snes
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Yeah, most are either 10-15 or 15-20. I suppose I'll have to work a little harder at chopping things up, but it does make me feel a lot better to not worry so much about topic.
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Yeah, makes sense. I guess I figured if I sent them a long one and a short one then they would balance each other out, haha. This leads me to my next question(s), and perhaps I will make a new topic, but.... 1) Is it terrible to submit one writing sample if the program doesn't specify a number? 2) How important is it for the writing sample to be super accessible? I have written a lot (200+ pages in three separate essays) on a very very specific topic that is also what I'm proposing to continue studying. My other options for writing samples are either too short (4-7 pages), or in the 10-20 page range but just mediocre and very undergrad-ish, as in, nothing really new or interesting, just exercising my ability to assimilate other people's ideas with some banal analysis of my own. Ugh, I really don't want to revisit those and make them special, especially since I'm years out of those classes.
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I'm currently trying to decide on my writing samples to send to schools, 90% of which want more than one. I'd be happy to just send them my gigantic senior thesis (150+ pages) and tell them to read what they want, but what I want to do is take a chapter from there and then something else. I have some mediocre 10/15-page papers but I have this one five-pager that I think is the most accessible and better written than the other ones. I'm talking 5 pages double-spaced. It's just a short analysis of a movement of a piece. So, too short?
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transcripts from my undergrad: any digital copy or scanned hard copy from last year is now completely BLANK!! What is this magic??
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which is worse, Embark or ApplyYourself?
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Temple has a terminal Music Theory master's, and since I don't have a master's yet, that might be my best chance at admission this round. They don't have a PhD although they do have the DMA. All I really know is that they're good at performance, but an undergrad advisor did say it has good theory faculty. (also...it's very close to home, making things a lot cheaper, which is the only way I would do a terminal master's since they're not funded)
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Just sent the "YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE ME 12 RECOMMENDATIONS" email and now I'll never fall asleep. It took me an hour to even press send. I have no fingernails.
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Okay, ya'll sound like really awesome candidates. I suppose I was lucky to have had research/writing experience in undergrad and conference experience soon after, but I'm finding it reaaaaaaaaally difficult to do anything academic with no attachment to a school anymore. ESPECIALLY because I can't afford to buy all the fancy articles I need to read. (I'm pretty sure my local library doesn't know what musicology is.) Here's my rant and rave of the day. Rave: every school except Temple has a really easy online recommendation system (via ApplyYourself, Embark, or whatever Cornell is using) Rant: Temple!!! Y u b so hard! It's bad enough I have to ask my recommenders to fill out twelve forms.
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My ethno route was because I wanted to (and still want to) study popular music culture in forms of dance/club music, and gaming culture (video game concerts being common). But I realized my main interest is pretty much theory/analysis, with a slice of perception/cognition. Let me also say I completely understand the plight of trying to find schools/profs who might be appropriate for my current topic, which is music in video games. It's a lot different from film music, but finding profs interested in visual media was a start. Thankfully, emailing the profs at tons of schools throughout September was really helpful. I think it's GREAT to have an uncommon and specific topic, but I think the key is to show you have an open mind, eager to assimilate what the school and the professors have to offer. AND Skype interviews are common, or so I'm told! Are you currently researching for your master's? And who else is going into PhD programs with a master's already? I only have a bachelor's and I'm worried I'm just not strong enough yet. So I'm applying for a Music Theory master's at Temple, I think, since it's really close to home, but I don't know much about the program yet.
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My generic SoP is coming along nicely with such placeholders as *insert spirit of scholarhood here*
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positive responses from all four refs and the longest it took one to respond was 12 hours.
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Okay. It's almost Oct and I still have 20 schools on my list and I haven't asked my recommenders yet. Anyone else as far behind as I??
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So, then, any Music people still out there? I'm currently going nuts. You'd think I'd be more levelheaded and clear-minded about what I'm doing, since this is now my second go-around. But I'm not. Anybody else out there interested in music theory and multimedia or cognitive neuroscience and music? Would love to know what programs you're looking at.
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Well, good luck to you too! If I weren't shackled to music by the weird power it has over me, I'd definitely be in neuroscience.
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Nah....from what I can see, this is in the music forum! I'm applying for Musicology. I applied last year and FAILED! Well, I got waitlisted (then rejected) at one school, and accepted to a Master's that was too expensive. I'm currently researching professors at schools to contact in September.
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Bump, because I want to know as well!!
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anybody else find the task of keeping up with one's field intimidating and overwhelming?
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Financial aid was not very good. Somebody please convince me that the program is worth searching for all the external grants I can find. Any other music updates?? (Of course I'm still waiting to hear from that NYU GSAS waitlist, especially since someone declined them)
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Steinhardt Music Tech acceptance for me. Yay! My only acceptance! So hopefully financial aid is all good.........
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still no downloads to my portfolio. would appreciate their consideration...
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gotta get down on friday, ADMISSIONS COMMITTEES. Gotta make your mind up, which student can you take?
