Warelin

I think it's important to remember (not saying you aren't but might be helpful for other applicants) that what appears to be a high stipend may not get as far as one thinks.

For example, CUNY (while a great school) pays 25k. Alabama pays 13.5k. And you mentioned SC offers 8.5k per semester which equals 17k per year.

In this example, I'll be using myapartmentmap to compare cost of living for rent only within a 10 mile radius.

According to this, the cost of rent near CUNY runs around $2,757 monthly. $2,757*12= $33,084
According to this, the cost of rent near Alabama runs around $697 monthly. $697*12=$8,364
According to this, the cost of rent near South Carolina runs around $744 monthly. $744*12=8,928

Stipend-Rent costs
CUNY: 25,000-33,084= -8,084
Alabama: 13,500-8,364= 5,136
South Carolina: 17,000-8,928= 8,072
While I would never advise choosing any school based on income after rent, I think it's an important factor to consider. These are unfortunately just generalizations in the average rent cost and assumes you'd be living alone in a 1 bedroom apartment with no roommates. CUNY could work out greatly for someone who splits housing costs with another individual. (and it's much easier to find a roommate in NYC than it is in most other places.)

I'd also like to point out that Alabama does have an additional amount provided to those who are accepted into their Strode program, but it is a lot harder to gain admission into since it's sort of separately funded from everything else. From the scholars I've spoken to in the strode program, their previous coursework has been focused on the early modern period.

On a side note, I'm not sure on their reputation in southern literature, but Vanderbilt offers a free application to apply.
 

A couple of notes here:
Alabama is mostly renowned for its Strode Program within the English Department + the Creative Writing MFA.  I think the Strode Program boasts a 100 percent placement rate at the Ph.D. level.
If you're really interested in southern lit:
Southern Carolina is a good place to check out
Mississipi is a good place for it
LSU is another place I'd consider
Western Carolina has a decent number of faculty interested in Southern Lit and they also offer a funded MA.

I think it's important to remember (not saying you aren't but might be helpful for other applicants) that what appears to be a high stipend may not get as far as one thinks.

For example, CUNY (while a great school) pays 25k. Alabama pays 13.5k. And you mentioned SC offers 8.5k per semester which equals 17k per year.

In this example, I'll be using myapartmentmap to compare cost of living for rent only within a 10 mile radius.

According to this, the cost of rent near CUNY runs around $2,757 monthly. $2,757*12= $33,084
According to this, the cost of rent near Alabama runs around $697 monthly. $697*12=$8,364
According to this, the cost of rent near South Carolina runs around $744 monthly. $744*12=8,928

Stipend-Rent costs
CUNY: 25,000-33,084= -8,084
Alabama: 13,500-8,364= 5,136
South Carolina: 17,000-8,928= 8,072
While I would never advise choosing any school based on income after rent, I think it's an important factor to consider. These are unfortunately just generalizations in the average rent cost and assumes you'd be living alone in a 1 bedroom apartment with no roommates. CUNY could work out greatly for someone who splits housing costs with another individual. (and it's much easier to find a roommate in NYC than it is in most other places.)

I'd also like to point out that Alabama does have an additional amount provided to those who are accepted into their Strode program, but it is a lot harder to gain admission into since it's sort of separately funded from everything else. From the scholars I've spoken to in the strode program, their previous coursework has been focused on the early modern period.

On a side note, I'm not sure on their reputation in southern literature, but Vanderbilt offers a free application to apply.
 

