especially when dealing with old Russian Orthodox texts. Within my primary interests, I generally draw connections between iconography and art as well as Byzantine and Russian theology which have seeped into many Russian works. I haven't quite decided, but if I have to choose another modern Slavic language then I will probably go with either Ukrainian or Bulgarian. I will be taking the GRE next week, and fall semester starts in a week and a half. If anyone has recommendations or advice please let me know. As of this moment I plan on applying to Yale, Columbia, and U of Kansas in addition to Oxford, Cambridge, and U of Nottingham.