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Columbia interviews for certain subfields. People have been accepted without an interview request. Following past trends, interview requests will go out next week!

I'm sorry to hear that. If recent trends continue, Duke (English), Chicago and Notre Dame will be notifying today and (possibly) tomorrow. Notre Dame has a tendency to call. Notre Dame and Chicago using e-mail. Good luck to all.

This really depends on the school. Some schools are more lenient because some parts of policies may have changed. If I were you, I'd contact the department's grad secretary and ask how it may impact your application.

There are some programs in Psychology that do offer a partially-funded or fully funded MA degree. Some programs I'm aware of are: College of William and Mary (Williamsburg, VA) Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN) Villanova University (Near Philadelphia, PA) Wake Forest University (Salem, NC) University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA)

I need to make some changes to my master spreadsheet. For some reason, I have Dec. 15 for Brandeis. That could very well provide insight into when Rutgers starts their review process. I appreciate the fact that Rutgers notifies you if they notice any missing materials and when they want it by.

Congratulations to the person accepted at MSU's WRAC program.

Out of curiosity, do you know if Brandeis changed their deadline as well? I thought I saw an earlier deadline when I glanced over at it in October.

There are a few questions that arise here: What is your perception of what an English Graduate student does. There's a big difference between enjoying literature and being a dedicated scholar in literature. What makes you want to switch from Law School to English? Are you aware of the terrible job market in the humanities? Did you know that In 1975, 30 percent of college faculty were part-time? By 2011, 51 percent of college faculty were part-time, and another 19 percent were non–tenure track, full-time employees. In other words, 70 percent were contingent faculty, a broad classification that includes all non–tenure track faculty (NTTF), whether they work full-time or part-time. Which areas in English are you interested in? Which time periods you're interested in? What questions have been unanswered that you hope to answer? Is there a way you can build a bridge to combine your previous interests to one in English to show committees why this should be your next step? Do you have professors who can give you a strong recommendation letter about your ability in English? Some programs prefer these be written by tenured or tenure-track professors of English. Some programs don't care. Do you have any experience teaching, peer tutoring or working as a research assistant in Literature? While not necessary to gain admission, it might help you to get an understanding of what some of the field entails before diving into a MA/PHD program. Are you okay with failing? A considerable amount of PHD schools accept less than 10 percent of applicants. It's estimated that somewhere between 33 and 50 percent of students never finish their PHD. There are often hundreds of people applying for each tenure-track job. Are you comfortable living anywhere to teach in academia? Most jobs are not at R1 schools. A great number of jobs will be at lesser-known institutions. Some of these institutions can be in rural locations. The best course of action really depends on what you hope to achieve. "Fit" is less important in MA programs than in PHD programs. Location is a huge factor to some people but it isn't a factor for everyone. The GRE in English Literature used to be a requirement for a lot of schools. However, that number has been decreasing in recent years as more schools have chosen to make it either "optional" or to not consider it in its admission decisions. I'd consult your college's English department and ask them what they feel would be the best course of action based on your end goal.

https://literature.duke.edu/ https://gradschool.duke.edu/academics/programs-degrees/english https://gradschool.duke.edu/academics/programs-degrees/literature Duke English has 64 active grad students. Duke Literature has 48 active grad students. The Literature program had 155 applications last cycle and accepted 10. 7 of the 10 enrolled. The average verbal score was a 166V and a 3.9 GPA. The English program had 214 applications last cycle and accepted 14. 10 of the 14 enrolled. The average verbal score was a 166V and a 3.7GPA.

In the past (depending how early you submitted), if the department felt you were better fitted for the other department, they would transfer your application to the other.

As a note to future applicants: Duke Literature and Duke English are two different programs with some overlaps. I asked a few things years ago and received the following response: "Many dissertations could in principle be written in either department. However, English is oriented more specifically toward the study of literary texts written in English, whereas Literature (despite its name) doesn’t necessarily have that focus on literature in general, and it definitely isn’t restricted to English literature. So the key question is whether you want a training in English literature or not. (With that said, the Duke English department is very theoretically-oriented, so one would not have to pursue a traditional training in English literature. However, in the final analysis, our students generally do end up in English departments, whereas Literature students end up in a wider variety of departments. Something to remember is that students in the English Department take classes in the Literature department and vice versa. Literature Department classes can count towards your required graduate classwork in the English Department. Students in both departments regularly socialize, etc." But back to the original question: Both programs notify early. Duke English tends to accept/reject between the 19th-23rd of January. Duke Literature tends to send out interview requests around the 21st of January. Acceptances and rejections follow about 7-10 days after.

