awhiterussian
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On 12/12/2018 at 5:50 AM, HomewardBound said:
@Carly Rae Jepsen You still exist! How's WashU treating you?
Emmanuel Bruno Jean Francois came to CUNY last month for a Glissant conference we put on and he was amazing! He's so cool!
Best of luck to all on exams!
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23 hours ago, Laetitia said:
Thank you for your suggestions (Simon?). Yes, I do realize it will be even more difficult for me because I don't have a master's and I will most likely compete with people who have it and/or can supplement with experience or publications.
I will definitely look up the schools you recommended. Your program's website does not have a lot of info on placement, what are your thoughts?
Ps: Noticed Edouard Glissant's Tout- Monde event and wished I was there.
About placement, take a look at the pages on the website dedicated to Alumni and Recent Alumni. CUNY places a heavy, heavy emphasis on teaching, which has greatly helped graduates of our program on the job market vs other schools where teaching is not mandatory. Feel free to PM me if you have specific questions.
I will be on the admissions committee, but that won't be until late January probably. I'll have a better idea of what my department specifically looks for in an application.
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On 11/10/2018 at 4:14 PM, Laetitia said:
Hello!
"Do not apply to Columbia"
That's the only school I have decided to apply to. This is very scary!
I just graduated from a small liberal arts in Michigan (as an international student from Senegal and Cape Verde) with a Bachelor's in French (3.9 Gpa, phi beta kappa, honors, bla bla bla). Since June, I have been obsessing so crazily over my GRE scores, I have not spent enough time researching programs. My French professor recommended I apply to Columbia and NYU (she taught there) but it did not seem like NYU was quite the right fit for me. I am (very) interested in " la migritude", immigrants literature, diaspora, conflicts with identity and space, etc. I am having a hard time figuring out how to look for programs/schools that match my interests, so I would be very grateful to get more "insider" perspective.
Also, saying that Columbia is over enrolled, does it mean they will not get any new PhD candidates? Do I stand a chance?
Please Help!
It seems you have excellent credentials. I would say definitely give it a shot. Columbia is extremely competitive, it was my dream school, and I got rejected after being shortlisted for admission and interviewing there. It is difficult to get in to any of the top tier programs without a masters as well, keep that in mind. My program has accepted a total of 3-4 students out of 30+ with just a bachelors over the last six years.
Aside from Columbia, I would consider UCLA, Emory, maybe Duke, Vanderbilt. My department, CUNY Graduate Center, is very diverse in terms of specialties and very competitive, but we have at least 7 professors who have similar interests to yours, and we've just hired a full-time Cameroonian professor who specifically writes about diaspora and migritude.
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I've crossed my T's and dotted my I's, I'm off to CUNY! I'm specializing in post colonialism, and doing my curricular option in international human rights in the french speaking world, which means I get to do an internship with the UN! I see a lot of potential at CUNY, and the fit is so good! Couldn't be happier, and I'm so happy that this process if finally over and I can get a peaceful night's sleep!
I'm so excited to be future colleagues with all the brilliant minds that post on this page! May all of our paths go relatively smoothly! Would be nice to run into some of you down the road...
- Yanaka, Monsieur Vénus, Saltshaker and 2 others
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5 hours ago, Carly Rae Jepsen said:
Don't they adhere to the April 15 deadline? That's not nice of them.
Wait, I see them listed there: http://cgsnet.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/CGSResolution_RevisedMarch2018.pdf
If they made an official funding offer to you, they are supposed to honor that until the 15th. I would contact someone about it.
Thanks for your help! I’m drafting them an email
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CUNY said they need an answer before April 1st but I’m still on waitlists and haven’t heard from a couple universities still ahhhhh
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Finally got a rejection from Duke! Took a while!
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Congrats to all that have made decisions! So happy for all of you and excited to be colleagues in the future!!
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On 3/17/2018 at 9:00 AM, Carly Rae Jepsen said:
Thank you, @madamoiselle ! I felt much better after reading your words. You're absolutely right about getting ready to be honest with programs. I think by now I feel ready to tell UNC I won't be attending, and am dreading to write the email but hope someone else gets my spot.
I'm also excited to see where we all end up, this has been a journey!
Keep your head up! WashU is a great great school and many would love to be in the situation you are in! Getting an interview at freaking Stanford is an accomplishment in and of itself
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16 minutes ago, Michael Scarn said:
Were you accepted for the French or the French studies masters? Trying to figure out when they will start sending out acceptances for the French Studies
I think they only have one masters program, but two PhD programs.
