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hi medievalists—has anyone heard back from Toronto's medieval studies MA programme? It's the last decision I'm waiting on. At this point I have better offers and would probably not go there. I know I might as well withdraw my application but I would also assume this late in the game they've already made their admissions decisions! Any insights?

Hi nfefe I worked as a curatorial intern at the new museum for a semester. My advice: don't uproot your life for this internship. It is unpaid (you aren't treated the same as the paid employees there), it is not in a very "hands-on" environment (no permanent collection, the curators will have you do research but won't include you in discussions, meetings, etc.), and you will be given smaller, sometimes menial tasks unless you have extensive experience already in some sort of curatorial or contemporary art field-- in which case you probably shouldn't be taking an unpaid position. While it was eye-opening to see all the work that goes into museum exhibitions, I felt like I was not a super valuable member of the team. All of that being said, I'm totally glad I did it! But I also lived in New York already and have a paying part-time job here. Unless you're lucky enough to not have to worry about finances, I'd say you should decline. Hope this is helpful? Feel free to message me privately! (EDIT: wrote assistant instead of intern at first-- to clarify I was an unpaid intern, the assistants are paid)

CONGRATS! do you mind if I ask which department/type of internship? Also has anyone else still not heard anything...?

Yeah! They contacted me back in February about an interview which is gonna be next week. I'm not 100%, but I think they might have already contacted everyone they want to interview (they sent an email to the semifinalists which implied this). hope this is helpful!

Also applied for the MuSe program and haven't heard anything. glad to see I'm not alone, I assumed that I'd already been rejected but maybe not?