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i am completing undergrad right now and am concerned that i will have a lot of trouble completing my thesis, in light of these new stressors. the library at my university is closed, i am likely being forced to move, and i was already behind. 

I have the same question. Because this is a problem that is likely to affect almost everyone planning to matriculate in fall 2020, I actually think it makes sense to try organizing communications with other admitted students (as in to say: we cannot consider accepting this offer if we cannot know, by April 15, that our seats in the program and funding package will be protected in the case of a delayed or altered start to the fall 2020 semester), or even to appeal to the consortium of many schools that agree on the April 15 deadline, to also form an agreement about protecting incoming students, to which they are all bound?
That said, the guarantee would most likely need to come from graduate schools (like the Graduate School of Arts and Science of any given school), not individual programs (which to my knowledge, often have limited authority over things like funding).

I have the same question. Because this is a problem that is likely to affect almost everyone planning to matriculate in fall 2020, I actually think it makes sense to try organizing communications with other admitted students (as in to say: we cannot consider accepting this offer if we cannot know, by April 15, that our seats in the program and funding package will be protected in the case of a delayed or altered start to the fall 2020 semester), or even to appeal to the consortium of many schools that agree on the April 15 deadline, to also form an agreement about protecting incoming students, to which they are all bound?
That said, the guarantee would most likely need to come from graduate schools (like the Graduate School of Arts and Science of any given school), not individual programs (which to my knowledge, often have limited authority over things like funding).

I'm just going to be so disappointed if the fall semester is online. I love the atmosphere of a live literature classroom... perceptive people with their different perspectives, personality, and life experiences, all sharing thoughts over someone's life's work. I just get so much out of it - seriously, it feels like how religious folks describe church - and I've been looking forward to it so, so much. 

i am completing undergrad right now and am concerned that i will have a lot of trouble completing my thesis, in light of these new stressors. the library at my university is closed, i am likely being forced to move, and i was already behind. 

i am completing undergrad right now and am concerned that i will have a lot of trouble completing my thesis, in light of these new stressors. the library at my university is closed, i am likely being forced to move, and i was already behind. 

i am completing undergrad right now and am concerned that i will have a lot of trouble completing my thesis, in light of these new stressors. the library at my university is closed, i am likely being forced to move, and i was already behind. 

I think you’re fine here, especially because it sounds like the notations on your transcript are pretty universal, or at least easy enough to be guessed at by people who are used to looking at/assessing transcripts. It also sounds like all these schools only asked for unofficial transcripts anyway, since you scanned/uploaded them yourself, which suggests a general leniency to me.
In short, I don’t think these transcripts as-uploaded will render your entire application incomplete or disqualify you from consideration. Worst case scenario, you get an email from the school requesting you upload the transcript legend, but even that seems unlikely to me. You didn’t alter your transcript itself, your entire undergraduate record is accounted for—I think that gives the adcoms more than enough to go on at this stage (and all offers of admission are contingent on you sending the school your official transcript, legend and all, anyway). You can always email the schools in question just to put your mind at ease, but I really do think you’re A-OK here. 

You should look at Brandeis University. One professor you may be interested in working with is Emilie Diouf, who studies trauma and film. She is in the English department doing research on women, trauma, Anglophone/Francophone African film, critical theory, etc. The graduate student whom she currently advises studies trauma from a different cultural context. Caren Irr is also great for contemporary film here. David Sherman studies mourning and elegy. And Jerome Tharaud studies American religion and literature. 

You should look at Brandeis University. One professor you may be interested in working with is Emilie Diouf, who studies trauma and film. She is in the English department doing research on women, trauma, Anglophone/Francophone African film, critical theory, etc. The graduate student whom she currently advises studies trauma from a different cultural context. Caren Irr is also great for contemporary film here. David Sherman studies mourning and elegy. And Jerome Tharaud studies American religion and literature. 

Hi all, I have a question as someone looking ahead to applying to English PhD programs in the coming Fall! When researching programs, I have often looked through the departments' current grad students' profiles. My project stands at the intersection of two subfields. Several programs I'm interested have one (or occasionally two) faculty who are working directly at this intersection, as well as another couple faculty working in each of the two subfields of interest but not combining them. That said, I've noticed some programs seem to have a small handful of active graduate students currently who seem to be taking on projects that combine my two subfields of interest.
How do people think I should read this in terms of assessing "fit"? When I see that a school already has some graduate students doing work directly related to mine, is that a good sign of "fit" because it means that the program is open to supporting people like me? Or, is it a sign that they may be "maxed out" on support in my subfields and therefore especially unlikely to take me, because like I said, most schools don't have a ton of faculty in either of my subfields of interest, let alone doing work at their intersections? I know it's always a crapshoot, but I am trying to be as strategic as possible. Thanks for any input!