Strangefox

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And one more song:

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It won't hurt you if you do not list them, but you must know that at some point of the application process you will have to tell that anyways. I mean during interviews - and I wish you to have a lot of them! So just be prepared and look through some older threads on - this topic was discussed several times here.

power hungry

Thanks, that is great!

dancing mania

Browse a school's website or ask its graduate coordinator. Nope. They will not make decisions before the deadline.

cardinal beetle

I too was advised against justifying the text, so did not do that. The same with my writing sample, by the way.

...Does that mean it is very very unlikely that universities will contact professors from other countries - non-English-speaking countries, I mean?

You should ask ETS people. Go to their official website, find contacts section. I am not sure that thet will be able to help you, though... May be you can just borrow money from a friend? Take a loan in a bank? There must be options!

I am sorry - a small amount of what?

Are you sure you need to send an additional note via mail if you have already thanked them via email?

Well, I think you can send it as soon as they submit letters. And you can also send a note when you know you are accepted!

Yeah, enough not to apply there! Just try to imagine studying there for TWO years having this terrible woman around! It will be just like living in hell! Is that really worth it????

What an unpleasant situation! I really feel your pain I thought that graduate coordinators are just that - graduate coordinators. They are not professors. So this is new to me. Can a person be a professor and act as a graduate coordinator at the same time? If she is a professor, are you sure you want to study in a program with such faculty??? If they keep her, may be they all are corrupt?? I would reconsider applying there, if I were you. If you apply - she won't be the only one deciding your fate, so I don't think the way you answer her last letter will matter.

Pleiades is absolutely right. Even if schools don't ask you to talk about the fit, you are always supposed to do that. Don't worry, writing "fit" paragraphs is not very difficult. Look carefully through each school's website. There are some things that distinguish this program from others, things that are important for you and that the school is pround of. Mention great research opportunities, libraries, courses that you would particularly like to attend. If it is fine to talk about faculty you would like to work with in your case (which is field dependant) absolutely write about that as well.

If you mean a title - no, you don't need it. You can include a header and write there "Statement of purpose -- Your name" and a footer with "page 1 of 3", etc.

I am not sure schools will like that... I guess if something is wrong with your app, they will contact you themselves.

I am! I applied to 5 schools with deadlines from 1st November to 15th December and I sent the last package a couple of weeks ago.

Like Bhikhaari has said - not submitting it won't hurt you but submitting it definetely can help you, if you have something good and relevant to say So if you do, don't miss this chance!

Hm, I don't think it is a good idea. There was a thread on this forum somewhere discussing etiquette of contacting professors. Many people wrote that even if a professor signs a letter with his/her first name, that does not mean that you can start your letters with "Hi John/Peter/Sue!". They may sign their letters this way without thinking and they may consider it rude if you start addressing them by their first name all of a sudden. You must wait until they tell you that you can do that. Before that it would be more appropriate to always start your letters with "Dear Dr. XXX". It will keep you on the safe side.

I contacted a professor who signed her letters with "Prof. XXX" She signed her last letter with just her first name, though...