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On 8/26/2021 at 10:15 AM, AChinLitNerd said:
Finger cross mate. I am preparing for my grad-school as well.
To my knowledge, it is more difficult to get a scholarship/funding in Britain nowadays than the past (from my Profs, graduated from SOAS and Oxon).
You may need to spend some time to work on your RP (3-5 pages approximately) and contact your POI directly. (the PhD admission between British unis and North American unis is quite different)
For me, I wish I can go to Britain as well but none of the unis suit me... (Britain is fancy in modern politics/literature ... )
My provisional list for the '22 fall application (would be great if anyone has some comment on my decision) :
PhD: Alberta (Modern Lang.), British Columbia (Asian Studies), South Carolina (Comp. Lit.), UC Santa Barbara (East Asian Lang. & Cult. Studies), UWashington (Asian Lang. & Lit.)
MA/MPhil: Alberta (East Asian Studies), CUHK (MPhil in Chin. Lit.), Florida State (Chinese), UMass Amherst (East Asian Lang. & Lit.)
The reason I also consider MA is that I wish to give a buffer to myself and acculturate to the North America learning culture
still... a lot of questions and concerns
- Should I also consider Arizona State (MA in Chinese), UC Irvine (East Asian Studies) too? It's a neat school but competitive (every grad school is competitive LOL)
- I am hesitating if I should go take GRE or not. I really have no time to prepare for this exam .... I am working full-time in a research project (about Computer Science) to survive the tuition fee for my current degree, and I am doing my degree at the same time (am gonna write my MA dissertation) [you may guess where I am from .... haha ,,,,]
- Further to my concern, I know GRE is "OPTIONAL" to some unis (at least UWashington's already announced that they no longer consider GRE result)... still I am not sure if taking GRE is advantageous for my application.
- I tried to contact some POIs too but no response from them .... quite frustrated... should I follow up? Or should I just focus on my dissertation first?
Anyway, good luck to everyone. Do our best and no regrets. Back to work!Hey there! I would suggest not doing the GRE if it is optional. It was by far the worst part of applications for me last year. It took me 2 full months of studying in order to get a good score and it was all very stressful and completely unrelated to Classics. In the end, the school I was admitted to didn't look at the scores at all. Only do it if you are applying to schools where it is mandatory.
As for contacting POIs, it can be quite frustrating. Make sure you write messages which are polite and where you mention their work in relation to your future research. They need to witness a genuine interest in working with them on your part. Also, they are all very busy, so don't take it too personally if they don't respond.
Good luck! ?
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3 hours ago, DiomedesVIII said:
Has anyone heard back from NYU Classics (GSAS)? I haven't heard anything since I applied. I'm also fairly certain they don't interview candidates, if I remember correctly.
Hi, I was admitted two weeks ago, interviews were a week before that. Sorry you didn't get any news ?
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Just got an informal email from a potential advisor at NYU saying that I got in! Official response should arrive in the coming week. Ahhhh, I'm so excited!
A special thanks to everyone who contributes to this forum, you made the experience of applying and waiting for responses much more bearable! Hope I get to meet some of you in academia down the line
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Just now, ClassicsCandidate said:
That's excellent, I hope you get more good news soon! ?
Thank you, I hope you do too!!
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Hey, just wanted to update you all that I received an email this morning for an interview with NYU on Thursday. I had received no other responses before this, so I am ecstatic to say the least!
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Applied to both, and haven't heard anything yet. There hasn't been any news on the results board either, which is pretty surprising for Yale especially.
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6 minutes ago, PeppermintTea said:
I've gotten into Toronto!! I am so so so happy!! Soooo happy!! I hope I'd get to meet some of you there next year!
@PeppermintTea Congratulations!! Toronto is an awesome city as well!
Fall 2022 Applicants
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First year Classics PhD candidate here, and I thought of another tip for the interviews, if it can help. Definitely seem generally passionate, but it really helps to have a research project thought up, so you can show that you know what the end goal of the program is. You can also show how your past interests tie into your future interests this way. Personally, it also gave me a lot more confidence going into the interview, since I knew what I was about. They ended up asking me this exact question: "If you were to start your thesis right now, what would it be about?" I'm so glad that I was ready. Anyway, good luck to all of you applying this cycle!