MonsieurHonoré

Hi there, first time posting! Quick question: has anyone heard from Duke, or spoken to their admissions department about when results will be out ? 

it includes IFS and french literature combined. By French literature alone is separate. The French department and the IFS have two different admissions committees. Depends which one you applied to as primary. The other one signs off on the primary committee's decision, basically. 

I wonder how Cornell managed to go so fast!

Nyu ifs said mid February

@Robert_Kerans Lol I felt the exact same way about my Brown interview because I was nervous, except the professors that I spoke with were WONDERFUL ... such kind and upbeat people! I ended up “having a good time” haha, but not sure how I did compared to other candidates - I guess we’ll see. 
 
As for Yale, two people posted in the results box about interview notifications yesterday, and @Coleslaw gave us some insight on the interview process from their end (thanks again!). A few days ago, I found out that the professor I potentially wanted to work with is retiring or plans to soon, so that’s a bummer, but oh well. 

@sgb they sent me the acceptance without the funding and other details included and they want me to mail original documents now. And I can't do it because I do not have unlimited copies of those documents and I am not even sure if the offer they should make is acceptable... Especially that for this one I didn't even have the interview...
@MonsieurHonoré I am hesitant in a sense that I have already finished my MA, I did one year of phd in my country but I did not like it in the very least and then I worked for 3 years in a corporation. I hated the job so now I am only teaching at school but as you see 4 years have passed since my uni and I would like to do something more demanding than teaching children but with all the moving to a different continent and not really earning money I would need to redo some material that I do not care about. I realize phd is to broaden the horizons etc but I believe I have a fair knowledge of each period already and instead of investing my time into research I would need to repeat everything that would not be necessarily needed later. I am having mixed feelings that's all...
 
So i got the acceptance from Washington University in St. Louis (WashU/WUSTL) that interviewed me earlier this week. That was fast! After the interview I thought they would reject me as their francophone interests lay in the Caribbean and Africa only...
 
I would also like to ask you about sth. Since all programs basically accept 1-3 applicants does it mean that only those 2 or 3 graduates attend each course designed for them? Seems weird
 

A quick follow up on my interview with Columbia: I am not really satisfied with my "performance" although I tried to be as honest as possible. I think it was mostly the stress of having four brilliant people judging the quality of my research potential. Fingers crossed though, one never knows
Has Yale sent out decisions yet?
 

POI at Penn said I would hear soon from chair and we could talk after. Good sign?

The thing is that I did both my BA and MA in French and would prefer to focus on my interest and research and not redoing all the periods and genres again especially that i am interested in Quebec and not France... Also my other concern is that even some phd programs are taught in English not French...
 
I have to ask having skimmed through the forum nobody really applied in the past to Emory or what? Does it have a bad reputation? It's not good enough? Any opinions there?
 
What about the stipends? Do you think you will be able to cover your expenses with it? I am an international applicant and it is a decisive factor and even though i have travelled to the USA before i do not know the reality when it comes to daily life

@Robert_Kerans Omg I just got my acceptance this morning! Absolutely elated!! 

@Robert_Kerans Omg I just got my acceptance this morning! Absolutely elated!! 

@MonsieurHonoré I received an email today from the graduate coordinator at Yale French about interviews occurring next week. They didn't use any language like "short-listed" or anything, so I don't have a great idea of how many folks they might be interviewing. I'm super nervous though!  

I am a little bit late to the party but I applied to NYU, BU, wisconsin madison, Emory and WashU in Saint Louis.
So far i had an interview with washington and one with Emory. The first one was only two people buy Emory had 4 and they said it's only a first interview and there will be another one with other faculty members.
Also I got an acceptance from Wisconsin but it's weird. No interview, no concrete offer so i don't know what to think about it.
@MonsieurHonoré i saw you wrote you are finishing MA right now. This question would be for you and others who do have MA already... Honestly I am a bit hesitant doing phd with repeating MA material all again aren't you?  
 

Congratulations! I believe we'll meet each other in March! 

I would not worry too much if you haven't heard back from them yet, though. It was a really informal e-mail and I'm sure they will keep reaching out to accepted students in the coming days.
And thank you! Cornell is not my dream university but it's great to feel I secured a position somewhere.

I meant that I applied... but in the meantime I also received an e-mail from a professor there and... I was admitted. So no interview. They will send a formal letter in the next couple of days.

@sgb Of course!! There’s nothing worse than fighting for funding, and I think that the thing we all forget in this process (I’m a huge offender) is that we are investing our time and potential in these schools as much as they are investing in us. 

Thank you, @MonsieurHonoré, I hope you're right! Ahaha yes, that particular essay was also a requirement this time and I basically said I can't go unfunded... So that's probably the reason for the rejection. Thanks for your support and let's hope we're all one step closer to finding the right one!
I also haven't heard anything from Yale, but I know getting in there is a long shot... I have other good options too!

Thank @sgb I’m really sorry to hear. They have a nice program, but they are indeed  seemingly stingy with funding. One of their previous application requirements was to write a 1-3 page essay on how you would survive if they wouldn’t give you funding. You’re better off imo. Best of luck and you’ll have some wonderful picks! 

I just received a rejection from University of Wisconsin-Madison. I thought that was supposed to be an easy program to get into... I'm going to suspect that their program has zero funding... otherwise I'm worried I have a critically flawed application... Now I have this feeling of doom.

I have. Not sure whether they do interviews at all: according to the "results" page, applicants to Cornell have been directly notified of their admissions/rejections.

@MonsieurHonoré I applied to Yale too but haven't heard anything yet.
Let's hope all goes well!

hey sgb, dont sweat it, i too have yet to hear. nearly all of the six programs i applied to are still sorting through apps. only one of them -- princeton -- appears to have made some (if not all!) of its decisions. i think next two to three weeks we should hear back from at least a couple. Best of luck to you and to everyone waiting anxiously like me!!!!

Yeah that was me. I got an email earlier today telling me to log in the portal for my admission decision. I hope you have more luck than me!

Bonjour à tous ! I am not applying to a PhD program this year (grad school for French is now in my past), but I saw this in the "waiting" section and just had to pop in and say courage!! The Grad Café helped keep me sane during my waiting process, and I even made a friend. Take care and I hope you all get your top choices.