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I guess I'll play. Minnesota Washington Arizona Notre Dame UC Irvine Vanderbilt UMass Amherst New Mexico Oklahoma State Current Program (won't disclose, but ranked in the 70-90 range on USNWR) MA GPA: 4.0; GPA 3.6 (major 3.8) GRE: 160V, 157Q, 4.5AW

Just want to say that you're resume seems pretty great and you shouldn't have trouble getting into some great schools. Also, is there any chance you listen to hardcore/punk?

Anyone turning down Albany?

Wow.

Does anyone have an idea on when MA acceptances will go out?

If you are arguing that cinema is a public danger then you could use the same reasoning to argue that any art form is a public danger. Pierre Bourdieu would probably argue that the ruling class could use cinema to impose a false reality on the public. For example, by creating images of minorities who are viewed as villains, the public may start to believe that minorities are more likely to be "bad". By creating this mindset they are increasing their "symbolic capital" because the ruling class is made of mostly non-minorities. But no, I don't believe cinema is a public danger, however, I do believe that the corporations who impose these ideas can be a public danger. I suggest reading works written Pierre Bourdieu.

Got my Vanderbilt rejection a little while ago. Oh well...

Congratulations. I think I just got accepted at Albany, but waitlisted for funding. At least I think that's the situation. It's the first place I've heard from and even without knowing about funding, I'm just excited to hear back from someone and it helps that it was an acceptance (I think).

I had this concern when I was first choosing a major, I was planning on getting a BS in Soci with a concentration in Law & Society, then going into a criminology program. Well, after researching the topic, I found that there are a lot fewer criminology graduate programs, and many of the ones that do exist have sociology professors teaching courses. So going with a criminology Ph.D will limit you to pretty much criminology and Criminal Justice programs when you want to teach. While a degree in sociology will allow you to teach in any area of sociology if you decide to change your concentration in graduate school, while still having the option to teach criminology if that's what you want to do. Also, my professor once told me that she had a student who ended up getting a criminology degree and now teaches CJ with a pistol shooter attitude.

Are you applying to your own school, Washington State?

The scores are pretty low but I feel like you could address the situation in your SOP or something. You may not get into any top programs, but I'm sure you can get in somewhere especially with your writing experience.

I've always been told to go to the school that fits you and I think I agree in this case. Not everyone cares about getting a teaching position at a top 10 university. I think many would be happy with non-top 10 schools. If I had to choose between a good education at a place that fit me better but wouldn't get me a teaching position at a "top" school and a school that I only liked okay but was higher ranked and could get me teaching positions at "better" schools. I can't say for sure because I haven't been in that position, but I'd like to think I'd pick the school that fit me the best, regardless of prestige. Then again, I'm not interested in teaching at an IVY league school.

That's good information to know about Dr. Luebke. I'll be doing some more research on the faculty there, thanks for the help.

I'm interested in Law and social change/movements. I see there is one person on faculty there that does stuff with change and movements, Dr. Luebke. Do you know how I might find anything he has published? The website only lists fields of interest and political soci, movements, and law are all so broad I'd like to know exactly what areas within those fields he is interested in. Also, how do you like the department there at UNCG? Anything I should know about if I were to apply?

Yeah, I wouldn't be super excited about staying in town, but I like it here so I would be willing to stay if it would help me in the long run. I see you're in Greensboro are you studying at UNCG? If so how do you like the program and what is your area of research. If I'm planning on getting a MA then reapplying to PhD programs then I don't think UNCG would be a terrible choice given they have faculty I could work with. In-State tuition would be a plus since I may not get the most funding doing a MA program at a public university.

This is the area I'm interested in as well. From what I've read/heard Irvine is the place to be for Social Movements. Also, Pittsburgh has been going out and recruiting a lot of big names in the Social Movements field. I believe Vanderbilt also has a strong movements program. Can't remember any of the other big schools off of the top of my head. Zombie thread.

Okay, so here is the deal; I am certain that want to go to graduate school and get a Ph.D in sociology. I make decent grades and have a good relationship with all of my professors and I'm confident that I would do well in grad school. However, my numbers aren't very impressive due to a low GRE score and I'm not coming from a well known university. Originally my plans to were to apply to a PhD program straight out of undergrad, but after reading around and knowing that as of now my numbers aren't that impressive I'm wondering if I should stay where I am and work on a Master's here. I pretty much have a guaranteed admission to the program, I like the faculty, and I could continue doing research with one of the professors. However, the program only offers a Master's degree and honestly, I'm ready to get out of this town. I'm retaking the GRE in a few weeks and hopefully I'll be able to up my score quite a bit since I'm actually going to study this time. But since it's so late in the game should I A: Just go ahead and apply for PhD programs anyway even if they wouldn't be my top choice if I had better scores, B: Apply for MA programs at other universities (problem is many programs combine MA and PhD programs so it would be the same as applying to a PhD program) or C:Stay where I am and after completing a master's try to apply to the top schools I'm interested in. GPA 3.5, Major GPA 3.7 GRE: 510V, 570Q (without studying, retaking soon) Currently working on a research project with a professor. Will have strong Letters of Recommendation (hopefully). Also, on top of all of that, my girlfriend and I will be trying to get into the same schools (She will be applying to English programs). Any advice is appreciated.