klavierstucke
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Its pretty dead in here ??
We're nearing April 15, anyone getting closer to figuring out where they're going?
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1 hour ago, Izakawa said:
From my own experience, secretaries does not much about waitlists. I guess, they are kind of "connectors" between admissions commitee and students. Try to email program director.
P.S. I do envy you. In a positive way, of course
You have several admits and worrying about waitlist. Unfortunately, I have no admits at all and have just three waitlists:(
Hey I'm in the same boat. 15 apps, 4 waitlists, no acceptances. I predict we will be accepted from a waitlist on April 7.
@crackademik Try not to worry It will all be over soon! I don't like uncertainty that much either.
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Depends a lot on school and field and the habits of the director of graduate admissions.
It would also be sensible to e-mail the director of graduate admissions at the institution where you are waitlisted and ask them if they typically admit students from the waitlist, and/or when you are likely to hear back (this is early April for most places). You might also ask if the waitlist is ranked and if so what place you are on it. Obvously, top people on the waitlist have a much higher chance than someone further down.
Also of course check the acepted students page on this website for previous yrs waitlist reults
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Waitlisted at Brandeis
Waitlists are to me what the Ring is to Gollum...I want all the waitlists
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Do not commit until youve been rejected or accepted at your waitlists
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1 hour ago, Parsifal said:
I'll be back next year. Anyone else?
I will be if waitlists don't turn out.
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14 hours ago, futuredrb said:
Heard back from my top school about funding - full ride!! Hitting the commit button and celebrating this weekend!! Now I can relax and enjoy the end of undergrad.
Best of luck to everyone still waiting, I wish the best for you all!
Smash that commit button!
Congrats!
ConGrazia!
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1 hour ago, cityandcolouring said:
also have been accepted at UC Berkeley, Harvard, and Univ. of Washington Seattle. anyone else out there?
- cOnGrAtUlAtIons!!!!!????
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52 minutes ago, spianist said:
Just got notified that I'm ranked #1 on the waitlist at USC Thornton... Since I'm ranked first, I guess there's a good chance! ? But seriously, what's up with me and waitlists?? Lol ??
cOnGrAtUlAtIoNs! Yeah sounds like a good chance. We are total waitlist gurus. What's an acceptance??♂️
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Did anyone on here get accepted to yale? Do you know when the campus visits are going to be?
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Lol, the results board is a massacre of harvard/stanford/columbia rejection
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got columbia rejection
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Just got the official rejection from the University of Harvard ?♂️
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11 hours ago, spianist said:
I thought of applying to Yale (bc of Brian Kane), but decided not to last minute and apply to Columbia to work with Ben Steege (and Lydia Goeher, who is in the philosophy dept at Columbia and does a lot with the philosophy of music. Was it wise to talk about the music theory and philosophy dept faculty as POI as a musicology applicant? Who knows?♀️ Having bit of an identity crisis as I realize that the people I'm most interested in are not musicologists.
But yeah, you're right. It is probably just the way I framed my research (or my topic wasn't interesting enough to them). It probably doesn't have to do with the nature of my work. I think honestly there should be just 2 degrees -- DMA and PhD in music -- and those doing the PhD track should be able to work in any and all disciplines they're interested in. That would give us so much "research freedom"! ?
Yeah a Music PhD would be cool... Also on that note I think U Penn does the same thing as Yale and Chicago. It seemed to be Columbia handles theory / musicology apps separately. Brian Kane is a cool scholar. And I know he has been the primary advisor on several musicology dissertations.
Though I do think there is virtue in having a lot of depth in the methodologies of one subfield. Sometimes I feel when I spread myself too thin, the whole ends up being less than the sum of its parts. But as I'm sure you know, philosophy definitely corresponds with music(ology, theory) in many ways.
In any case you don't get an interview (and waitlisted to boot) at NYU if you dont have an interesting project, especially with their level of competitiveness this round.
What's surprised me this round is that whiile my research is on Russian music, all the places with Russian music scholars have rejected me...only ones without them are interested. Lol
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6 hours ago, Soufie_S said:
Hey thank you so much! Well, they have only updated my status on the application portal...offer letter will only be uploaded in the next 48 hours...
So, fingers crossed on that one...and more so because I am an Indian applicant...
Are you waiting to hear from places too?
