tmartillo

I emailed Fordham earlier this week and received an acceptance email with the .pdf copy of the letter. No funding for the Masters program, but I am still thrilled that that even happened. I didn't have strong GREs but good grades, experience, recommendations. Still waiting to hear from USC and Rutgers.

May I ask where you live? This is my first choice, and would love to know when the later was dated, etc. Sorry I don't want to pester, and CONGRATS on your funded acceptance! That's the dream

Here is some insider information about California schools from a well-known mentor of mine (she's well known in the Medieval circuit, specifically queens): She was at a conference over the weekend and some of my colleagues in the Cal system who were lamenting about the state of grad admissions. One noted that there are over 40 faculty members in the department and only slots for 8 (!) grad students to be funded. The battle in the faculty meeting on admissions was clearly fierce and not easily resolved. More schools are wanting all Ph.D. candidate to move from entrance to PhD in hand in 6 years, and they are not offering reading courses in modern languages for the qualifying exams, which mean if candidates don't have languages in hand (and can pass the test ASAP), they're not being considered viable. She also noted that if you haven't heard, likely, it is a good thing because the competition is fierce.

I called and asked. The Financial Aid flyer they weren't sure about (in the Office of Admissions), but after reviewing my application status, the gal said that there was "no decision" and that everyone should know by April 1st.

I would like to know the same thing! USC is where I would love to go, but aside from one of the financial aid postcards I received, I haven't heard any updates.