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  1. larama
    I luckily got accepted at IU Bloomington. I also applied to Pitts, but was not accepted there. Hope you get in!
  2. larama
    Hi, how is everything going? Have you guys decided where to go yet? Anyone waiting for watilist results?
  3. larama
    from which schools do you still have to hear back? I'm waitlisted at IU Bloomington and waiting for someone to decline their offer
  4. larama
    Has anyone been accepted to IU Bloomington?
  5. larama
    Hi, I was rejected from UCSB and probably from UT Austin, because someone posted a interview on the results page. How are your applications going?
  6. larama
    Yeah, I noticed. Just waiting for my rejection letter. Honestly I don’t know what I did wrong. I even had a LOR from a professor in the program.
  7. larama
    I haven't received anything yet. What about you?
  8. larama
    who's getting interviews at UCSB? It's the second post on the results page. I've never seen UCSB doing interviews for Film Studies before. I'm going crazy.
  9. larama
    It's possible that they only interview borderline candidates. I'm not sure if that's the case, but I've heard some people talking about this.
  10. larama
    I received that e-mail as well. I'm not sure if it means something. I hope it does.
  11. larama
    Yeah, I haven't seen any interviews to UCSB in the previous years. Sweating.
  12. larama
    It seems someone already got an interview with UCSB. Has anyone received anything? I'm super worried.
  13. larama
    I don't think that most of them, but some do. Take a look at the thread from last year. I remember that the University of Washington does interviews.
  14. larama
    Hello everyone, I'm thinking of applying for the PhD in Film Studies at Concordia. However, I have a question: 1) I read that the program is very good, but that contrasts with the university ranking (500-600 in the world). I know that rankings are not that important and that the program might be good regardless of the ranking of the university. However, are there any particular reasons for Concordia's position being low in comparison to other universities in Canada and in the US? How do alumni from Concordia's PhD in Film stand in the job market? Thank you.
  15. larama
    Do you guys think there will be fewer applicants this year? I'm intrigued, because the Film Studies thread from last year had many more replies and people discussing.
  16. larama
    Best of luck to you! Out of these, I only applied to Berkeley. I'll apply to Washington in January and I'm still considering Rochester and Concordia.
  17. larama
    Hi, guys! Many programs didn't open applications last year, so I'm hoping they will admit more students this cycle. Fingers crossed!
  18. larama
    how are the applications going, guys?
  19. larama
    What about you?
  20. larama
    That might only be true for quant and math-related classes.
  21. larama
    Departments that made the GRE optional cited concerns that the costs of the exam ($205) and of test preparation disproportionately affect underserved students. Critics also question what the test scores actually prove. “Studies suggest that GRE scores are not great indicators of graduate-school success and underserve students who cannot afford test prep or to take the exam multiple times,” said Professor Zemer Gitai, former director of graduate studies in the molecular biology department. Professor Johannes Haubold, director of graduate studies in the classics department, cited concern “that standardized tests are culturally biased in favor of certain groups, and that they end up testing primarily how good one is at taking tests.” This is from a Princeton website. You can go on and on. To add to this, take for instance the writing section of the exam. It does not even take in consideration that someone who writes a 300 word essay might write better and have greater ability to write concisely than someone with a 500 word essay - which is proved to result in better scores.
  22. larama
    Yes, they would be treated the same way. At least most of the programs I'm applying to, where GRE is optional, state that. If you're applying to humanities you'll notice that many universities do not even like the exam. I had a zoom call with the graduate coordinator of one of the programs I'm applying to and he literally said: "Thank god we got rid of GRE". GRE doesn't measure knowledge or research capabilities (and is biased and undermines diversity), so, at least in humanities, it would not give you any advantage over candidates who didn't take the test.
  23. larama
    It doesn't. That's the whole point of GRE being optional.
  24. larama
    Thank you! Hopefully your writing is great and you just feel that way because of the anxiety. By emphasis you mean the interests we had to list? I put Global Cinema & Media as my first.
  25. larama
    Up to now I've applied to Berkeley, UCSB, Austin and Indiana. I'm very nervous because I gave up on trying a PhD in my home country to focus on US applications.
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