Was that for Comparative Literature or English? Was it for the main Rutgers campus at New Brunswick?

FWIW: if you're still interested in schools, the following are still accepting applications: Case Western (Jan 15) Ohio University (Jan 15) Nevada- Las Vegas (Jan 15) Nevada-Reno (Jan 15) University of Houston (Jan 15) Tennessee (Jan 15 for MA) Kentucky (Jan 15) New Mexico (Jan 15) University of Delaware (Jan 31 for departmental funding) Binghamton (Feb 15 for MA and PHD) Southern Mississippi (Feb 15) Villanova (March 1 for MA)

So, you were just left in limbo?

Best of luck to your husband! Chicago is tricky. Applicants last year said that there were twice as many people on the "list: as there were interview spots. I'm not sure if they sent a follow up e-mail or what happened to people unable to grab a spot.

Nebraska (Early Feb) Northeastern (Early March) Northwestern (Late January) Notre Dame (Interview requests send in Mid-Late January) NYU (Middle February) Ohio State (Late January) Oklahoma (Early February) Oklahoma State (Early March) Oregon (Late February to Early March) Penn State (Late January to Early February) Pennsylvania (Mid to Late February) Pittsburgh (Early February) Princeton (Mid February) Purdue (Late January to Early February) Rice (Early February) Riverside (Early February) Rochester (Early February) Rutgers (Mid to Late February) San Diego (Early February) Santa Barbara (Mid February) Santa Cruz (Mid to Late February) St. Louis (Seems to be notifying as early as Jan 12) Stanford (Early to Mid February) Stony Brook (Early March. Interview requests may be sent to some applicants in Late Jan.) Syracuse (Mid March) Temple (Early to Mid February) Tennessee (Early February) Texas A&M (Early to Mid February) Tufts (Mid to Late February) Tulsa (Mid February) UCLA (Mid February) UGA (Mid February) UI Chicago (Late February) UIUC (Late January) UNC- Chapel Hill (Early March) University of Texas- Austin (Early February) Southern California- (Mid February) UVA- (Mid February) Vanderbilt (Late Jan to Early February) Wisconsin-Madison (Late Jan to Early February) Wisconsin- Milwaukee (Mid February) WUSTL (Early February) Yale (Mid to Late February)

Arizona Late February-Early March Arizona State Mid February Berkeley Early February Boston C Late January Boston U Mid to Late January Brown Early February Buffalo Mid February Carnegie Mellon Early February Chicago Interviews in Mid January Claremont Late February Colorado Mid to Late February Columbia Late February Connecticut Early February Cornell Mid February CUNY Mid February Davis Early February Delaware Late January to Early February Duke Mid January Emory Interview requests send out in Mid January. Florida Early March Florida State Early March Fordham Mid February George Washington Late February Harvard Late February Houston Mid March Indiana University Early Feb to Early March Irvine Mid February Johns Hopkins Late January to Early February Kansas Middle February LSU Early to Mid March Maryland Interview requests have been sent. Massachusetts Mid February Miami University Early to Mid February Michigan Late February Michigan State Mid to Late January Mississippi Mid March Missouri Mid February

I have one in the works! Will be posted later tonight.

You can always start the resolution after this admissions cycle. That's when the "new year" starts, right? Alternatively, the Chinese New Year is on Feb 16....

Congrats to your husband! Sounds like a start to a wonderful admissions cycle. Such a great school.

From reading the page: The 3.3 gpa minimum is held by many departments. As such, it very well could be a graduate school admissions policy. The department could recommend you for admission but the graduate school might say no. As a worse case scenario, your app might not be considered. There have been cases though that other departments have fought for an applicant and have been able to offer a conditional admission. Do you have 6 credits in history with a B+ average in history? Did you earn a "mid-B" average during your final year of your undergraduate studies? The department may or may not be willing to review your application early. It is likely to be a huge-turn off though because admission committees are mostly formed by professors. As such, they have certain times they meet to discuss applicants.

The above board should be able to help.

Also, congratulations to the individual who got accepted into SUNY Buffalo!

Most schools do not interview. It's much much common practice in the sciences. Schools that have (traditionally) had interviews (in English) in recent years are: Duke, Notre Dame, Emory, Maryland and Chicago. Massachusetts has also held interviews for TA positions. For them, that's a separate process.

Welcome to Grad Cafe! I'm enjoying your posts. If you don't mind me asking: What are your fields of interests and which programs did you apply to?