Personal statement, definitely. But for the writing samples, I submitted a current draft of a forthcoming journal article (it’s now officially published), a published book review, and a paper I presented at AMS.
Oh my! I am so sorry! I had a similar situation with UofChicago and Northwestern. They rejected me back to back (not for their musicology program, though) a few weeks ago. Do you have at least standing offers?
6 years funding including, 50k stipend annually, bursary to help with moving costs, and insurance (health, dental, and vision)
i dont think Cornell does interviews
I don’t think that information is available to anyone, sadly. And I’m taking myself out of the list anyway because I’m taking an offer from a different school.