Or maybe there's something better/more right out there that you couldn't conceive?? I have no doubt you're the proper material, what little I know of you on here. Just like with so many of us, there are choices made, timing, numbers...a MILLION reasons why PhDs don't happen. But I doubt that comments on yours or anyone else's self-worth! (Sorry if I'm Little Miss Daisies this year - I just...after year one of grad school, I realized how much we all stake our self-worth on these things...and we obviously REALLY want them. But there are a million other wonderful things, if we get redirected. So I try to keep in mind.^^)
 

A couple of notes here:
Alabama is mostly renowned for its Strode Program within the English Department + the Creative Writing MFA.  I think the Strode Program boasts a 100 percent placement rate at the Ph.D. level.
If you're really interested in southern lit:
Southern Carolina is a good place to check out
Mississipi is a good place for it
LSU is another place I'd consider
Western Carolina has a decent number of faculty interested in Southern Lit and they also offer a funded MA.

It depends. Ohio State is quite clear about it, and I'm sure I've come across one or two others that ask for two pages maximum as well (though the verbiage may have been on the application itself). I don't get the sense that the C.V. is all that important overall -- a few of the programs I applied to don't even require one.

Curious: Would you feel comfortable saying which schools notified by Dec. 15 last year? I don't think I've read about any school that notifies any applicants prior to January in the humanities. I thought that the sciences were the only ones who notified earlier.

The GRE is bias but it also helps to compare institutions a bit. Harvard may or may not be harder than another college's honor program. The GRE may help someone who attended a  school which may not be as known for sending students into graduate school. Overall though, it's a horrible predictor of how well a student will do during their first year of graduate school. Studies have shown that it tends to underpredict the abilities of women over the age of 25 and minority students.
At this point, I'm confused on why people in the humanities have to deal with the math section and viceversa.

I'm trying to remain as objective as possible:


1) Do any of your writers have secretaries that work for them? If so, would it be possible to have the secretary e-mail the professor? I know that professors may be afforded a secretary if they head a different department.
2) How much of a notice did you give your professors? Did they seem thrill to write you a letter or did they hold reservations? (Last year, I had a professor refuse to write a letter because she didn't think she *knew* me well enough despite being in her class. The structure of the program was such that you'd be taking each professor once before graduation.)
3) Between the first time you asked them, have you asked them again? I got really nervous about some of my deadlines because one professor hadn't submitted. He ended up submitting hours after I resent him an e-mail. Turns out I had nothing to fret; sometimes professors are procrastinators too.

I'm trying to remain as objective as possible:


1) Do any of your writers have secretaries that work for them? If so, would it be possible to have the secretary e-mail the professor? I know that professors may be afforded a secretary if they head a different department.
2) How much of a notice did you give your professors? Did they seem thrill to write you a letter or did they hold reservations? (Last year, I had a professor refuse to write a letter because she didn't think she *knew* me well enough despite being in her class. The structure of the program was such that you'd be taking each professor once before graduation.)
3) Between the first time you asked them, have you asked them again? I got really nervous about some of my deadlines because one professor hadn't submitted. He ended up submitting hours after I resent him an e-mail. Turns out I had nothing to fret; sometimes professors are procrastinators too.

The GRE is bias but it also helps to compare institutions a bit. Harvard may or may not be harder than another college's honor program. The GRE may help someone who attended a  school which may not be as known for sending students into graduate school. Overall though, it's a horrible predictor of how well a student will do during their first year of graduate school. Studies have shown that it tends to underpredict the abilities of women over the age of 25 and minority students.
At this point, I'm confused on why people in the humanities have to deal with the math section and viceversa.

The GRE is bias but it also helps to compare institutions a bit. Harvard may or may not be harder than another college's honor program. The GRE may help someone who attended a  school which may not be as known for sending students into graduate school. Overall though, it's a horrible predictor of how well a student will do during their first year of graduate school. Studies have shown that it tends to underpredict the abilities of women over the age of 25 and minority students.
At this point, I'm confused on why people in the humanities have to deal with the math section and viceversa.

The GRE is bias but it also helps to compare institutions a bit. Harvard may or may not be harder than another college's honor program. The GRE may help someone who attended a  school which may not be as known for sending students into graduate school. Overall though, it's a horrible predictor of how well a student will do during their first year of graduate school. Studies have shown that it tends to underpredict the abilities of women over the age of 25 and minority students.
At this point, I'm confused on why people in the humanities have to deal with the math section and viceversa.

