Mojdeh

Hey guys, I just received an E-mail from Columbia to check their application portal. I am rejected from the PhD, but admitted to the Masters programme. Congratulations to those of you who were accepted. It's a great school and a lovely campus!

Congratulations on your acceptances:-) And thanks for sharing such a heart-warming message!

Hi David:-) Thank you for your kind wishes. The E-mail I received just as @ibnbattuta has kindly explained does mention the possibility of funding for the second year. It's still very nice to have heard back from them, but given the amount of student loans I currently have from my undergrad, I think it would be wiser to complete an MA and apply again for the PhD with a (hopefully!) stronger application. Are you currently studying at UChicago?

hey:-) I did receive an offer after my application was sent to them (I had originally applied to the PhD), but they're not funded. The first year for the MA is almost always unfunded unfortunately.

Hi guys:-) Has anyone heard from Columbia's MESAAS? I saw some acceptances on the results page. Does anyone happen to know their method of notification or care to share? I'm coming close to a deadline for an offer and my application doesn't seem to have changed at all.

Good luck to you, too. It's still early to say. Don't lose hope:-)

Hi there:-) Oh, I know what you mean. The waitings is becoming really unbearable. I received an E-mail from the comp-lit department that said the decision will be 'mailed to me', which does not do much to calm my nerves:-D When did you complete your application and submit your supplementary documents?

Hi everyone:) I hope all is well. I was wondering, for those of you who are waiting to hear from Columbia, has the status of your online application changed at all? To something like "under review" or something?

I know what you mean. The waiting has really made me unproductive. I hope you hear back good news from them:-)

Mine is Persian Literature. I was hoping to hear from them this week, but no news so far.

Hi everyone, Is anyone here waiting to hear from Toronto? To the person who posted the University of Toronto comparative literature admission, first, congratulations! If you happen to read this, would you mind sharing your area of specialisations? Thank you. Best of luck to everyone:-)

Hi, I saw an acceptance to the comp lit program at U of T in the results page. Is your application showing "under review"?

Congratulations! That's wonderful! It must be a relief to receive an admission from your top choice:-) I had applied to UCLA as well, but have not heard anything. Did you hear from them today?

Hi:) I hope everyone is keeping up well with the waiting (and in my case, the obsessive checking of admission websites!). I was wondering if anyone had heard anything from UC Irvine in Comp. Lit? or is waiting to hear from them?

My area is mostly Classical. I'm interested in Classical Persian Literature. I've applied to some Near Eastern programs and some Comparative Literature programs. So far, no acceptances to the Phds as I heard from UChicago last week and Berkeley today. An acceptance would be really nice right about now:) Given the above explanation for the quotas of the admits and the fact that there are usually no more than 2 professors in the department who are first literary types and focused on Persian lit, the rest of my American applications don't look very bright, either. But kudos really:-) Those are great schools. Especially Chicago!

Congratulations! That's wonderful. What other programs are you waiting to hear from? I have applied to Berkeley, UCLA, Chicago, and Columbia. So far, only heard back from Chicago (rejected from the PhD).

Yeah, me too. I'm not very hopeful though. we'll see how it goes.

I did see that. it was from end of January though. and that is the only posted result.

Classical Persian literature and/or comparative literature

Oh, I hadn't seen anything from Berkeley in the results page. But don't despair, maybe yours will be good news:) I received an E-mail today at around 5:30 EST. So, I guess 4:30 Chicago time.

Hey:-) I just received my first rejection from Chicago today. I'm not quite sure, but I think the Chicago results should be out shortly depending on the areas of research (since I got a personalised E-mail). What universities have posted admissions? I also have applied to Berkeley, but not heard anything yet.

Hi Everyone, Thanks for creating the thread. I had applied to the PhD at Chicago for NELC, my area of interest is Persian and Comparative literature. I received an E-mail from the POI and the chair today with the rejection. Congrats to those who have been accepted.

Hello! I have applied to a number of Near/Middle Eastern Studies Programs (sometimes in conjunction with the departments of Comparative Literature) and I still haven't heard anything either. Which universities are you waiting to hear from??