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MargeryUnkempet

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  1. Thank you all for the advice! I am mostly looking at programs that offer decent funding, but I was just generally curious what programs have a good track of placing people into PhD programs. I would preferably go to a program that offers funding, but I also may apply to programs that don't always offer funding (or only offer funding to some students) just to see if I can get a funding offer. Also, Wyatt, UMD has been on my list for a good while because there is a lot of Digital Humanities work being done there so that is one place that I am almost for sure applying to.
  2. Hello all, After a lot of thought, I have officially decided on obtaining a terminal Masters degree after the completion of my undergraduate degree instead of going straight into a PhD program. Now that I have made this decision, however, the question of which Masters programs have the best PhD placement rates has popped into my head. I have attempted to do my own research by looking on the Grad Student profile pages of top 20-30 ranked programs to see where people who are in PhD programs I am interested in obtained their Master's degrees, but the results from these searches have been limited. Some programs have stuck out as places with particularly good PhD placement rates (Columbia, Georgetown, NYU, Villanova, McGill, etc.), but I would like to get more feedback on which programs do exceptionally well with PhD placement. If the suggested programs offer funding that is also a pretty big plus . Thank you all in advance.
  3. PSU and Rutgers are both on my radar, but the others I do not necessarily feel that I could get into (not be too down on myself). This post was started to discuss top tier American Lit programs, but I was curious which mid tier schools have good faculty members who are focused in 20th Century American Literature. If anyone had any information on schools like that I would really appreciate it.
  4. Out of curiosity, what other programs are extremely notable for their 20th century American literature offerings? It is my main area of interest and I am trying to narrow down programs. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated!
  5. echo449, this is great advice! I have been reading a good bit of secondary literature lately, particularly texts dealing with gender and psychoanalysis, and I suppose, for the most part, I am drawn to exploring themes in that realm. Thanks!
  6. I am an undergrad, but the notion of specializing in a specific research field still makes me a little nervous (which is a tad irrational because I have years to figure out what I want to specialize in lol). I am sure I will gain more clarity on what I should specialize in farther down the road, but it seems, at least to me, that it would be more convenient to know what I want to specialize in for picking out which programs I should apply to. My main issue with picking out something to really hone in on is the fact that I tend to like pretty much any literature that I study/read. Has anyone else ever ran into an issue to similar to this? How did you narrow down your research interests?
  7. Yeah, I like to dabble in other fields despite my research interests being primarily literary so I felt like doing this extra year would be an excellent time to do that. Philosophy, in particular, I have been told is super useful when studying literature at a graduate level, and it is always something I have been interested in so picking that as a minor was a no brainer. The Media Studies dual major was a bit of a more tough decision, but many of the classes I am taking for that are writing courses or digital literature courses so after looking over the curriculum it seemed like a good call. Also, the more classes I take in that field the more I grow to like it so that is a plus! Thanks for the excellent feedback and support, guys! Another question: Will the additional majors and minors help me potentially get into a higher tier program than just graduating with a degree in English? Like is that something that is looked for by the adcom of top tier programs? Just curious.
  8. All of my additional coursework is going to be courses in philosophy, communications, writing, and the digital humanities/media studies so it all for sure, I feel, benefits me and my research interests. I may be able to use something in one of these classes as a writing sample, but one of my plans was to do an Independent Study over next Summer or this coming Spring Semester and whip a sample out of that. I may also just add more to a paper I have already presented at a conference or something. Thanks for the positive feedback! What was your additional major if you don't mind me asking?
  9. This is good advice, thank you! My dual major aligns with my research interests quite well, overall. I should have clarified that it is basically a degree in the Digital Humanities/Media Studies which is becoming really big in most English departments from my understanding, and is definitely something I would be interested in doing more research in on a graduate level.
  10. Hello all, I am a long time lurker, but I am a first time poster. I am currently in the process of getting my undergrad, and I had some questions about dual majoring (with some additional minors as well). I have made a decision to stay at my undergrad institute for an additional year to pursue a dual major (my original major being English) and to get three additional minors. Before accusations of frivolousness are thrown at me I will provide you with some contextual information about my decision to do this, despite my end goal being graduate study in English. Firstly, I go to my undergrad for free (my tuition, housing, food, etc. are all covered through various scholarships) so going this extra year will not harm me financially. Secondly, all of my additional majors and minors in some way shape or form, I feel, compliment literary/cultural studies. Now that I have an explanation of my situation here are my questions: How will these additional majors and minors impact my shot at getting into a solid PhD program directly out of my undergrad (positively or negatively)? My professors seem to feel that it will have a positive impact, in fact I have received nothing but encouragement from them in my decision to do this, but I was curious how you all felt considering that you are for the most in the process of applying to or in graduate school for English? Will graduate schools look on my 5th year negatively? Will it concern them that it took me an additional year to do something that should technically only take 4 years to do (though the common trend is moving away from the 4 year undergrad with many of my friends soon to sporting the title "Super Senior")? Thank you for any and all feedback in advance! I realize a lot of my questions are dependent on the program applying to, etc., but any sort of feedback would be incredibly helpful!
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