[2020 application thread]

59 minutes ago, IGoToWar said:

No problem! Also, for what it's worth, faculty on leave still likely have a say in the admissions process. Given that pretty much the entire China field there is on leave, I couldn't imagine that they would have zero admits as a result.

Appreciate it! Very informative.

[2020 application thread]

3 minutes ago, IGoToWar said:

Not entirely sure -- not privy to the process myself. However, several other schools I've communicated with do not admit students under particular faculty. Faculty might nominate people, but those people have to ultimately be considered by the entire committee. I know one or two recent admits at Chicago who work with KP, but don't know if he specifically recruited anyone this year.

Thanks a lot! Just asked because he seemed to be on leave for 19-20.

[2020 application thread]

2 minutes ago, IGoToWar said:

I think JH might be retiring soon or otherwise not accepting students. And yes I have POI who are a pretty good fit, but would prefer not to name them.

Do you come across to know if KP recruits students this year? 

[2020 application thread]

2 hours ago, IGoToWar said:

Sorry for the late reply! This cycle I applied to work with both China and Japan faculty for pretty much all schools, as my interests revolve around 20th C Taiwan and transnational East Asia.

That is cool. So you will still have a POI to guide your research?  It seems in China subfield only JH's research interest may intersect yours at first glance.

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18 minutes ago, lordtiandao said:

History. Chinese history is under the History Department at UCLA. The latest news I'm getting is that there will likely be a third recruit this year.

Thanks. It is a little surprising that UCLA History has fund to support so many students in a subfield. 

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On 1/29/2020 at 2:16 AM, lordtiandao said:

Good luck to all the folks who applied to UCLA. The China field has already made its two nominations to the department, so results should be out soon. Don't quote me 100% on this but I believe this year they're also using the waitlist, since the applicants to the China field are all really strong and we were, in fact, the second most applied to subfield in History.

A little confused about the two nominations you mentioned. Was it for History or EALC program?

[2020 application thread]

Rejection wave of Yale is ongoing. Not sure if my application material was reviewed due to lack of TOEFL score. It is unusual that no exemption of TOEFL for applicants with MA degree and without BA from US universities.

[2020 application thread]

30 minutes ago, IGoToWar said:

I am almost 100% certain that they accept more than one person in East Asia. That being said, UChicago is moving toward a new policy which aims at providing secure funding to reduce time-to-degree and attrition rates. This means that they are also implementing program caps on total active PhD numbers in the coming years (possibly this year too, not sure if it has been fully implemented yet). You can read about it here: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/10/09/university-chicago-will-guarantee-full-funding-all-humanities-and-social-sciences

Thanks! That is interesting. Is your research area China or Japan? I guess within a region the program may give priority to allocating quota among countries, instead of time/periods .

[2020 application thread]

On 1/30/2020 at 11:09 AM, IGoToWar said:

I received the second acceptance, and was notified by a POI. I work on modern (20thC) East Asia. 

Do you know how many students the program usually recruits  for East Asia, only one? 

 

 

[2020 application thread]

11 hours ago, DanaJ said:

I did NOT receive any contact before the e-mail telling me to check the portal. It seemed like an automatically generated e-mail from the graduate school that said something along the lines of "a decision had been made regarding you application." When I logged in, there was a letter offering a conditional acceptance upon completion of my MA (I graduated with my MA May 2019 and started my PhD August of 2019). 

I do attend a state school. If you want to send a private message I'm open to talking about it. We are ranked slightly below many of the schools discussed on this site by the Chronicle of Higher Education, but I never see anyone on here discussing us. I'm thrilled and love my program, we just aren't common on grad cafe.

 

Edit: for clarity.

Thanks for your details. 

[2020 application thread]

15 hours ago, DanaJ said:

I get the impression that every program is different. I can tell you that I received e-mails last year (at least 2 if memory serves) to check the application portal for a decision. One was a rejection (which I 100% expected) and the other was actually my acceptance to my current program. I was shaking waiting for it to load, so you just never know. ALWAYS check.

For the acceptance, did you already receive an email from POI before you got the email asking you to check the website? It seems every offer was notified by POI or the dept first based on the reported acceptances, and no acceptance was reported after checking website at gradcafe.