Karlito

Wow. All that because of my silly joke? I did not read the whole thing. Maybe it's time to close this thread. Humanomics, I will be in a department with strong econ soc next year so you can always pm me if you need info or anything, I won't bite you (or "attack" you again, I promise). No hard feelings, and good luck

Thanks for the lecture. You'll excuse me for the misspelling of "condescendence" (something you sure seem to know quite well), as I learned English in high school and yes, still make a few mistakes. As for my message, it was intended as a joke on the antagonisms that cross the discipline, especially the eternal debate about the "rigor" of quant methods against the "level of meaning" provided by qual. methods. Take it easy, this is just a forum.

Yes! An interesting movement, too bad it is not represented in the US.

Make sure you take into account the location and cost of living there. 20,000$ in Bloomington is probably very different compared to 20,000$ at NYU (extreme example but you get the idea). This being said, top schools stipends are in the 20-25k range most of the time (a few Ivies being above that)

It all depends on what subfields of sociology you are interested in. Edit: Re-reading your post, if it's an MA and not a Ph.D you are interested in, interests are probably less relevant. What are the reasons behind the fact that you are applying to an MA you are probably going to have to pay for and not a fully funded Ph.D?

Stanford or Berkeley? These are such poor choices. I suggest you turned down both and apply during the next season to get better offers.

Yes the perspective of numbers only is very limited. But what can you expect from economists? (haha, condescendance and provocation of the qualitative sociologist inside)

Good one splitends. The more I spent time on this board, the more stressed and desillusioned I got...Seriously. By the way, where did you end up splitends? I am curious. It went well for a lot of us, but it was horribly stressful. No need to add unnecessary competition on there by comparing yourself with the profiles people post online...and here is just a self selection of stressed out and overachieving people anyway - you won't be the best, I guarantee you. At best you will feel average - at worst you will feel like a crappy student

Thank you S&P for your input, too!

With regards to what Chuck said, at Oxford funding for master's degree is extremely scarce. So the norm is rather to be unfunded...Meaning that those who get the Clarendon scholarship for example are probably considered superstars, rather than others being looked upon for not being able to get funding, since being unfunded seems to be a norm there.

Not that I disagree and that I ignore Foucault. I am in fact relatively well acquainted with him, esp. the things on knowledge, the human sciences, etc. This being said, he is a general theorist to me, not a sociologist per se (not that this boundary is absolute but this topic was specifically about thinkers whose primary hat would be that of a sociologist). Also, DarthVegan, you are right about his influence on critical sociology; this being said, critical sociology (this label is fairly blurry anyway) does not equate postmodernism, I think.

Great post, I agree with all you said here...And yes post structuralism (ie Foucault) is often mixed up with postmodernism. It is a confusing label...I tend to use it in a derogatory fashion at times, especially for research with lousy conceptualizations. But I am still interested in reading good things about it.

I would put Foucault in the same boat as the authors as I mentioned above, ie not specifically sociology, but, by and large, philosophy. Thanks nevertheless

I know a bit of Latour's tuff on science. I agree with Ladril, he is probably not considered postmodern, but thanks for your input anyway! Edit: Thanks also to ci1717 for your suggestion...I will check Harvey's work

I think Essex has traditionally been the strongest soc department in the UK. I don't know much about Oxbridge...but you probably can't go wrong here.

Hi everyone, Since I am headed to what seems a strongly quant and positivist department next year, I was wondering if any of you could suggest readings in postmodern sociology. I have a hard time trying to pin down what post modernism EXACTLY is...I read lots of stuff in qual methods which sounded very postmodern to me, in terms of how to apprehend social reality, etc, etc..This being said, I never encountered any author in social theory which I could strongly identify as postmodern (I am talking about sociology specifically, since I know already some the more general authors such as Lyotard, Derrida, Badiou, Baudrillard, etc). I am waiting for your suggestions for interesting summer readings!

Maybe you could move to Baltimore and commute between then and NYC once you did all your coursework. If not, then maybe a small distance is better than bitterness in your couple due to one's having to sacrifice his dreams / ambitions. Weigh all this carefully with regards to the future.

The top 20 works like a caste. This being said, If your objectif is to teach and research at a top 20, you can hope to get hired coming from a lower ranked program if you publish TONS. There are various cases like this of people coming from lower ranked program hired at top programs because they publish both in quality and quantity. You are never doomed. There is still meritocracy in the process.

This happens a lot in the top 20, from 15 to 5, etc. Some from 5 to 15 etc. It goes both ways. I do not know specifically outside the top 20, but following Burris' infamous articles, it looks like it does not happen very often. http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3593086?uid=3739448&uid=2&uid=3737720&uid=4&sid=47698901844517

Your condescending antiracism 101 post was completely unnecessary. read DarthVegan's post correctly before lecturing us (on things we all know here, thanks).

Sorry for the digression, too! Just trying to help!

Hey DarthVegan, I think you got some pretty good advice here. Unless you have a strong backup plan in case grad school does not work, I also suggest you widen up your net a little bit. As for feeling good because of personal relationships, you are right it is an asset. This being said, many, many people will have mentors personally knowing faculty members at Madison and other places. My main LOR, who is well known in my field, was a personal friend to my main POI and a close, close friend to another POI at one of my top choices (a top 10). I had good credentials, etc, and still did not get off the waitlist in the end (it was a public school so the fact that I was international did not help). Don't overestimate the role of connections, even close ones! Good luck!

Nice! Glad we could help you feel better, and not bitter having to refuse Yale! UW is great and you'll have a great time anyway

In short, Montreal is awesome AND cheap. But there is already a whole topic on the city. Do a search.

Ask him you have nothing to lose I think.