You might get a better understanding of evaluations if you posted in the Applied Sciences and Math section. We're probably not the best people to evaluate non-literature/English departments as each department have different expectations of their applicants. I know that programs usually post a miniumum for TOEFL for non-native speakers which you'll want to make sure you meet the minimum on prior to applying.

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I don't think any of your listed scores will filter you out during the first round.
However, this is more than about scores. This isn't like applying to undergrad schools. The only common thing that all these schools have is that they're all considered great schools.

The schools listed all make people think of a different thing. What in Comp. Lit interests you? Political Psychology? Oral traditions? Folklore? Religion and Literature? Popular Culture Studies? Critical Race Theory? Medieval Literature?  Museum Studies? Gender and Sexuality?

Excluding English, how many languages do you know? Some require 2 additional languages; others require 3. Some may require you know all 3 prior to entering; others have more leeway.
 

The feeling immediately after submitting the last of your thirteen (!) applications:

The feeling from approximately thirty seconds later for the next three months:

 
Stay strong, friends. It's a long and emotional ride.

Congrats @Wyatt's Terps! I'm both looking forward and terrified of that moment next year. (Did you add a school last minute?)
I just got my results back on the GRE lit. I got a score in the 74th percentile. I'm confused and amazed. I'm still petrified I'll get rejected into every school I apply to despite how good a fit I think it is. My school list is still a mess.

just call penn "the ivy one" and penn state "joe paterno university and also child rape"

Name
Website
Deadline
FEE?
CUNY
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/English/
 
1/1
Y; 125
UCONN
http://english.uconn.edu/graduate/index.html
 
1/1
Y; 75
Delaware
http://www.english.udel.edu/programs/grad/Pages/default.aspx
 
1/1
Y; 75
Missouri
http://english.missouri.edu/grad/
 
1/1
Y; 65
U Miami
http://www.as.miami.edu/english/graduate/
 
1/1
Y; 65
Notre Dame
http://english.nd.edu/graduate-programs/
 
1/2
Y; 75
Indiana
http://www.iub.edu/~engweb/gradStudies/degrees.shtml
 
1/2
Y; 55
Boston C.
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/english/graduate.html
 
1/2
Y; 75
Harvard
http://english.fas.harvard.edu/programs/graduate
 
1/2
Y; 105
Fordham
http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/graduate/index.asp
 
1/3
Y; 70
Brandeis
http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/english/phdprogram/index.html
 
1/5
Y; 100
GWU
http://www.gwu.edu/~english/grad_programs.html
 
1/5
Y; 75
Oklahoma
http://www.ou.edu/cas/english/programs/graduate/gradprogindex.htm
 
1/5
Y; 50
Penn State
http://english.la.psu.edu/graduate
 
1/6
Y; 65
WashU
https://english.wustl.edu/phd-program
 
1/7
Y; 50
Syracuse
http://english.syr.edu/graduate/index.html
 
1/9
Y; 75
Northeastern 
http://www.northeastern.edu/english/graduate/
 
1/10
Y; 75
Arizona
http://english.arizona.edu/lp/graduate-studies
 
1/11
Y; 75
Tufts (MA)
http://ase.tufts.edu/english/graduate/prospectiveStudents.htm
 
1/15
Y; 75
Florida
http://www.english.ufl.edu/programs.html
 
1/15
Y: 30
Rochester
http://www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/grad/
 
1/15
Y; 60
Arizona State
http://english.clas.asu.edu/graduate
 
1/15
Y; 70
Stony Brook
http://www.sunysb.edu/english/grad/grad.html
 
1/15
Y; 100
Ohio 
http://www.english.ohiou.edu/grad/default/
 
1/15
Y; 50
Case Western
http://www.case.edu/artsci/engl/GradProgram/GradProgIndex.html
 
1/15
Y; 50
December Deadlines:

