HomewardBound
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@Everyone Thank you! I'm relieved to have an acceptance done with!
@frenchlover I just got my Yale rejection, too. I think they accept approximately one person per year. Definitely not a reflection on your ability to get accepted to all the other places.
@Saltshaker Oooh! If you don't mind me asking, what were the difficult questions? Honestly, the fact that they asked difficult questions is probably a good sign. I didn't get past basic questions. : (
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@madamoiselle Haha! Ditto.
@everyone Just thought I'd update. University of Iowa got back to me today. Accepted and teaching assistantshipped! More funding info to come soon!
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18 minutes ago, frenchlover said:
Just got an email and I got so excited but lol it was from Amazon.
If this admissions cycle has taught me anything, it's that I should have made a brand new email address for my applications. Next time Amazon wants to email, it had better be offering me admission somewhere.
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@Saltshaker That's what I heard! How did the interview go?
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@frenchlover It depends on the school, apparently. But I think that, as a general rule, weekdays are more common.
@Carly Rae Jepsen Congrats! I hope UNC offered a good stipend!
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@Monsieur Vénus You're already well on your way to that ideal scenario! Great work!
@everyone Any news this weekend?
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@Monsieur Vénus Congratulations!!!! And, hey, most schools will let you postpone a year if you do Fulbright. I just got back from one to Senegal, and it was one of the most enjoyable and transformative experiences of my life. I hope you get the chance to do both things!
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@Saltshaker Thanks! As long as you don't say "laidité" instead of "laideur", you're probably golden. Oops. Good luck!
@awhiterussian Wow, 17? I did 11, and it cost a small fortune. I wouldn't worry too much about the lack of responses. The next three weeks tend to be major weeks for schools to get back to you. That said, I'm feeling the same way. Let's hope to hear good news soon!
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So, I had my Penn State interview today. They were really nice, but I think I bombed it. Too nervous and too tongue-tied! Good luck to everyone else, and congrats @meliboeus on the great news!
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The miracle applicant (or epic troll?) got an interview to U. Texas today, it seems. Anyone else apply to/hear from them?
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@awhiterussian Congratulations! Did they let you know when you'd hear?
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1 hour ago, frenchlover said:
Will today be the day? ?
Yes please.
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@madamoiselle That's a really good point! I was definitely warned not to decide on my exact sub-sub-subfield in my SoP for that reason. And my POI at Pitt assured me that in their program, as well as many others, graduate students are encouraged to apply their base theoretical frameworks to several eras and fields via article publication.
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@frenchlover We'll start hearing even more as the week goes on. Next week and the week after should be big, too! Also, interviews aren't acceptances, but they're a lot closer than non-interviews! But agreed. It'll be nice not to wonder what I'll be doing next year.
@Carly Rae Jepsen I think that's somewhat normal, but it might also lead to burnout. If you have an area you're really passionate about, you're more likely to stick with it throughout the five or six years of graduate study. French can have a pretty high attrition rate at the doctoral level. At the same time, finances and area ARE really important. Ideally, you'll get all the things!
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@Green.Mango I'd also throw Boston University into the mix of "great film/postcolonial studies". Also, rarely-mentioned school on the forum, but University of Iowa's French program has a lot of well-published professors working in immigration/diaspora studies.
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@Carly Rae Jepsen !!! Ok, now I'm starting to wonder what YOUR application looks like! Congrats!
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@Saltshaker Yay! Penn State has an incredible program for those interested in feminist theory! Congrats!
@Yanaka But...but...why would someone want to troll French PhD aspirants? : (
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@Monsieur Vénus Fair point! I was so last minute on Boston than they emailed me a couple times to remind me to turn it in. I still made the deadline, so...yay?
@Carly Rae Jepsen !!!!!!!!! Yay! Congrats!!!
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5 minutes ago, frenchlover said:
Wow, someone is getting serial acceptances everywhere! The same person who got all those interviews also got into UCLA!
Wow. I've never heard of someone getting this many acceptances/interviews. Even if you're an amazing candidate, some schools will reject you. What is this person's secret?!
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@Monsieur Vénus True...! I think this week and next week tend to be pretty big interview weeks. Though not for Boston, according to past forums. They're considerably later, for whatever reason!
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What news has everyone heard from universities? So far, UCLA read my app and said, "Yeah...nope!", so that's a rejection. Penn State emailed me this morning for an interview, and I've had a few nice emails with my POI at Pittsburgh. Otherwise, radio silence.
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Well, speaking from experience, it's difficult to start a graduate program right after undergrad. I began my master's immediately, and...it was way more intensive than I'd expected. I decided to take a gap year in order to pursue a Fulbright, and, as a result, I feel way more prepared for doctoral studies now, with all of that under my belt. But, I mean, it depends on the person. I might have just been immature for my age.
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@madamoiselle CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!
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It's the same person getting interviews/acceptances everywhere, based on the GRE scores/GPA. I'd be really curious as to what their application was like, because they've now heard good news from three Ivy League schools and U. Michigan. #jealous
Fall 2018 French
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@everyone Thanks for the congrats! And sorry that none of us got a Yale acceptance. Did they accept anyone this year?!
@Saltshaker Well, if one of the questions is, "You've published a lot! Planning on continuing?", you're probably golden. Not many humanities folks have published!