[2021 Applicants]

I live in East Asia, and mind you, each day starts with finding one more rejection in my bed. Which makes it five rejections in total thus far. I mean, five. Although the horror of being (that is, having been) shut out sometimes gets eclipsed by many other things to relentlessly and obsessively worry about my life at this point, but still this barrage of rejections is not very uplifting. 

[2021 Applicants]

2 hours ago, GravityandGrace said:

Did anyone who applied to WUSTL and their Spencer T. & Ann W. Olin Fellowship for Women get an email yesterday (Thursday) from the fellowship committee saying that their file is now considered complete? Not sure why I would get this email now after applying at the end of December. Wondering if this is a sign?? ?

Is this supposed to be sent to those who applied to the fellowship or all potential candidates?

[Date of Degree Expected]

Help me. 

 

I have started my applications and hit a snag. As one would know, applicants provide information of their academic history, including degrees, majors, GPA, etc. Although I have no problem entering Bachelor's degree, I haven't finished my Masters yet and have next to no idea when I will have. I can't in good conscience say that I expect to have earned my degree by the time of matriculation expected by universities, considering it would take well over six months for me to complete my thesis after finishing coursework. Yet they make it impossible to state anything about my studies in Masters unless I provide an expected graduation date, which is troubling since although in progress it still is the most important part of my academic history up to this point. Should I omit Masters history altogether, or make up an expected date? I am in need of advice, and a piece of it would be dearly appreciated. 

[2021 Closed Admissions]

There goes my strongest potential program in terms fit. So much for the connection I ardently stressed in my SOP between my WS on Passing and Thadious Davis...

[African-American Literature: which program(s) to apply to? + GRE]

46 minutes ago, Indecisive Poet said:

I can't speak to your first question as it's not my field. But "GRE not required" means "GRE scores not accepted or taken into consideration" unless the website says "GRE optional but not required" or "GRE recommended/strongly recommended but not required." If it's optional or recommended, I would go ahead and submit your scores if you have a strong score. If it just says "not required," that means they won't look at any scores you send in, so don't waste your money.

Thank you so much. I might as well re-read the admission guidelines. 

[African-American Literature: which program(s) to apply to? + GRE]

Two questions:

 

1. I am an international applicant for this cycle, interested in early to mid twentieth-century African-American literature. I noticed that most schools offer both English and Af-Am studies programs. Should I apply to both programs in order to be considered as an Af-Am lit major, or can I just apply to the former and work with professors invested in the field? Please bear with me if the question sounds (and probably is) somewhat uninformed.

 

2. What does "GRE Not Required" exactly mean? That one can send the scores should they so choose, or that they don't accept the scores and/or not take them into account in admission process? Some of the programs to which I apply do not seem to specify whether it means "Optional" or "Not Accepted/Considered." Not that I reject the possibility that I am not quite catching up with things apparent to most native speakers of English...