 
Name
Deadline
App Fee?
UCLA
12/1
Y; 90
NYU
12/1
Y; 100
Northwestern
12/1
Y; 95
UW (Washington)
12/1
Y; 85
USC (California)
12/1
Y; 85
UC - San Diego
12/1
Y; 90
Emory
12/2
Y; 75
U Georgia
12/2
Y; 75
Illinois
12/4
Y; 70
Miami University
12/5
Y: 50
OSU
12/7
Y; 60
Nebraska
12/7
Y; 50
Stanford
12/8
Y; 125
Duke
12/8
Y; 80
Wisconsin
12/8
Y; 56
Maryland
12/8
Y; 75
Santa Cruz
12/10
Y; 90
Pittsburgh
12/10
Y; 50
Rice
12/14
Y; 85
Berkeley
12/15
Y; 90
Princeton
12/15
Y; 90
Penn
12/15
Y; 80
Cornell
12/15
Y; 95
Chicago
12/15
Y; 90
UVA
12/15
Y; 85
Johns Hopkins
12/15
Y; 75
Michigan
12/15
Y; 70
Brown
12/15
Y; 75
Rutgers
12/15
Y; 65
UTA
12/15
Y; 65
Irvine
12/15
Y; 90
Santa Barbara
12/15
Y; 90
Vanderbilt
12/15
Y;95
Minnesota
12/15
Y; 75
Carnegie Mellon
12/15
Y; 75
Boston
12/15
Y; 95
Buffalo
12/15
Y; 75
UI - Chicago
12/15
Y; 70
UMass
12/15
Y; 75
Oregon
12/15
Y; 50
A&M
12/15
Y; 50
Temple
12/15
Y; 60
Utah
12/15
Y; 55
South Carolina
12/15
Y; 50
UT - Knoxville
12/15
Y; 60
Yale
12/15
Y; 105
Columbia
12/16
Y; 105
UNC- Chapel Hill
12/16
Y; 85
Iowa
12/16
Y; 60
Florida State 
12/17
Y; 30?
UC - Boulder 
12/31
Y; 70
U Kansas
12/31
Y; 65
 
*Deadlines may change on a year to year basis. This is not a 100 percent completed list of English programs.

I can't think of any reputable programs in the United States or Canada that accept less than three recommendation letters.

Outside of North America, I think University of Helskini (in Finland) doesn't require any letters of recommendations.

Good luck to all applying. And remember that an average is just that: an average. Some people admitted do get in with lower scores.

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Name
Website
Deadline
FEE?
CUNY
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/English/
 
1/1
Y; 125
UCONN
http://english.uconn.edu/graduate/index.html
 
1/1
Y; 75
Delaware
http://www.english.udel.edu/programs/grad/Pages/default.aspx
 
1/1
Y; 75
Missouri
http://english.missouri.edu/grad/
 
1/1
Y; 65
U Miami
http://www.as.miami.edu/english/graduate/
 
1/1
Y; 65
Notre Dame
http://english.nd.edu/graduate-programs/
 
1/2
Y; 75
Indiana
http://www.iub.edu/~engweb/gradStudies/degrees.shtml
 
1/2
Y; 55
Boston C.
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/english/graduate.html
 
1/2
Y; 75
Harvard
http://english.fas.harvard.edu/programs/graduate
 
1/2
Y; 105
Fordham
http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/graduate/index.asp
 
1/3
Y; 70
Brandeis
http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/english/phdprogram/index.html
 
1/5
Y; 100
GWU
http://www.gwu.edu/~english/grad_programs.html
 
1/5
Y; 75
Oklahoma
http://www.ou.edu/cas/english/programs/graduate/gradprogindex.htm
 
