suisui
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On 2/18/2017 at 2:35 PM, WorldPeaceMaker2010 said:
Did anyone else apply to Social Policy at Brandeis?
I applied. Received a e-mail one month ago or so saying that they have begun to review. But I remember that their results usually are released quite late, at least on March.
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51 minutes ago, AmityDuPeuple said:
I think it depends on the program and how much funding they have. Speaking with the profs at ND yesterday they expect to be able to accept 10 students from those that visited, but only offer spots to 10 at first even though they don't expect 100% matriculation. Programs don't want to admit more than they can actually fund. That being said, it is my understanding that everyone in attendance at the visit day is on the short list (not necessarily the waitlist), and I noticed earlier in the month someone claimed a waitlist at ND. I don't really know how that factors in; I figured that those who aren't offered first round acceptances will be waitlisted, but this might not be the case.
All of this is to say, there are probably different institutional logics at play when deciding on the strategy programs use for acceptances and waitlists.Thanks for the information! I notice that some school have campus visit/interviews before they give offers (I believe that's the case with ND?). Maybe schools what give offer directly without interviewing will admit more than what their aimed cohort?
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24 minutes ago, mayyam said:
This is very interesting. I don't want to bother them to ask about my admission result; however, I got accepted from one of the schools that asked me to decide by the end of next week. However, my priority is UCONN so have no idea what to do..:)
Can school actually demand you to decide so early? I thought most schools follow the 415 timeline.
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22 minutes ago, mayyam said:
Also, I believe it doesn't make sense to check the admission website, I guess? They let students know via email?
I think so. The e-mail from the admission website to check arrive one week late than the informal e-mail from DGS.
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On 2017/2/9 at 0:52 PM, NoirFemme said:
Congratulations!
Is getting a tenure track professor job your number goal? What is your research on?
The job market is pretty tough--as so many of professors have told me--and us interdisciplinary scholars risk unemployment/underemployment because universities only know how to function within traditional disciplines.
My advice: if Indiana fits you wonderfully, and it has a superb placement rate and excellent scholars with extensive contacts across the country, go there (and I recently read that to mitigate the risk of an interdisciplinary degree on the job market, you should fit yourself into a traditional discipline early on with regards to conferences, professional organizations, and publications--that is, you're a WGS doctorate student with an emphasis on history, so you go to AHA conferences, publish in history journals, etc). But if you can see yourself fitting just as comfortably in a traditional discipline at a different school, you should consider it. Especially if they have a WGS certificate/emphasis that's just as rigorous as a WGS program itself.
1Thanks! Great advice and sorry for getting back a bit late.
Yes, my career goal is getting a tenure track job. I spoke to the DGS several times and he actually told me that he is optimistic about placement because women's and gender studies are still in the process of institutionalization in North America and thus a growing business. I don't know if it's true for other interdisciplinary programs such as American Studies or Area Studies. But from the placement record of the department, most of them landed on WGS department successfully (but they seldom return back to their disciplinary department so I think you are right that symbolic disciplinary boundaries indeed exist. ).
One of the professor there actually had a degree in American Studies but he has been teaching in the gender studies department since he graduated. So I guess to some extent, there might exist mobility between interdisciplinary programs? Don't know if that's the case (Or is American Studies program essentially different from area studies such as East Asia studies and we cannot make such generalizations?).
On 2017/2/9 at 8:18 AM, kekology4 said:@suisui congratulations on your acceptance!
If you gave some more specific information on your project and the research you're interested in doing, that would help me give you advice. I think Women's and gender studies is a good place for working between the disciplines that you want to work with.
Speaking of myself, I mainly study same-sex family and queer Asia studies. The former is kind of family studies PLUS sexuality studies; the latter is more of a combination of area studies and queer studies. I would say that my research is interdisciplinary in essence. So I will probably do the program in gender studies because this kind of research agenda does not fall into the core subfields of sociology and will probably face marginalization there.
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8 hours ago, mayyam said:
Thanks for letting me know, I really appreciate it! Unfortunately, I haven't heard anything from them yet. Not sure, what will happen. Did they give you a deadline to accept or decline the offer? I am hoping to hear from them soon.
They did not mention any specific deadline to accept or decline the offer and just told me to notify them when I decide to go somewhere else so they can extend the offer. I assume they are following the 415 deadline.
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3 hours ago, c11m07 said:
It's worth noting that this (usually) isn't how waitlists work. There are a certain number of offers-- say 20 offers aiming for a cohort of 10. So people wouldn't be getting off the waitlist unless there are more than 10 people who don't accept the offer (in this hypothetical scenario). That being said, I am not familiar with the program at UConn. However, because there are a number of moving pieces (rather than one person declines, one person gets off the waitlist), it's not unusual not to hear about getting off of a waitlist until late March/mid April.
