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  1. I'm happy to answer. It varied from school to school. Some schools were looking for personal essays AND a statement of purpose. Others were just looking for a statement. In that case, I truncated my personal essay and talked about why my (personal/life) experience sets me apart and how that will inform my research as well as my relationships with colleagues and students alike down the road. I'm a a queer POC and I think that academia is severely lacking in representation. I also talked about my speciality in cinema, past research and my graduate degree work in the media industry. I hope this helps!
  2. Congratulations! Amazing. Wishing you the best of luck and maybe we'll interact with one another in the future!
  3. Thank you! I'm happy to share. Information like this is useful. To be quite frank I'm not sure how much weight my GRE scores held. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a requirement for UW, so for schools without that requirement, I submitted it anyway. Verbal Reasoning: 150 Quantitative Reasoning: 140 Analytical Writing: 4.5 I had four recommendations. Two were from college professors, one was from my graduate school professor and one was for a professor I worked with as an adjunct lecturer. I researched and wrote an entirely new writing sample and I worked closely with three of my recommenders to flesh out the topic. I hope this is helpful. Let me know if you have any other questions
  4. Officially received my letter of acceptance to University of Washington on Monday. I am thrilled!
  5. I was not rewarded. However the feedback I received from the three reviewers was very good, so I am pleased. I will try again next year! Congratulations to everyone who was rewarded!
  6. No word on how many are on the waitlist. To be honest I have no idea how many people universities traditionally put on a waitlist, let alone in the midst of a pandemic. I spoke with my recommenders to understand my chances in being accepted and the overall influx of applications to universities, scholarships and fellowships. This year is overwhelmingly competitive.
  7. I received word yesterday that I’ve been waitlisted at UW. Not what I was expecting, but I hope I still have a shot here.
  8. Yes, I can understand your perspective. I am disappointed that they waited so long. UCLA let us know before applications were even open that they would not be accepting applicants this year. However, a lot of folks experienced hardships in 2020. Between personal health and deaths within families, I do appreciate that NYU is standing behind their current students and giving them an additional year to get back on track with their research. No one could have foreseen what was going to happen and I truly believe this is circumstantial. We have never experienced a global pandemic at this scale in our lifetime.
  9. Received the same email. That’s a shame but I can understand why they’ve made that decision.
  10. Another Monday, a new week. We are getting closer to mid-March. Hopefully we'll all start to hear back soon. Happy Monday!
  11. Yes, I did interview with UW. The questions were very personal as they pertained to my decision to study one thing over another. I imagine the questions changed depending on who they were interviewing. They stressed that this was an informal interview, so it felt more like a casual conversation. What I can say is that decisions go out this month, but they did not specify when. It all depends on when they get through interviews. I hope it’s this week but who knows!
  12. Happy Monday and March everyone! It seems with COVID, many schools are taking a bit longer than usual. I'm wishing the best for us all. Hopefully we all get some good news this week! Best of luck
  13. It looks like UW is working their way through interviews over the next few weeks and decisions will go out in March. They didn't specify when exactly.
  14. @Kim2016I didn't receive an email like that, but I will let you all know if they provide me the same timeline in the interview.
  15. @TTFilmMedia They gave me a few time slots to select from so I imagine they sent out requests to others. My research area is in queer cinema, women, gender & sexuality and psychoanalysis. @Kim2016It is a short informal interview.
  16. I was also rejected from UC Berkeley, not surprised. But I do have an interview with UW! They reached out to me yesterday.
  17. I applied and haven't heard anything yet. It looks like historically they are rolled out in March, but who knows given COVID.
  18. That's a relief. And great news for you! I haven't seen any movement within comp lit so I'm taking that as no news is good news.
  19. I have and I believe there was someone else in this thread that applied too. Good luck to you!
  20. Amazing, congratulations! Do you have a preference for a program based on your research interests?
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