1/5
Y; 50
Penn State
http://english.la.psu.edu/graduate
 
1/6
Y; 65
WashU
https://english.wustl.edu/phd-program
 
1/7
Y; 50
Syracuse
http://english.syr.edu/graduate/index.html
 
1/9
Y; 75
Northeastern 
http://www.northeastern.edu/english/graduate/
 
1/10
Y; 75
Arizona
http://english.arizona.edu/lp/graduate-studies
 
1/11
Y; 75
Tufts (MA)
http://ase.tufts.edu/english/graduate/prospectiveStudents.htm
 
1/15
Y; 75
Florida
http://www.english.ufl.edu/programs.html
 
1/15
Y: 30
Rochester
http://www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/grad/
 
1/15
Y; 60
Arizona State
http://english.clas.asu.edu/graduate
 
1/15
Y; 70
Stony Brook
http://www.sunysb.edu/english/grad/grad.html
 
1/15
Y; 100
Ohio 
http://www.english.ohiou.edu/grad/default/
 
1/15
Y; 50
Case Western
http://www.case.edu/artsci/engl/GradProgram/GradProgIndex.html
 
1/15
Y; 50
December Deadlines:

 
Name
Deadline
App Fee?
UCLA
12/1
Y; 90
NYU
12/1
Y; 100
Northwestern
12/1
Y; 95
UW (Washington)
12/1
Y; 85
USC (California)
12/1
Y; 85
UC - San Diego
12/1
Y; 90
Emory
12/2
Y; 75
U Georgia
12/2
Y; 75
Illinois
12/4
Y; 70
Miami University
12/5
Y: 50
OSU
12/7
Y; 60
Nebraska
12/7
Y; 50
Stanford
12/8
Y; 125
Duke
12/8
Y; 80
Wisconsin
12/8
Y; 56
Maryland
12/8
Y; 75
Santa Cruz
12/10
Y; 90
Pittsburgh
12/10
Y; 50
Rice
12/14
Y; 85
Berkeley
12/15
Y; 90
Princeton
12/15
Y; 90
Penn
12/15
Y; 80
Cornell
12/15
Y; 95
Chicago
12/15
Y; 90
UVA
12/15
Y; 85
Johns Hopkins
12/15
Y; 75
Michigan
12/15
Y; 70
Brown
12/15
Y; 75
Rutgers
12/15
Y; 65
UTA
12/15
Y; 65
Irvine
12/15
Y; 90
Santa Barbara
12/15
Y; 90
Vanderbilt
12/15
Y;95
Minnesota
12/15
Y; 75
Carnegie Mellon
12/15
Y; 75
Boston
12/15
Y; 95
Buffalo
12/15
Y; 75
UI - Chicago
12/15
Y; 70
UMass
12/15
Y; 75
Oregon
12/15
Y; 50
A&M
12/15
Y; 50
Temple
12/15
Y; 60
Utah
12/15
Y; 55
South Carolina
12/15
Y; 50
UT - Knoxville
12/15
Y; 60
Yale
12/15
Y; 105
Columbia
12/16
Y; 105
UNC- Chapel Hill
12/16
Y; 85
Iowa
12/16
Y; 60
Florida State 
12/17
Y; 30?
UC - Boulder 
12/31
Y; 70
U Kansas
12/31
Y; 65
 
*Deadlines may change on a year to year basis. This is not a 100 percent completed list of English programs.

Name
Website
Deadline
FEE?
CUNY
http://web.gc.cuny.edu/English/
 
1/1
Y; 125
UCONN
http://english.uconn.edu/graduate/index.html
 
1/1
Y; 75
Delaware
http://www.english.udel.edu/programs/grad/Pages/default.aspx
 
1/1
Y; 75
Missouri
http://english.missouri.edu/grad/
 
1/1
Y; 65
U Miami
http://www.as.miami.edu/english/graduate/
 
1/1
Y; 65
Notre Dame
http://english.nd.edu/graduate-programs/
 
1/2
Y; 75
Indiana
http://www.iub.edu/~engweb/gradStudies/degrees.shtml
 
1/2
Y; 55
Boston C.
http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/english/graduate.html
 