Thanks for clarifying! I didn't know how waitlist work, so you are probably right. This is what the DGS said in the offer letter:
We have a very competitive pool of applicants for only eight slots in the 2017-18 cohort, so if you find a match with another program, please let us know as soon as you can, so we can extend this offer to one of the candidates from the waitlist
I guess her wording "extend this offer to one of the candidates from the waitlist" made me assume that they already got a ranked waitlist and will be extending offer once they have vacancy.
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On 17 February 2017 at 2:40 PM, mayyam said:
Oh got it. If they asked you to respond by April, then it is really tricky. I got accepted to one school but they asked me to respond whether I accept the offer by the end of this month. What if I accept this and UCONN offers me a PhD. Ugh
Hi, if you happen to be on the wait list at UConn, I just declined my offer there yesterday and they should be able to extend this offer to those waitlisted. Thought this information might help.
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Can someone please explain what continued funding is? What kind of form does continued funding take? Mostly TAship? Or other external fellowship? If the offer letter specifically says the exact years of funding package, does it mean that the funding is fixed and cannot be continued?
Also, how common is it for program to offer summer funding? What form does it take? Thanks in advance!
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On 2/8/2017 at 1:21 PM, WorldPeaceMaker2010 said:
ANyone know whats happening with Yale, Boston College, or Brandeis?
A friend at Brandeis told me that the committee is meeting next Thursday. We may hear from them several days after that.
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14 hours ago, WorldPeaceMaker2010 said:
Oh follow-up to my post yesterday when I got an informal dept. letter saying I was going to be admitted at Uconn. Right now I nice email from one of the profs that I had said I would like to work with. Basically just a congrats from her, saying she just heard the news and was excited to work with me, and had been very impressed with my application, and to contact her if I had questions or wanted to come visit soon.
I know a few years ago the dept. didn't have such a great reputation, but I've heard only good things in the last few years... and honestly both my emails so far have been really nice and welcoming. Anyone know any current street rumors about the dept.?
Curious about what "good" things have you heard about the department at UConn? Mind to share?
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On 2/3/2017 at 9:57 AM, WorldPeaceMaker2010 said:
This is my only Poli Sci one, the rest are public policy or sociology.
I'm waiting on Northeastern, Brandeis, Brown, BU, BC, Umass Amherst, U at Albany, CUNY still and debating about putting a Umass Boston one in this weekend.
I am also waiting on Brandeis (I applied to both sociology and social policy program), Umass Amherst. Umass Boston, you mean their master program or PhD program?
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9 minutes ago, WorldPeaceMaker2010 said:
In Poli Sci? I'm starting to think we probably applied to the same programs mostly lol
ahhh, I applied to sociology. What else programs have you applied?
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2 hours ago, WorldPeaceMaker2010 said:
SO was that a no on anyone hearing from Northeastern at all?
I also applied to Northeastern! The graduate school once asked me to upload the late recommendation letter before 25 Jan. So I guess that the department started the review process around that time. Still waiting...
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Hi Has anyone also applied to Indiana? I come from a sociology background. My research lies in the intersection between family studies and queer studies. I would say that most WGS departments are strongly humanities-oriented. I only applied to Indiana because the disciplinary boundaries seem not that clear-cut there.
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2 minutes ago, WorldPeaceMaker2010 said:
Oh helllo! Glad to meet someone else who is accepted there too! mine was like that too. What area do you work in?
Glad to meet you, too! I am working on social movement, masculinity, and sexuality studies. How about yours?
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Has anyone heard from Rice yet? I spotted two interviews in the results page. Yet my application system says still under review. Any follow-ups?
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16 hours ago, WorldPeaceMaker2010 said:
Just wanted to claim the UCONN acceptance on the results page. Just got a really nice email from the dept. a few hours ago. Anyone else hear from the today? My letter said they only took 8 of us. I have full funding will a tuition waiver and 20 hour a week contract with the dept... more info to come in the mail.
This is my first school out of ten to hear back from so WOW!
2Hi WorldPeaceMaker2010, I also got a UConn acceptance e-mail earlier. Saying exactly the same, 8 out of the application pool. Very surprised by their swift decision since their deadline is 1 Feb. And the unofficial offer from department chair is personalized, pointing out my research interests align with their departmental strengths - also very surprised.
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3 hours ago, rising_star said:
Take a look at job ads and recent hiring in sociology to get a sense of whether WGS PhDs are competitive for and able to secure a position in a sociology department. Most of the sociology job ads I've seen ask for a PhD in sociology.
Thanks for your clarification! One follow up question: where do you usually find recent hiring in sociology? Thanks
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I have read on several websites that the WGS departments nationwide are still expanding and hiring. Can anybody provide some background information on the origins and histories of WGS departments? To what extent does this claim holds true? How possible for a WGS phd focusing on sociology approach to secure a position in sociology departments?
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Also looking to apply to Rice... Waiting for someone to clarify
Fall 2017 Acceptances/Interviews/Rejections Thread
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There is this campus pride index. Just type the school name and you can find if the universities are LGBT friendly.