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    OK, let's talk about UChicago's MAPH. I need some advice...

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    2 hours ago, Prophecies said:

    I think for a Masters-level degree, the debt is too much. I get sore eyes just looking at it (and converting it to my Australian currency makes me angry).

    I like the idea of going to Europe. Maybe not suitable for everyone, but would improve language skills and acquiring new perspectives (which is vital for any scholar in literature). Plus, some universities in Europe have generous living costs allowances. Postgraduate is demanding and rigorous- and it'll help if your university supports you- whether that's financially or even just looking out for your best interests. 

    I'd be curious to see if this process has tarnished anyone's opinions of Ph.D. programs at the University of Chicago (and to a lesser extent- NYU and Columbia). Would anyone reapply to Doctorate programs at U.Chicago- even if you are insulted by the MAPH response? Has this impacted on how you perceive top-tier universities in big cities?

    As someone who thought about applying to a Doctorate program at Chicago- the experience of others has tarnished my opinion of postgraduate at Chicago and makes me not want to apply. 

    I agree with you wholeheartedly but I would also give all my surplus organs to work with Berlant ??‍♀️

    2019 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    2 hours ago, dilby said:

    independent wealth and/or loans. The "scholarships" they offer seem pretty clearly designed to entice people who are down on their luck to spend tens of thousands of dollars and fund the graduate students the school actually cares about. "Well at least I'm not paying the full $60k!" It sort of makes me sick to imagine that there are people who aren't on this board who think they've been given a lifeline.

    Honestly, the apparently predatory nature of this program seems at odds with Chicago's reputation for excellence. I imagine 10 years or so from now, when our generation is fully entrenched in academia, this is not going to be a good look.

    This right here.

    2019 Acceptances

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    54 minutes ago, grandr said:

    After thirteen rejections (and 2 more IR) I just got into the only master's program I applied for and I'm pretty happy about it, because it's a 9 mo. program on Irish writing, which is my focus! Trinity College Dublin, here I come??!

    TCD is so amazing, congrats!!! God I would sell an organ to be in that school and in that city. I don’t know how much work I’d get done surrounded by that accent though ;)

    2019 Applicants

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    Totally unrelated but the hotel SMU put interviewees up at is also being used for some kind of last round regional audition for Project Runway (overhead in hotel tavern yesterday). now as I’m waiting in the lobby for my shuttle to the airport I’m surrounded by over the top dressed creative types and the most obvious production assistant I’ve ever seen running around between them. I’ve been watching old seasons of PR the last few weeks trying to distract myself from the stress of waiting for results and now I’m trying to figure out if this is a good sign or a really, really bad one ?

    2018 Blooper Real*

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    2019 edition!

    I definitely wrote Penn State instead of UPenn on my SoP for that school. Three times.  Was able to correct it last minute but holy hell I still feel ashamed.

    Wrote “additionally” twice in the last paragraph of my SoP for Loyola. Got waitlisted though so I guess they didn’t care? Better to think that than to think it was the mistake that moved me from the admit to the waitlist pile, which of course it couldn’t be. Of course ?

     

    Campus Visits

    in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition

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    30 minutes ago, awildsheep said:

    I'm still trying to figure whether I should visit (I'm also on the West Coast in NV!) 

    Did either of you ask about living arrangements from the program or are you just finding your own place? 

    I asked about funding and was told there might be some but they don’t know yet, and I should just book. Luckily my mom had a ton of air miles and Hilton points so my flight and stay came to about $20 out of pocket. I wonder though if current grad students might be willing to put someone up?

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