Alyanumbers

AFAIK, while GRE scores are not one of the most important parts of your application, are still required during the application process, not after. Graduate schools sometimes require them, and the department is not forwarded your application until they are in; sometimes schools will have GRE scores cutoffs; sometimes fellowships need a minimum score... They will definitely need them when processing your app. If they accept them after deadlines, it's because they usually don't start the application review process until a few weeks later.

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What is your field? Some are more accepting of mental illness than others. I'm sorry you're going through this. Good luck, and I hope you pull through.

Hey, good luck! I'm sure you'll be more than fine, with all the excellent advice in this post.

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My understanding is that fellowship > assistantship, and I would be wary of federally-financed funding, since it can get cut pretty easily. University fellowships sound like the safest option.

Technically, I have an answer to this question, but I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything (sorry, last minute application frenzy!): NYU's deadline is on the 18th. Their website says that if the deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, it's the following business day... So, basically the deadline is on the 20th. Have I got that right? I'm sorry again for the stupid question, but I'm really scared I might have missed something. I'm applying online if that makes any difference.

Regardless of how accurate, it's probably not very useful, since it's for all programs. A lot of humanities programs won't look at quanti scores, and I guess a lot of math PhD students get in with below 500 verbal scores...

Not in your field, but your credentials look quite competitive, except for the GRE. With your research experience, though, schools will probably ignore your scores. Good luck!

I'm with the others: not quite an offer, but a very good sign! Congrats and good luck!

Hey! I'm not American, but I'm applying to MESAAS for fall 2011, for a PhD in Literature in conjunction with ICLS. My understanding is that you don't choose an adviser until later in the program (after you finish the coursework). However, if there's only one potential adviser for you in the department, you might want to rethink applying there. As for how popular and/or competitive it is, I found these statistics (under the department's previous name).

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Difficult times.

SOAS (U of London) for the unskippable thing! You have to enter two recommenders' names before you can access the next section of the app. But I haven't asked recommenders yet! Can't I just fill in the rest of the application, this way I'll have everything ready, and only have to worry about asking more professors to write me more LoRs? Also, LoRs must be emailed from a .edu address. Now, my uni does not automatically give out .edu addresses, so my professors use Yahoo/Gmail/Hotmail(!). So now I have to send snail mail LoRs.... from overseas! And Cornell's application doesn't let you upload a CV. And they give you minimal space to list your languages... I'm applying to Comp Lit; languages are an essential component of my application!

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Italian job.

Latin will mark you as a serious student, as it's much harder than Italian. I find Italian pretty easy (I can understand it, having never studied it, but knowing French, Spanish and Latin).

If she calls you "gentle and modest" you might want to exude self-confidence in other parts of your application, specifically the SoP. You don't want the ad-comm thinking you're too shy, insecure or lacking in self-confidence.

Yes to this! Academic culture is quite subtle, and changes pretty quickly. Also, if you're not in the States, things are different in Europe. Anyway, I think they'll know you're reapplying, so you'd be wasting precious SoP space telling them that. Maybe you could mention what you've been doing to prepare for this past year? They can make the connection with the two applications themselves.

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Spoilt ending.

Man, I'm sorry to hear about this. WTF is up with ETS? It took them over two weeks to not hear your answers? What a load of crap. Good luck with your retake! And don't fret too much--I'm sure the schools are not that worried about your English, especially if you've already published.