thereandbackagain
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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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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....
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I've never seen a score above 800 on the Lit test. I suppose that it's possible, but every practice test score I've seen just goes up to 800. (I never saw the pdf from the ETS, so I don't know about that one.)
Thanks! On the practice test score rubric (in the pdf ETS gives out) it looks like the score range goes up to 810. Is that only for this practice test?
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Basic question: what is the maximum score? The ETS website says:
"One total score is reported on a 200 – 990 score scale, in 10-point increments, although the score range for any particular Subject Test is usually smaller."
Can anyone tell me what the maximum score for this particular test was?
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congrats.
i had the same score, but with 157 correct, 64 wrong, and 9 omits. woohoo!
630 79% 160 correct 70 incorrect 0 omits
pretty good for studying less than 10 hours.
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Well, I already knew my score, but I just wanted to post and say that my omits (9) appear correct. I figured that I skipped about ten. Your score is good, but if it concerns you, have them hand score it. Maybe you didn't bubble dark or erase enough?
Thanks. I just checked. 620, 76%
That said, it says that I omitted 40 questions, and I know for a fact that I didn't (I omitted 15, tops). I'm not sure what to make of this (the score, the strangely high number of "omitted" questions, etc).
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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.
So I finally resigned myself to the idea that I'd have fork over another hundred-some dollars to ETS. I attempted to purchase score reports last night, only to be failed by the website. I think this is more of a problem with the CyberSource host they're using, but upon clicking "Buy," the page was covered up by a "Verified by Visa" prompt (yes, I was using a visa). I've seen these many times before; it's an optional service and there's always a way to close the request. Except this time. The prompt covered a portion of the page, the submission form was still beneath, only the "buy" button has disappeared. I never got to the confirmation/receipt page, so I called ETS today, and got the helpful response of "well, it takes 2 days for us to have a purchase in our system. have you checked your credit card?" (Yes, I'm not an idiot). I'm using Firefox on a Mac, if that makes any difference. Anyone have this problem at all? Potential workarounds? THANK YOU!
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As it stands, I've taken the tack of gesturing (either specifically or generally) to faculty and special collections throughout the statement rather than plunking it all into one paragraph. But those sentences are few -- 2-4 sentences per statement. While the gestures I make are solid, they aren't overly detailed, let alone hundreds of words long.
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.
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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.)
don't over-think this. they need a little more detailed info from candidates because (for one) Miami doesn't see the GRE as indicative of ability at the graduate level, so they rely more on narrative accounts than quantitative assessments. they are incredibly easy going yet professional folks @MU, and if you get your application onto the second page (single spaced), then you will have given them what they need. i guess the lesson is to have various prototype letters ready that fit the 500, 1000 or 1500 word ceiling.
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i expect that they will go up on or around the 24th. that's what happened with the general gre scores - they went up right when ets said to expect them.
Incidentally, does anyone know when the scores are finally going to be put online? I can MAYBE understand holding off for a week to try and get people to spend money to get the scores by phone, but it's been more than a week now. How long does it usually take for the scores to go up on the website?
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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!
I had the same issue; it was about a week before my transcript went from "initiated" to "completed." I wouldn't sorry about it right now. They are probably still matching transcripts to applications. Check back in a few days and call then, if necessary.
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Thanks for the advice, y'all. I went ahead and added it. Now comes the interminable waiting.
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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.
Of course send it. But CV? Why not send a resume? I have been advised by my professors and folk who graduated from my lab (and went to grad schools) to send a resume. The reason being that adcomms might think that it's boring to go through a long CV as you're applying for a grad position, not a full time and long-impact job position. Someone sending a short and sweet resume might have a leg up.
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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.
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Wow. I had no idea there SoP was so long. Goodness. I expect that mine will run around 1000 words (which for my Cornell SoP is 2 pages single-spaced exactly). I don't know that I would have any more to say for a M.A. program. :/
So Miami University of Ohio requires a 2-3 page SoP (which they are calling a personal statement, so I hope SoP is what they really mean). This is the first time I've had my SoP be too SHORT instead of too long. Here I have been trying to crunch all this information into 200-500 word requirements and now my 1000 words is not enough! Do you think that a SoP that is just over a page and a half single spaced should suffice for this? I really don't want to just add a bunch of stuff to make it longer, I've worked on this SoP for the entire year trying to perfect it. I don't think I could handle that.
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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.
By the way, how did you find out the average score at Harvard? I looked at the English dept website and FAQs, but couldn't find any information of this sort.
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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).
Here's the statement from Cornell's website: "Your writing sample must be between 3,000 and 7,500 words (12-30 pages), typed and double-spaced."
As far as I can tell, 30 pages of double-spaced type can get up to at least 10,000 words. Has anyone else come across a discrepancy between a department's length requirements in terms of pages and their length requirements in terms of words? I'm thinking that so long as I'm under 30 pages, I'll be alright, regardless of the word-count. Any thoughts?
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No, mine also have the date sent as Dec 11, which is awesome. I'm just glad it looks like they are going out. I still think that the score reports will be mailed to us around Dec. 24, though.
On 12/11/2010 at 2:01 PM, ahlacruz said:The website says that score reports will be sent for this test about Dec. 24, but mine have already been sent. Did this happen to other people? I wonder if they are sending them early or if these reports just went out with my general test scores and not my subject test scores.
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Harvard's average on this test is 650. I figure 630 is respectably in the ballpark. Also, from what I've read, this is probably the last thing that schools look at for admissions, so I wouldn't fret.
I got a 630 too... I guess it's not bad. Seems like 650 is a nice mark to hit though.
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I was just coming on here to post that. Considering how I thought the test went, I'm quite happy with my score - 630/79%. I think that 630 was the score I got on the last practice test, so yay. Good luck to everyone. Glad to have that behind me.
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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.
I should know this, but don't. When will those of us who took the November exam receive our scores? I'm morbidly curious.
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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.
Is it weird to call?
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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!