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Is it weird to call?
thereandbackagain replied to bottles's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I'd probably just email first. If they don't get back to you in a timely manner (say, Monday morning), I'd call on Monday afternoon or Tuesday. I've received quick email responses from programs. Good luck! -
Okay. So yeah. This totally explains why I was ready to bite the head off the incompetent woman at the grocery store bakery tonight. Got it. Must start exercising. Something. Glad that I'm not the only one who's starting to feel the effects of this experience.
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When I was in the beginning stages of trying to find a thesis mentor, my capstone professor emailed the entire department with my proposal and asked if who would be willing to work with me. That might be the way to go. No one in my very, very small English department was well-versed on the author I was writing about (Margaret Atwood), despite the fact that there is a ton of scholarship on her.
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eng2011 roundup
thereandbackagain replied to philsamuels82's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I'm hoping for an MFA program, but applied to one PhD and three MA programs as well. I'm really hoping that I won't have to do this again next year. Focus in any of the lit programs would be women's and gender studies, queer studies, postcolonial theory, poetics, North American literature since 1900. I am particularly looking at silencing in literature and theory. MFA (poetry)/PhD (literature): Cornell MFA (poetry): Texas - Michener, Iowa, Indiana, Ohio State, Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth, Old Dominion, Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, McNeese, West Virginia, South Carolina, WashU - St. Louis, Michigan - Ann Arbor, Wisconsin - Madison, Illinois UC, S Illinois - Carbondale, Kansas MA in Lit: U Louisville, Miami - Ohio, and Brandeis (joint MA with Women's and Gender Studies) edited to add focus.... -
So, it worked fine on Chrome. I didn't want to sign up for that Verified by Visa (don't know anything about it, so want to scope it out), but the continue button was there, so I could have. I paid by check instead. Didn't try again on Firefox. Good luck!
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I had the same issue the other day. I'm also using Firefox and have gotten the same Verified by Visa prompt during previous purchases. Annoying. Would love to hear if anyone knows what's what. Maybe I'll try Chrome. Hmm.
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The "Fit" Paragraph
thereandbackagain replied to lady_coffee's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I'm doing the same, but I'm a first timer with no real knowledge (outside these boards) on how these things are perceived. For me plunking down a bunch of stuff at the end felt forced and didn't make sense. We'll see how it goes, I guess. -
I'd have to agree about the easy going professionalness of the people at MU. i've emailed re: points of confusion or page-length issues a couple of times and have received prompt, courteous, and helpful responses (i.e. give us your best on the essay, don't worry about page length), so i'll be doing the same on the SoP. mine will probably top out at 2 pages with 1.5 spacing. (i'm only applying for the masters in lit there, so i would imagine my SoP doesn't need to be quite as extensive.)
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OSU Graduate Application- Initiated Materials
thereandbackagain replied to cogscipixie's topic in Applications
I'm in the same boat. Waiting for initiated to turn into completed. I think that it's just going to take time, but it sure is frustrating! -
Should I add my CV if the school doesn't ask for one?
thereandbackagain replied to thereandbackagain's topic in Applications
Thanks for the advice, y'all. I went ahead and added it. Now comes the interminable waiting. -
Should I add my CV if the school doesn't ask for one?
thereandbackagain replied to thereandbackagain's topic in Applications
Well, I guess mostly because my resume would be far less relevant to grad school than my CV. I'm older, so I have a lot of work experience that is not pertinent to my current course of study. Also, a resume would not list presentations/service/publications/awards/etc. My CV is clear, well-organized, and 2-pages long. I don't think that it is excessive, and I think that it shows I know what is expected of me in the field I want to enter. Of course, I might be totally wrong. -
or will they find that to be obnoxious? Despite glowing letters of recommendation and what I think is a good SoP, I'm wondering whether I should go ahead and add my CV (which details some creative publications/presentations and critical presentations/professional service that may or may not have been mentioned in my letters of rec). I left most of them out of my SoP, but now I'm getting nervous and thinking that my CV would be a helpful addition. However, the school doesn't ask for one, and since this is THE school that I most want to get in, I don't want to piss them off. What think you?
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"GREs: High scores in the Verbal (700) and Subject tests (650, i.e., English and American literature) are positive additions to the application but are by no means the most important aspect of one’s candidacy. (The Quantitative and Analytical scores carry less weight than the Verbal and Subject scores.) Applicants should make timely plans to take these examinations in order to ensure that the scores arrive by the January application deadline. Scores received after mid-January may be too late to be considered." from www.gsas.harvard.edu/programs_of_study/english.php Sorry, I was wrong, it's not the average. I guess I just had that in my head, but I must have figured that if they are stating 650, some people must have lower scores.
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Cornell's Writing Sample
thereandbackagain replied to fj20's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
I think we just have to go with the page recommendation. The 23-page paper I'm going to send in is 8400 words (page & word count do not include works cited). -
GRE Lit: "first sweep"?
thereandbackagain replied to shepardn7's topic in Literature, and Rhetoric and Composition
info is at http://ets.org/gre/subject/scores/get. we should be able to call on monday and pay $12 to hear them. i will be calling. i want to rip the bandage off quickly. -
For both the general (computer based) and the subject (paper based), I needed my ID + the registration form. I don't know if that's standard, but I know that I needed it especially for the paper test because I had to write down the registration (or some other) number from that sheet.