CarlosAntonio88

Anyone still waiting to hear from University of Wisconsin-Madison (Rhet Comp)? I saw some acceptances, rejections, and waitlists posted, but I haven't heard anything. Wondering if this is good news or bad news...

My ultimate goal is to complete a PhD, but I am not sure if I will be offered funding. Here's my bio below. Do I have a shot at direct entry with full funding to a PhD program? Or should I apply to an MA and then a PhD after? Undergraduate majors: Comparative Politics; Spanish (2012) Undergraduate GPA: 3.56 Undergraduate institution: Low-ranked large public school Graduate Degree: MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Graduate Institution: Small private school; low ranked Graduate classes: courses taken as non-degree student at #80 large public school: Environmental Politics (B+); Global Politics (A); Introduction to Public Policy (A-); Grantwriting (P). Other Math and stats (undergraduate): general ability. GRE (Q,V,W): 160, 164, 5.5 Teaching experience: 5 years of university teaching experience; 4 years of public schools; considerable work abroad. Research experience: extensive work in university writing center helping students and professors publish; one publication (not related to political science) Writing sample: 15 pg. paper written recently for a graduate program – decided not to attend due to Covid. Letters of Recommendation: current and past supervisors. Programming: none This is my profile as of right now – I’ve worked abroad for several years now and want to become a professor, but I am more interested in political rather than composition studies. My main concerns: time spent out of political studies; not a prestigious undergrad program; no publications or research experience in politics. What do you think?