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I lived in Davis for 2 years for a completely awesome M.A. program. The town was very convenient in that it was super bike friendly and flat. That said, I HATED Davis. I agree with another poster about feeling like an alien there. It is very cute and clean to the point of feeling like an alternate universe, a particularly white-washed alternate universe. I loved my program, but I felt the overall vibe of the campus to have a certain unique conservatism, not my particular cup of tea but alright for some people. In general the town if fairly liberal, outdoorsy, and organicy, which I found pretty nice. The restaurants in town were distinctly terrible. But you can find very good food in downtown Sacramento. The summers are unbareable, mostly in the upper 90s and often over 100 degrees for many days in a row. Luckily it is a dry heat. The summers also last close to 6 months of the year. The other 6 months, the weather is rather pleasant. Pretty much a very small town with not much to do, but it's a cute small town.
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By the look of things on the results page today, I am pretty happy I didn't apply to Yale...
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I was working on my SOP for each school up until the very last second and then spent a fortune on overnight mail.
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Ok I completely love this thread. My family story with regards to grad school is kind of sweet now that I think about it. Neither of my parents supported my decision initially. My mom thought I was going into financial ruin by being interested in a PhD in the humanities (both parents are accountants with degrees in the sciences) and nieve to think I could cut it. My dad pretty much completely ignored the fact that I was applying. While I was actually applying for my M.A., my mom started to change her mind and figured she'd support me. My dad still ignored it and treated it like it was my drug addiction. While I was actually working on my M.A. and my parents saw how serious I was about it, they both became really supportive. My dad, who I hardly spoke with throughout childhood and early adulthood (despite living in the same house in childhood), and I actually became fairly close as he started showing interest in what I was doing and asking me how my thesis was going.
Anyways, now that I am applying for PhD programs, and have been admitted to a few, one with a 4 yr fellowship, my parents are totally supportive and happy for me. They really do not quite get exactly what I am doing, still want me to settle down and have babies instead, and are a little opposed to my obsession with feminist theory, but they are very supportive and helped read my SOP and CV and so forth.
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Probably if you look at grad school as "giving up 5 years," this may be a sign you want to reevaluate. Plus one should not go to graduate school primarily because they fear the job market. Maybe it might be a good idea for you to take some time working for a year or so to evaluate if this is something you really want to pursue.
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I just got word today that one of my programs is awarding me a four year full funding fellowship (!!!)
I am not entirely sure how much this SHOULD factor into my decision. Does a CV look better with a fancy fellowship like this or does it look better with more teaching experience (2 of these years will be through guaranteed teaching positions)?
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Get up, check email, go to work, keep email open and check results on grad cafe every couple minutes, try to function at work and fail, check results, maybe post something in the forum, go home or go to exercise class first, check email, dinner, teevee sometimes, bed, repeat.
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I agree that it really depends on each program. I believe programs cannot legally post their cut-off scores, for those that have them. I found that a way to determine how heavily the GRE would be weighed was to look carefully at the wording each program web page used to talk about the GRE. Many programs just said to include your scores, others detailed the importance of GREs for your application. My scores were alright, but nothing spectacular, so I decided against the programs that specified the importance of the GRE on their website, taking that as a strong sign that they held to a specific cut-off.
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Now the question is...what about our world views makes scientists/engineers a reasonable cross section of society (thus far with slight liberal leanings), while humanities have such a strong bias?
I reject your language in this post. Why does a centrist view get to be "reasonable" while the liberal view has a "strong bias." Also, correct me if I am wrong, but are not all political leanings biased in their own way?
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Hey and congrats to the USC acceptance! I think that was my top choice...? What area?
It's definitely picking up today..
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mm_donuts, that is rad. Congrats! Are they notifying everyone accepted now?
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Congratulations to the person just accepted to Penn! What was your area of study?
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I seem to keep envisioning that all of my notifications will start flowing in this week, but I haven't heard anything yet this week. I suppose it is still pretty early.
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Thank you preg! The website does actually show that the department has recommended me for admission, but nothing has been finalized with the school. I am specializing in gender and sexuality in 19th and 20th century American and European art.
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Wow, I am so glad someone brought this up. I have very mixed emotions. There was so much invested in applying and all of the work and pressure for years up until that point. Now that I am in at two places I am both thrilled and scared. I will be leaving behind my support system, and perhaps have to move without my partner, to a place where I know no one and will barely be able to afford a plane ticket, let alone have much time, to see people I know. That and the anxiety of choosing the right place. I am having a very hard time with that aspect, which is definitely a very good place to be in, but I find this part of the process so foreign to me.
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Hi Preg,
Thanks, the Wisconsin acceptance was mine.
I received the unofficial letter from the department on Monday in the mail, which wasn't so long ago so maybe you have one too..? What area are you specializing in again? -
Redpotato,
Does your school have an on campus gallery or museum? That is a really excellent way to get a foot into the door. Does your program or any of the faculty members have any kind of relationship with any museums or galleries? Also you could try lesser known museums and galleries in town.
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I keep convincing myself I am absolutely going to be rejected across the board, but then I read things like this and realize that, no matter how much I want this, being completely rejected may actually be a good thing in disguise:
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Mine were more towards $2,000. I applied to 10 schools, GRE scores were insane, but the biggest killer was transcripts. My transcripts from undergrad, M.A., and then a summer intensive language course at another school were about $15 each, and most of my schools wanted 2-3 original copies... Insane..
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Congratulations to whoever got in to Wisconsin's PhD program! May I ask what is your area of specialization? Was it a personal email from the professor?
(I'm curious of course as I want to know if I should give up on my hopes of admission to this school.)
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Actually I am rethinking that response, since you say you are still a junior. Perhaps you shouldreally delve into your burgeoning professional interests in Art History now, since you still have some time left in school. Is it too late for you to declare a double major and also look into writing an honors thesis for Art History?
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Redpotato, my advice is that you may want to consider M.A. programs in Art History prior to applying for PhD. This will probably give you a stronger background in the field to be more competitive.
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I tend to spend my time hitting the refresh button on the results page periodically between tasks at work, and I constantly have my email open on my desktop in case I hear anything, even though I know it won't start for about another month. I've been cooking more fancy elaborate meals in the evenings. Otherwise I am both dieing of anxiety, yet oddly calm about the whole thing. I am less of a mess than my first round to M.A. programs. It is probably because after such an intense program and then the madness of applying, it is a little nice to have evenings and weekends off for a little while. But I am sure that about another couple of weeks into having free time and waiting will drive me up the wall.
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Actually my school I just earned my M.A. from recently emailed me asking for money to fund scholarships and fellowships. I laughed at this email.
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Oh and I think I should also add my 2 cents about coffee shops in town. It seemed to me that several coffee shops were bordering on hostile towards students wanting to work in them. One popular one even had a portion sectioned off with warning signs stating that if students took out any work in those spots, they would be permanently banned from the coffee shop. On top of this, there are very few coffee shops in town to begin with, and finding a good study hub in the UCD library within weeks of finals was bordering on impossible because it was so packed with students. I strongly recommend making sure that your living space is quiet enough that you can comfortably work and study at home as your other options are often severely limited.