I've heard back from most places. I am waitlisted at 3. Rejected officially and unofficially at most others. One to hear back from. I hope Cambridge works out for you! Anywhere left to hear from for you ?
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1 hour ago, spianist said:
I didn't apply to Harvard but feel the same about Columbia. We're not even worth a click I guess ahaha. ??
Not too disappointed tho. I wrote mostly about a music theorist at Columbia in my personal statement when I applied as a musicology major. But I didn't want to change majors, so I want sure how that was going to work/fit. It seems most schools have a more rigorous interview selection process for theory majors relative to musicology. But if they don't take the time to test whether I have the same skills, why would they choose me over a theory major (since I'm quasi-theory but mostly musicology-oriented)? Haha, if that makes sense. Sorry for my rant. It was just really hard for me to find programs to apply to that for my interests. And I'm still not sure if I applied to the right ones.? But dont want to go for round 2. Oh the dilemma lol.
Hey, I'm a similar case to you, occupying some liminal space between "Music Theory" and "Musicology". I have also been curious how/whether this affected my apps. One of my writing samples is pure analysis, the other more cultural history. For what its worth I wrote about 3 people in my POS to CUNY musicology, 2 of which were theorists, and I very high on waitlist there. I also brought up a theorist in the yale one and many others. At Columbia, isn't Hisama cross listed as theory & musicology faculty? Our rejections are prob not due to unclear disciplinary identities. But it may be how to frame it. Interidisciplinary / crossing boarders etc. sound like buzzwords after a while so theres a convincing way to frame my research topic in it. That, or they just didnt find my topic interesting.
I've been told it varies by school re. how "accepting" professors and departments are of disciplinary border crossing. I'm not sure how to glean this exactly. I imagine we would have the easiest time at schools that throw applications from all disciplines into one big pile and admit from them (Yale and Chicago are some I know).
At several schools I would have preferred to apply to theory but my showing on the musicianship tests would pale compared to, like, music theory majors at conservatories. Or anyone who regularly practices aural skills.
My advisor told me musicologists with strong theory backgrounds are few and far between these days. So it will probably help!
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1 hour ago, musician94 said:
Really though....I know I’ve been rejected from Columbia and Harvard, but it would be really nice to get the official letters and move on. The fact that it’s been nearly two weeks since Columbia made their offers and rejected applicants still haven’t heard anything is a little irritating.
Yeah I applied and was rejected to both as well. What's the point in waiting? Isn't it like a click of the button-type thing and all rejections are sent out? Im sure theyve sent out all their waitlists too so no point keeping us around?
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1 hour ago, Soufie_S said:
Cambridge finally made a conditional offer today...official letter to follow...
This is moving with a glacial pace
Oh God Cambridge, y u do dis?
:'-O
Congrats! I hope the conditions are good?
Yeah, annoying some schools that are dragging their feet
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6 hours ago, bhai_jaan said:
Hi all!
Hey!
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1 hour ago, barkin62 said:
Well, emailed Cohn and I'm rejected at Yale. So it goes.
Damn?
Was Yale high on your list? Also Im very curious what your options are at this point!
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CUNY musicology is emailing results today. I got news I am "high on the our waiting list for funding", and that I am very likely to get off the list. Seems like an oddly worded acceptance? Nonetheless some cool news.
What is it with me and waitlists? Lol
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2 minutes ago, spianist said:
Same. I hope it works out for all of us. What is your plan? I'm wondering if I should become a starving novelist and write novels haahah
Wow congrats!! Looks like you've got a lot of options? I LOLed at "existential angst" bc I'm the president of the Waitlisted Club, lol.
If Waitlisted Club needs a treasurer i am game. I hope we can disband Waitlisted Club pretty soon.
My school's music dept. (i go to a liberal arts college) offers a 9th semester fellowship following graduation to do a research project with the profs. For spring and summer I'll probably get a part time job back at home, unless I can find some music related paid internship somewhere.
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28 minutes ago, barkin62 said:
I'm waiting just for Yale and UCSB. I've been doing pretty well, got into 3 places, waitlisted at 2. I've been quiet about that here; it just seems kinda rude/jealousy-inducing to talk about acceptances to people with so much existential angst.
Wow sounds great!
It's my hope everyone on here gets accepted somewhere. I've got a plan if nothing works this yr so nbd.
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