greenlee

Just got my acceptance email too! This has been one hell of a day! This morning, I got into Brandeis' Joint English and WGS MA, and now tonight I'm in at ASU. Tomorrow cannot compete with today!

I just checked my email and I got accepted to the MA program and waitlisted for the PhD! I'm really excited about it, even if I don't get into the PhD program, the MA program is something to think about, at least. It's definitely not funded, but I thought I wasn't going to get in anywhere, so this is a good omen I hope! Good luck to everyone else who applied!

This looks amazing! I'd love to submit an abstract (I actually presented a paper on the family dynamic in Coleridge's "Christabel" at a conference this past April so this sounds right up my alley!) but I have one question: Do you have to be a graduate student to submit an abstract? I'm in the process of finishing up my applications, and of course I have my BA, but I'm not in a program right now. Is that a problem?

Thanks so much! I've been refining my SOP and writing sample for months now, so we'll see how everything goes!

Hi all! I've been lurking around for a few weeks, and thought I'd get your opinions on whether or not I have any chance of getting into the programs I'm applying to, since most of my professors/advisors don't seem to really know good info on what programs want; maybe they've just been out of the game too long. And because I graduated from a very small liberal arts college, my English dept. only had FIVE professors total, so any contributions are appreciated. Obviously, I'm not going to take anyone's word as bond, but I've read some wonderful advice and encouragement/realistic critique on this forum, and I'd love feedback. After perusing the forum, I've come to the conclusion that English grad programs are terrifically hard to get into, and I just want to know if I have a bit more than a snowball's chance in hell. I'm a 2010 grad of Wells College (tiny, tiny college in upstate NY), English major, women's history minor. 3.75 cumulative GPA, 3.94 GPA in my major, 3.92 junior-senior GPA, Phi Beta Kappa. My GRE scores: 670 Verbal, 500 Quant, 5.0 Analytical Writing. I haven't gotten my GRE Lit score yet (impatience!!), but I'm applying to UC Santa Barbara (MA/PhD), University of Arizona (MA), SUNY Buffalo (PhD), Brandeis (Dual MA in English/Gender Studies), and ASU (PhD). I just sent in my UT Austin app this past Monday, but I'm not holding my breath on that one. My main focus during college was 19th/early 20th century Anglophone lit, with a queer/postcolonial lens. My thesis was a queer reading of Coleridge's "Christabel," and I presented my thesis at an undergrad conference this past April. Are these stats below average, average? I'm trying to mentally prepare myself for the very real possibility that I won't get accepted anywhere, and I know there's no such thing as a "safety" when it comes to English grad programs, but I really don't know if I should have applied for lower-ranked programs, or more programs, etc. Thanks for reading!