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hmss9245

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  1. Same with @metaleptic here! I might be accepting UW-Madison's offer, and couldn't go there right now for more info... Would appreciate it if some of you post about your visits there, like what attracts you the most, how available the resources are for studying and for living, and so on... (actually, just seeing your post-visit-discussions would be helpful enough!)
  2. Also applied for Northwestern this cycle! Emailed Sarah and she wrote back saying results will be out later this week or early next week! Super anxious …
  3. I applied to the English one, omg I really did not see it ... curriculum vitae/resume of no more than two pages with a clearly stated sentence at the beginning of the CV that declares your scholarly area of interest(s), for example: American literature and queer theory, 18th-century poetry, or postcolonial theory and women writers. Please include a summary page giving your undergraduate GPA and GPA for courses in English with your curriculum vitae/resume. I did include the summary of my GPA for courses in English though... Edit: lol "Curriculum Vitae" really means something else... NOW I understand... Edit once more: Still not fully understood, but I only did it like "UGPA Summary: 3.xx" in one or two lines. Guess I need to put a more precise description for each course contributing to that total GPA?
  4. Oh I didn't do that... heedless of me to have skipped it... nice to know that, and gonna add it!
  5. Application Status Pending +1 ; Upvotes run out +1… Lucky you (And you~ and you~ …)
  6. Of course not~ was wishing you a potential Duker in addition to my wishing WT an OSUer;) We'll see how it turns out in just a few more days, I believe …
  7. @Wyatt's Terps Hope OSU's gonna prove very soon that you don't even need a Plan B~! and @Yanaka also wish you'd receive an email from Moi when you least expected to~(I know such joy kills sometimes xD) Though I'm relatively safe with my unofficial acceptance previously, I doubt if I could strain not shedding some tears if I happen to be rejected by both OSU and Duke … fingers crossed…
  8. Omg Northwestern's Complit program is sending out interview emails…(Shouldn't have checked the results page lol)
  9. Just curious-- is OSU sending out"English" and "literature" decision letters the same or similar time? Seems the results for literature will be out next week…I've applied for their English program with the ddl of 30 Nov… anxious to know when the results are out ><
  10. Wow, I've applied to UMD's CompLit and OSU's English programs this year, but feel like less positive to be admitted… Richardson's field of interest in the narrative of drama is the most overlapped with mine, but besides him, there's virtually no one else there I could mention in my SoP for UMD; the faculty of narrative at OSU are also good, but few of them are really doing drama and narrative performed…So I need to apply for both, with a minor chance of being admitted by either xD
  11. I believe there's no need to be stressed at all especially for those applying to programs wherein the first round of selection takes place at the Grad School… My application, as far as I can see from the notification letter, is reviewed by the faculty, which makes it less time-consuming.
  12. Ah I omitted too much… was trying to ask if @Wyatt's Terps knew if those applying to Scan Studies are generally admitted earlier or whatever… and yes, a faculty member I intend to work sent me an email notifying me that I was expecting admission, though official offer and details of funding are still unavailable until later in the winter.
  13. What do you mean? Seems like you know a lot about Scandi. Studies to say so..
  14. First acceptance got! on Dec. 13 this year! Though I'm mainly applying for CompLitt programs, this one "unofficial" admission was from a Scandinavian Studies PhD Program. Still have 10 more to go... Best luck for all of us!
  15. @LondonFog From my experience (4 out of 8 professors suggested that I should provide them with a draft), it's very important to let them know (even if it's not the case for every program) that you are required to "sign" your name in the application to acknowledge that you did not participate in "drafting or submitting" the letters. It worked for me, and I believe professors are generally easy to communicate with. Just let them know that you would not be able to sign your name thus unable to complete the application if you do so.
  16. @Bumblebea thanks a lot! Besides 2-3 English programs, most of the others I'm applying to are CompLit/Literature programs. Some of them even don't require a GRE score, like Northwestern, and some say the same as you that they will take applicants' national/regional background into consideration. Fingers crossed for my applications to those English programs...
  17. @Warelin Thanks for the info! As far as I know, most the programs I'll apply to don't require a minimum GRE score, but some of them do post the average scores of successful applicants from past years, and those posted range from 159 to 161.
  18. Hi all, I'm an international applicant who needs to provide both my TOEFL and GRE scores for some of the PhD programs in English and Comparative Literature. I heard that for some programs, a total GRE score of 319 plus a decent TOEFL score will do the same as a 320+ GRE score (which is exactly my case, as I scored exactly 319 (157+162+4.0) for GRE, and 113 for TOEFL). I wonder if my GRE verbal score of 157 will be considered too low to be competitive (even for programs ranking 50-60). Shall I email specific programs to ask whether my TOEFL score would compensate for my GRE verbal score? or is it obvious that the two don't actually compensate for each other? Thanks!!
  19. I am! Using Princeton Review now.. but don't think time is enough...
  20. Thanks again! As I reached out to them and got positive answer from both Marianne and Olivia! And Olivia was suggesting we arrange a skype chat in two weeks' time... omg.. any suggestion for the preparation? She said it should to be a casual talk, and we can speak both Norwegian and English...
  21. Thanks for the info! Currently I am mainly applying for comparative literature programs plus 2-3 English programs and 2 Scandinavian programs. As I found on the website, UW requires an advanced degree of at least one Scandinavian language to be admitted for the doctoral program, so I'm afraid my Norwegian level (B2) is not sufficient... but is the professor you mentioned whose interest is in Ibsen Olivia Gunn?
  22. Dear all, this is a GRE re-taker who has two schedules of the upcoming tests, one on 8th October (yes in a week ><) and the other 6th November. As the nearest deadline I have is on 30 November, I would definitely mail the result of the first one (to be taken this month) to that program, but my second nearest deadline is 8th December, so I was wondering if I should wait till my second test result (the one in early November) is available that I compare the two results and send the better one to that program? Theoretically I think the result will arrive before 8 December if I choose to send it immediately after taking the second test (as I don't have to wait for my AW section to be ready), but is there a "lurking danger" somewhere (like the-sooner-the-better rule, which I haven't yet found on the program's website) if I wait so long as after 6 November to mail the GRE test result (exactly one month ahead of the ddl)? Thanks in advance!
  23. I experienced a similar problem with you as I'd like to apply for the Scandinavian Studies PhD program at UWisc where they don't require a Writing Sample as part of the online application. To be honest, I felt quite relieved and wanted just to skip it, but on second thought, I contacted the department, and was told it is not required, but I am "welcome to submit it". So I went back to look for the place to submit one, but did not find anywhere I can upload additional materials. Then I emailed them again and told them the situation, and they gave me another email address of an affiliated faculty who would be responsible for reading my work. I finally got my 2 pieces of samples sent to them, and was informed that my works would be assessed alongside my other materials submitted online, which means they would wait till I finish my application to read the samples of writing. Though I would not say this could probably serve as a bonus for my overall application, I do feel it was a good decision to contact them and got my WS submitted in this way. All in all, I would also vote for that you find the contact person for the department and communicate with them about this issue. Best of luck!!
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