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What about a PhD applicant with a 157 verbal and a 4 writing? I have a relatively strong application (2 publications, 6 conference presentations, 5+ years of teaching college composition/ESL, 4.0 MA gpa, high undergrad gpa), but I'm worried that my low GRE scores will tank my application. I was so busy teaching a full load of classes in the fall that I didn't study for the test. Also, I could only find time to take it once. 
I know that schools say they look at applications as a whole, but do they really? They have to use some aspect as a gate keeper when they receive hundreds of applications, don't they? How do they even narrow it down to a manageable amount that they can talk about?

I just got accepted to the University of Minnesota!!!!!! I AM SO HAPPY!!! I was completely shut out last year so this is just unreal. I'm so thrilled!! 

From what I remember of previous cycles, Tennessee has a habit of sending out rejection letters before sending out acceptance letters. This makes sense because it allows people to not be waiting too long. As a result, I think their acceptances for the PHD program might come out this week. Waitlisted applicants might have to wait a bit more.

Good luck!

Confession: I still have trouble spelling "Tennessee" when I try to Google it/search the results board. I think I caught all of my misspellings, but I never checked again after I submitted my app. 

First, thanks for directing me to the person who created the map! As I stated in my initial post, I didn't know who created it when I shared it. A friend sent me the batchgeo link last year and I saved it without any other information. Here's a better link to the map on Ridolfo's site: http://rhetmap.org/doctoral/. To answer my own question, it seems like it is comprehensive.
Second, if you are talking about my tentative school list that I put in my signature, I have spent some time trying to select Rhet/Comp PhD programs (with no lit requirements) that are more focused on the composition side or at least equal rhet/comp. I am staying away from any rhetoric heavy or rhetoric only programs. I am interested in ESL as a secondary interest and I've been trying to find programs that emphasize that or at least offer some second language acquisition classes as electives. Mainly, I'm interested in composition pedagogy/research and ESL. Additionally, I sometimes throw business/professional writing into the mix because I have a BS in Business Management and English (along with an MA in English-composition).
If you have any specific critiques of my list, I'd appreciate your perspective. I expect that the list will change somewhat during the next year. Otherwise, I don't think your "I'm not sure what the hell you are doing" tone is appropriate (especially on a board like this where many people are probably suffering from impostor syndrome). See all of the "Am I good enough for grad school?" posts. 

I'd say that your grad GPA is definitely more important because it shows that you can work in the discipline at a graduate level. This is more important to a program than your ability to succeed at variety of general education requirements. You've progressed beyond the undergrad level and those grades are not as representative of the student you are now.
Even if the undergrad GPA ends up being the deciding factor (not likely in my opinion), 3.4 isn't terrible. If your undergrad GPA was below 3.0, you could have an issue. Also, many programs focus on the last two years of undergrad anyway (not cumulative). 

First, thanks for directing me to the person who created the map! As I stated in my initial post, I didn't know who created it when I shared it. A friend sent me the batchgeo link last year and I saved it without any other information. Here's a better link to the map on Ridolfo's site: http://rhetmap.org/doctoral/. To answer my own question, it seems like it is comprehensive.
Second, if you are talking about my tentative school list that I put in my signature, I have spent some time trying to select Rhet/Comp PhD programs (with no lit requirements) that are more focused on the composition side or at least equal rhet/comp. I am staying away from any rhetoric heavy or rhetoric only programs. I am interested in ESL as a secondary interest and I've been trying to find programs that emphasize that or at least offer some second language acquisition classes as electives. Mainly, I'm interested in composition pedagogy/research and ESL. Additionally, I sometimes throw business/professional writing into the mix because I have a BS in Business Management and English (along with an MA in English-composition).
If you have any specific critiques of my list, I'd appreciate your perspective. I expect that the list will change somewhat during the next year. Otherwise, I don't think your "I'm not sure what the hell you are doing" tone is appropriate (especially on a board like this where many people are probably suffering from impostor syndrome). See all of the "Am I good enough for grad school?" posts. 

First, thanks for directing me to the person who created the map! As I stated in my initial post, I didn't know who created it when I shared it. A friend sent me the batchgeo link last year and I saved it without any other information. Here's a better link to the map on Ridolfo's site: http://rhetmap.org/doctoral/. To answer my own question, it seems like it is comprehensive.
Second, if you are talking about my tentative school list that I put in my signature, I have spent some time trying to select Rhet/Comp PhD programs (with no lit requirements) that are more focused on the composition side or at least equal rhet/comp. I am staying away from any rhetoric heavy or rhetoric only programs. I am interested in ESL as a secondary interest and I've been trying to find programs that emphasize that or at least offer some second language acquisition classes as electives. Mainly, I'm interested in composition pedagogy/research and ESL. Additionally, I sometimes throw business/professional writing into the mix because I have a BS in Business Management and English (along with an MA in English-composition).
If you have any specific critiques of my list, I'd appreciate your perspective. I expect that the list will change somewhat during the next year. Otherwise, I don't think your "I'm not sure what the hell you are doing" tone is appropriate (especially on a board like this where many people are probably suffering from impostor syndrome). See all of the "Am I good enough for grad school?" posts. 

