ztshin
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I'll second @43pennsylvanian
From my personal experience, all the schools that I got acceptances or interviews from are those I had no communication or whatsoever before. But some Canadian programs do strongly recommend the applicants to build a relationship with your potential advisors beforehand.
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1 hour ago, mickeys said:
Anyone heard from University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute? From previous years' records, looks like they'll be rolling out decisions some time next week but I was wondering if anyone heard from them already. Mine is still Under Review. Sorry if this isn't the right place, couldn't find the category.
I applied there too and heard nothing so far.
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13 hours ago, fauna876 said:
I applied to UBC (MA) - my status also still says in progress.
I applied to McGill Comm Studies, not Art History, but in the same department LOL
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4 minutes ago, trolloped said:
@WildeThing @Rrandle101 @asdf1123 Thank you, for the boost of support. That means a lot. I am still trying to hold out hope on the last six, but it's just existentially draining at times...but if age isn't a factor, I'm all in for next cycle! This is my dream.
Two things I did not do: contact potential advisers or "propose a project" exactly. While I did name faculty in my SoPs whose interests and previous seminars matched my own, I wasn't exactly sure how to approach them personally via email (I was even advised not to do this by a couple of my undergrad advisers, so that added to it as well). As far as proposing a "project," I really just went into strict detail about my interests and how they relate to the research that I've previously done as an undergrad. Again, this was because my undergrad advisers suggested that committees would not expect me to have all of my research interests completely figured out after only 2 years of rigorous literary studies as an undergrad. Should I have leaned more into proposing a dissertation topic?
From my personal experience and what I heard from my cohorts/PhD students, I came to realize that contacting potential advisors is not necessary UNLESS it is required by the program (some programs do require that). I contacted some professors. Those who replied with enthusiasm are implied rejecting me; those who did not reply or those I didn't contact accepted me -- same situations happened to a couple of my cohorts. Most of humanity/social science programs review applications in a committee base -- maybe your POIs are not in the committee this year, or on leave, or just not voice enough for your project for other professors in the committee. Though contacting professors would not hurt your application though, it is just not that important in many cases.
However, I would agree that you should go more into your future projects than your undergrad works. Even though you don't know what exactly you want to do in your PhD, it is always a good idea to have a "proposed" project in your SoP. Most of my cohorts do 50% previous academic experience + 50% proposed projects and future interests in their SoPs. I hope that helps.
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10 hours ago, gradlurker said:
You're currently residing in the US right? I wonder if they will invite international students located from outside the US to visit campus. I know some schools do, but oh well
Yes, I am. As I know, USC CMS program invites students living outside the US too. (Bc they've got that money.) I'm not sure about Northwestern though. I know sometimes they will do skype for those who could not make it to the campus visit -- if it is an interview.
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13 hours ago, alwaysasituation said:
They are not the same comm school. There is no comm school at umich.
Wait..did I say anything about umich?? Did you reply to the wrong person?
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14 hours ago, Shkshk said:
Congratulations!! I have been waiting for news from the USC Cinema MA program as well and no news.....guess that means I’m rejected
Best of luck to everyone else!
They normally do late Jan and early Feb for MA acceptance and waitlist, so I would say you can give it a couple of days.
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15 hours ago, WallaceShawn said:
Accepted to USC's Cinema MA tonight after getting the Duke English rejection this morning. That softens the blow a bit.
A big congrats! It's always good that they do accept for MA thing for PhD application. And it's full funding for MA which is rare in most of the film programs.
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2 minutes ago, gogo2020 said:
Thank you for your reply. Can I ask if you are a domestic applicant or international applicant?
I am an international applicant with a US degree.
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10 hours ago, gogo2020 said:
I just saw a posting that someone got an invitation to Northwestern MTS visit day. Congrats! Have any other international students been invited to this event?
I was invited to Screen Cultures program last week. Different program, same Comm school. And looks like they do same days for the school
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Columbia is an obvious choice since Brian Larkin is there. I also recommend looking into The New School's Anthro program because I just realized that Shannon Mattern was promoted as a full professor and she's one of the most exciting media studies scholars out there!
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Not focus on Diaspora studies but good to see film and media studies folks!
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21 hours ago, ztshin said:
USC was me. I also heard from UCSB today about my acceptance.
According to the person I know who got accepted by USC last year, professors (normally your POIs) would contact you beforehand for short interviews/talks. She mentioned that they are not some very official interviews, more like casual chats. I will talk to my POI tomorrow or the day after, and let's see how it goes.
For UCSB, they just don't do interviews and contact you straight ahead.
So I've just done with my USC "interview." It is true that it is not an interview per se, more like a small conversation. Professor mentioned though the committee would get to meet this week, and "admit students aggressively." (I think he meant the results were not finalized at this stage, but would be coming out rather quickly after this week's meeting.) Hope this info helps.
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1 hour ago, CaliAcademic said:
Has anyone heard anything about the status of USC's Cinema & Media Studies application cycle? I see on the results page that someone was contacted by a POI. Is this normal for USC?
USC was me. I also heard from UCSB today about my acceptance.
According to the person I know who got accepted by USC last year, professors (normally your POIs) would contact you beforehand for short interviews/talks. She mentioned that they are not some very official interviews, more like casual chats. I will talk to my POI tomorrow or the day after, and let's see how it goes.
For UCSB, they just don't do interviews and contact you straight ahead.
FALL 2020 - Film & Media/Cinema Studies + African American/African Diaspora Studies
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One of my cohorts got an interview from UCLA yesterday. I'm still waiting on some Canadian schools.