Hey everyone,
I've been spending hours on this forum lately. It's easy to scare yourself silly looking at how competetive the application process is. I'm looking into applying to Media Studies (and related) Ph.D. programs this fall (to begin Fall 2012), but I don't have a good sense of how competetive I actually am. I'm looking at UNC-CH, UT-Austin, Berkeley, UF- English, (Film & Media concentration), VCU- Media Art & Text Any thoughts on my chances of admission- even if they are zero- would be greatly appreciated. Please advise!
Undergrad at large, well respected public research university. Major: English, Philosophy, 3.8, Phi Beta Kappa,
Fulbright ETA, Colombia
2 MA degrees: 1 in Education (from an Ivy League school), 1 in Media Studies (from a more-or-less no-name school), 4.0 in both
1 publication in academic journal
Taught 1 undergrad classes- 1 interdisciplinary but focused mainly on Philosophy/English
TA for graduate level Media Theory class, 2 semesters
Waiting on GRE scores, expecting ~1450, 6 on writing