1/2
Y; 75
Harvard
http://english.fas.harvard.edu/programs/graduate
 
1/2
Y; 105
Fordham
http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/english/graduate/index.asp
 
1/3
Y; 70
Brandeis
http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/english/phdprogram/index.html
 
1/5
Y; 100
GWU
http://www.gwu.edu/~english/grad_programs.html
 
1/5
Y; 75
Oklahoma
http://www.ou.edu/cas/english/programs/graduate/gradprogindex.htm
 
1/5
Y; 50
Penn State
http://english.la.psu.edu/graduate
 
1/6
Y; 65
WashU
https://english.wustl.edu/phd-program
 
1/7
Y; 50
Syracuse
http://english.syr.edu/graduate/index.html
 
1/9
Y; 75
Northeastern 
http://www.northeastern.edu/english/graduate/
 
1/10
Y; 75
Arizona
http://english.arizona.edu/lp/graduate-studies
 
1/11
Y; 75
Tufts (MA)
http://ase.tufts.edu/english/graduate/prospectiveStudents.htm
 
1/15
Y; 75
Florida
http://www.english.ufl.edu/programs.html
 
1/15
Y: 30
Rochester
http://www.rochester.edu/College/ENG/grad/
 
1/15
Y; 60
Arizona State
http://english.clas.asu.edu/graduate
 
1/15
Y; 70
Stony Brook
http://www.sunysb.edu/english/grad/grad.html
 
1/15
Y; 100
Ohio 
http://www.english.ohiou.edu/grad/default/
 
1/15
Y; 50
Case Western
http://www.case.edu/artsci/engl/GradProgram/GradProgIndex.html
 
1/15
Y; 50
December Deadlines:

 
Name
Deadline
App Fee?
UCLA
12/1
Y; 90
NYU
12/1
Y; 100
Northwestern
12/1
Y; 95
UW (Washington)
12/1
Y; 85
USC (California)
12/1
Y; 85
UC - San Diego
12/1
Y; 90
Emory
12/2
Y; 75
U Georgia
12/2
Y; 75
Illinois
12/4
Y; 70
Miami University
12/5
Y: 50
OSU
12/7
Y; 60
Nebraska
12/7
Y; 50
Stanford
12/8
Y; 125
Duke
12/8
Y; 80
Wisconsin
12/8
Y; 56
Maryland
12/8
Y; 75
Santa Cruz
12/10
Y; 90
Pittsburgh
12/10
Y; 50
Rice
12/14
Y; 85
Berkeley
12/15
Y; 90
Princeton
12/15
Y; 90
Penn
12/15
Y; 80
Cornell
12/15
Y; 95
Chicago
12/15
Y; 90
UVA
12/15
Y; 85
Johns Hopkins
12/15
Y; 75
Michigan
12/15
Y; 70
Brown
12/15
Y; 75
Rutgers
12/15
Y; 65
UTA
12/15
Y; 65
Irvine
12/15
Y; 90
Santa Barbara
12/15
Y; 90
Vanderbilt
12/15
Y;95
Minnesota
12/15
Y; 75
Carnegie Mellon
12/15
Y; 75
Boston
12/15
Y; 95
Buffalo
12/15
Y; 75
UI - Chicago
12/15
Y; 70
UMass
12/15
Y; 75
Oregon
12/15
Y; 50
A&M
12/15
Y; 50
Temple
12/15
Y; 60
Utah
12/15
Y; 55
South Carolina
12/15
Y; 50
UT - Knoxville
12/15
Y; 60
Yale
12/15
Y; 105
Columbia
12/16
Y; 105
UNC- Chapel Hill
12/16
Y; 85
Iowa
12/16
Y; 60
Florida State 
12/17
Y; 30?
UC - Boulder 
12/31
Y; 70
U Kansas
12/31
Y; 65
 
*Deadlines may change on a year to year basis. This is not a 100 percent completed list of English programs.