First, thanks for directing me to the person who created the map! As I stated in my initial post, I didn't know who created it when I shared it. A friend sent me the batchgeo link last year and I saved it without any other information. Here's a better link to the map on Ridolfo's site: http://rhetmap.org/doctoral/. To answer my own question, it seems like it is comprehensive.
Second, if you are talking about my tentative school list that I put in my signature, I have spent some time trying to select Rhet/Comp PhD programs (with no lit requirements) that are more focused on the composition side or at least equal rhet/comp. I am staying away from any rhetoric heavy or rhetoric only programs. I am interested in ESL as a secondary interest and I've been trying to find programs that emphasize that or at least offer some second language acquisition classes as electives. Mainly, I'm interested in composition pedagogy/research and ESL. Additionally, I sometimes throw business/professional writing into the mix because I have a BS in Business Management and English (along with an MA in English-composition).
If you have any specific critiques of my list, I'd appreciate your perspective. I expect that the list will change somewhat during the next year. Otherwise, I don't think your "I'm not sure what the hell you are doing" tone is appropriate (especially on a board like this where many people are probably suffering from impostor syndrome). See all of the "Am I good enough for grad school?" posts. 

First, thanks for directing me to the person who created the map! As I stated in my initial post, I didn't know who created it when I shared it. A friend sent me the batchgeo link last year and I saved it without any other information. Here's a better link to the map on Ridolfo's site: http://rhetmap.org/doctoral/. To answer my own question, it seems like it is comprehensive.
Second, if you are talking about my tentative school list that I put in my signature, I have spent some time trying to select Rhet/Comp PhD programs (with no lit requirements) that are more focused on the composition side or at least equal rhet/comp. I am staying away from any rhetoric heavy or rhetoric only programs. I am interested in ESL as a secondary interest and I've been trying to find programs that emphasize that or at least offer some second language acquisition classes as electives. Mainly, I'm interested in composition pedagogy/research and ESL. Additionally, I sometimes throw business/professional writing into the mix because I have a BS in Business Management and English (along with an MA in English-composition).
If you have any specific critiques of my list, I'd appreciate your perspective. I expect that the list will change somewhat during the next year. Otherwise, I don't think your "I'm not sure what the hell you are doing" tone is appropriate (especially on a board like this where many people are probably suffering from impostor syndrome). See all of the "Am I good enough for grad school?" posts. 

I don't know much about the program, unfortunately. I only know of it because a colleague applied a number of years ago. But I wouldn't be deterred by their summer residency option. As you might know, TESOL is a thriving field within secondary education--more so than in college composition I'd say--and I sense IUP is accommodating grad students who teach full time during the academic year and still want an advanced degree.
I'd be more concerned with their funding for students (it doesn't seem like they fund all their students, and just from their "recent" dissertation list [which is 7 years old] the program looks huge) and their placement rates into careers that interest you. They might not be focused on placing graduates into tenure-line college-level work, but might instead focus on secondary administration or alt-ac work. This isn't bad, but it is something you'd want to know for sure, and isn't information I see readily available on their website.

The cost of sending an official transcript can be anywhere from what I've seen can be between $5-$15 from each school you've attended. If you're applying to 10 schools, this would be between $50-150. If you attended 2 schools and are applying to 10, this could be between $100-$300.

GRE scores cost $27 to send per school. Assuming all 10 schools want them and you didn't select them when you tested, that's another $270. Supposing that half of these schools want the GRE subject test, that's another $135.
I've seen applications as low as $40 and as high as $120. Most applications seem to hover around 70-90. Taking the average, this means another $800.
Considering only one college attended, applying to 10: $800+$270+$135+100= $1305
Considering the cost of the GRE ($205) and the Lit Exam ($150), this totals $1660.

Some schools do offer fee waivers, but often it requires a very strict set of requirements to be met.

(According to my notes: UPenn cost me 107 to apply to last year, Yale cost me 159, Cornell 149, Rutgers 124) Those costs will be going up for me slightly due to an added transcript after next year. Applying can be very expensive.

Hi Woosh.
Have you looked into getting application fee waivers? While you can e-mail the programs individually, the Big 10 alliance streamlines the process a bit more: https://www.btaa.org/students/freeapp/introduction

I'm not sure which schools you're interested in but a few schools you could be interested in are there. I think the rule is that you must apply for the fee waiver between September-Nov 15. Each school has different rules on to which applicants they grant waivers to. In addition, there are a limited number of waivers granted so it's best not to apply for a fee waiver if you know that you wouldn't apply.