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As an added note to what @M(allthevowels)H has posted: UT Austin now "recommends" instead of "requires" subject scores. Illinois Urbana-Champaign does "not require" subject scores. UC Santa Barbara has moved from "requires" subject scores to "optional" subject scores.

If they've sent out all admission results, the grad admissions coordinator for your program might be able to tell you what position you are on the waitlist. He/She may even be able to tell you about the probability that you have of it converting to an acceptance based on results from the previous years.

There are some programs within the humanities that have interviews. However, I can only think of 2-3 in English that do. The sciences tend to have an earlier deadline to allow for interviews. The interviews hold faculty determine who they'd like in their labs. Sometimes, funding in the sciences come from the grants a professor has won. And since they'll be working closely together, they want to make sure that the fit is right. Generally, the order of notices go like this: Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities. Usually the first results from the humanities, comes sometime in mid-January. Most seem to come in February though.

https://www.english.upenn.edu/graduate/directory I'm not sure if we'll ever know their exact numbers of applicants they accept. It looks like the cohort is 11 for the current first year students and 12 for the year before that. 12 is a huge number for a cohort right now but cohorts at Chicago were once 20-30 students. Comparing it to the current day, Ohio State says that it receives 250-300 applications per year.. They accept 25-30 students for a target size of 15-20 students. It's generally true that some universities accept 1.5-2x their targeted cohort size but Penn has always struck me as a school that has to be careful with their numbers. They over-admitted years ago and cut down spots the following year as a result. UPenn also has a terminal MA program. My understanding is that MA students take the same classes as the first and second years which could also make cohorts seem bigger.

Never know. 12 people have to grab those spots from the 600+ that apply.

University of Florida's deadline is January 15th. They have a "Literature and Psychology" graduate track for the English PHD. They also have a "Theory Studies" track and an "Individualized" track if you were interested in either.

I searched around the website for a bit and found this: http://www.mtu.edu/gradschool/financial/assistantships/stipends/index.html It seems like most funding within the program comes from teaching assistantships. The minimum stipend is $6800 per semester or $13,600 per academic year if you don't have an MS degree. This jumps to $7895 per semester or $15,790 if you do have an MS degree.

Which English PHD programs are you applying to?

Are you applying to English or Rhetoric programs? What are some of your potential interests?

I'd be cautious on stating how far in advance you requested something. Some universities do print when transcripts were requested on the transcript. While it most likely isn't that big of a deal, it might raise questions of your honesty if the dates don't match. I agree with @Katie64 though in that some universities are generally understanding. Sometimes though, it might be out of their control and the grad school might hold onto a *firm* deadline. I think private colleges tend to be more flexible because they don't have to answer to certain state regulations.

Apply to a wide variety of places. Expect to get rejected everywhere. Be surprised when acceptance(s) happen.

Are you transferring from another graduate program in Philosophy? If so, is it because your advisor received a job offer from that university? Generally for this to happen, your advisor would have to request you to be moved with them as part of their compensation package. If not, are you unhappy at your current institution? If you're unhappy, the grad committee might be hesitant because they'll fear you may be unhappy at this current institution as well. Admission committees are generally hesitant to accept "transfer" students because they don't want to risk you trying to transfer to another program if they don't fit your needs. As a result, it isn't a matter of just having a stronger application than others. You'll need to make a very strong case and not just because a program is "better".

Does it mention whether the school wants an official transcript sent directly to them? Or if they want an "unofficial" or "official scanned copy" uploaded in your application?

First off, congratulations to your husband! In most cases, it probably wouldn't be worthwhile to update because programs are only interested in scholarly publications. An exception might be made if the applicant is intersecting the two interests. With that being said, I remember going through a lot of student profiles and their cv. I would recommend letting Brown, UMD, and Yale about this publication since it appears on a fair number of their current phd student profiles.

Out of curiosity, what in the handbook is making you feel that it isn't a good fit?

This really depends on the school. You can get a general idea by going to and searching the name of the school with the words "SLP" or "speech-language pathology" after it: https://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php

This varies school by school. At La Salle: $500 At Washington: $250 At Idaho State: $200

https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/ If you search by school and program, you can get a rough idea of when programs started to notify in previous years. You can also see if anyone has posted about acceptances for this cycle.

This differs from department to department but: I'd double-check to see if Brown accepts alumni into its PHD program. There are some schools that don't allow alumni into their phd programs because they want new ideas to contribute to the academia. I know a few top schools have a similar policy. I also know it can differ department to department. Brown states that they don't have a minimum GRE score. Nor does Harvard. Are you applying this cycle or next? https://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=harvard+art+history According to the above, Harvard's PHD in Art History hovers around a 162V-170V. However, it is far from a complete photo as GradCafe tends to attract a crowd that tends to be extremely competitive.

It's possible that he is very busy due to it being the end of fall semester. He could be grading finals, responding to student e-mails, getting ready for application season or a number of other things. How long has it been since you first e-mailed? How long has it been since he told you to "ping him again and fix the exact time for a chat" after his lecture ends? Unfortunately, it sounds like you've done all you can do at the current time and the ball is in his court now.

Cornell says the following on their page: "We welcome applications for graduate study from students with various backgrounds, such as physics, chemistry, engineering, geological sciences, and mathematics, in addition to the atmospheric sciences. Each of these backgrounds can be appropriate for an advanced degree in Atmospheric Science, but all applicants should have a solid undergraduate-level background in physics and mathematics"

Congratulations on being done! I'm sure that it is quite a relief being finished.

I thought Syracuse only required official transcripts if accepted?

Universities know that you can't control when your writers submit their part of your application. As a result, most of them tend to be quite understanding if your professor is late in submitting their letter. Universities have told me "as long as the letter isn't extremely late, it won't count against you". I'm not sure what they consider extremely late, but my guess is about a week.

You have a very interesting profile. The first thing I would do if I were you: Check to see the requirements for grad schools you might be interested in. Some schools require a 3.0 overall. Some require a 3.5 overall for admission. Was ModPO for official UPenn credit? Or is it a platform similar to Coursera? If the latter, I'm not sure if it would count for anything. Were the Emory courses taken for credit? Did you get a letter grade on them? Can you provide a transcript to schools? How many credits (excluding first-year writing) do you have in English? Was it your minor? A lot of colleges prefer that you have 15-18 credits of English if it wasn't your major. This varies by school but most of them do have minimums. Sadly, poetry events won't count much for PHD admissions in English. If the poems were your original work, they might count more if you were interested in obtaining an MFA in Creative Writing. Quant scores don't matter to the great majority of schools. But sometimes, funding is based on your combined score. The schools that I've looked it have stated that they prefer letters from professors. Some require it. Some say that anything else is useless. Is there a chance you can get additional letters from previous Professors in English?