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Got my response. Was rejected for doctoral program, but accepted to masters program with what looks like will be full funding. Will keep weighing my options I suppose!
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6 minutes ago, madamoiselle said:
@awhiterussian They let me know! They said decisions have to be notified by April 15th (as they typically are) and that they're hoping to have responses by late March from all the acceptances!
That makes me nervous as I haven’t heard anything from them yet!
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52 minutes ago, madamoiselle said:
Withdrew myself from NYU (got note that I was at the top of the waitlist), so good luck to everybody else who's waiting for news from them!!
@Monsieur Vénus Glad to hear Michigan went well, it's really a fantastic program!
Thanks!! Did you ask if you were on the waitlist or did they let you know?
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Hoping to hear from my remaining schools this week ??????
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20 hours ago, Monsieur Vénus said:
Anybody else finally receive a rejection from Duke? All that's left for me to wait for now is Rutgers, where I am on a waiting list!
Still waiting for mine...
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49 minutes ago, Frenchlady said:
Hi Y'all!
I have just discovered this forum! So excited not be to alone in the waiting game.
I have applied to LSU, Univ of Miami, Tulane, and Univ of Texas at Austin for the PhD in French lit or French Studies. I have been accepted at LSU, waitlisted at Tulane and waiting on the other schools. I have contacted them all since I can't stand the wait any longer!
I have read your posts and wonder about the interview process. I have received an acceptance email from LSU with funding, travel expenses fro research and conferences.... They offer to set up a Skype to answer my questions. Is that the interview or not? How could they offer acceptance and then take it away? I am somewhat lost in the process.
Congrats! LSU doesn’t interview, so you’re in!
I haven’t heard anything from Tulane yet! Lucky!
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7 hours ago, HomewardBound said:
@awhiterussian Congratulations on Columbia. For what it's worth, I'd turn it down in a heartbeat. They may be the "best program" for something, but there are a lot of great schools out there that won't put you into debt for your education. I think you can do (and have done!) better.
If you're really set on Columbia, though, you could let them know that you have funded offers, and that, while you're interested in Columbia, you'd like to explore funding possibilities. I did that with a few universities in terms of moving expenses, and I was shocked at how receptive they were. Might be worth a try!
Thanks for your help!!
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Got accepted to Columbia masters unfunded. Don’t think I can take it unfortunately, although they were my number one choice and maybe the best program in the world for post colonial studies
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6 hours ago, lem195 said:
Hi, that was me! I haven’t posted on here before but I read this forum fairly often. I interviewed on campus and I knew that some other people I interviewed with had been accepted so I emailed the graduate coordinator. I was suffering as well since it is my first choice. I got a fairly quick response that I was first on the waitlist. You should definitely shoot them a quick email or call, they were very cool about it. Bonne chance!
Merci!!!
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For the Emory person that posted on the results page, did you email the department or did they email you to let you know? If you don’t mind me asking.......I’m dying to hear a response
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4 minutes ago, HomewardBound said:
@awhiterussian Congrats! Are you going to be visiting?
@Saltshaker Also congrats! Who are you interested in working with over there? UVA's French is great.
@Monsieur Vénus I finally had my talk with a POI from Boston. She was one of the most well-spoken people I've ever had the privilege of talking to. I felt smarter just by talking to her!
Unfortunately I cannot, I’m doing tapif on Réunion ?? but I’ve been in constant contact with them
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Just got a letter from the DGS at CUNY for an acceptance! On a Sunday!! They had been writing emails for weeks saying how they were interested in my candidacy. So nice to finally get an acceptance!
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Is it safe to say that if I have yet to hear back from Stanford and NYU, that I've been rejected, or am being rejected? They've already released their visiting days invitations...
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27 minutes ago, madamoiselle said:
@Yanaka I'll totally look into that and let you know if I can stop by!!
And... it's a no from Harvard! I'm surprisingly not disappointed at all, but kinda peeved because they encouraged me to apply (even though my advisors told me not to, but the fit was too good.)
However, the minute I submitted my results to the page, I got a super nice email from Cornell about visitation scheduling so I guess I'll be ok
Also got my response. Annoyed at how generic it is lol
French PhD applications - Fall 2019
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Depends on what you want to study!