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Call me uninformed of whatever, but I can't really conceive what this list is trying to get at. I mean, isn't every English program grounded in Theory and Criticism? If i were to specialize in Shakespeare, wouldn't I be doing T&C in Shakespeare. Show me a program (there is a topic about this with less than exceptional information)that does not emphasize T&C to some degree, and I will show you a program not producing worthy job candidates. I may be needlessly polemical right now, but these topics offer nice detours from letter writing and sample revision.

Emory's was the first of Dec last year.

admitting many Ph.D Applicants to Master's program with no funding. it has been said that these students are treated in keeping with the fact they are admitted solely to fund the Ph.D admits.

I had a discussion with a professor about this the other day. What is the difference between theory/ cultural studies and trad. literary studies when the latter is increasingly invested in looking beyond literary works to discern stuff about the books anyways. Cultural Studies=everything is pretty much a text right? And literary studies= literature is the subject, and everything else is important for the ways it shapes/ defines/ influences literature, blah. Well last year I tried to go the cultural studies route, and as you point out there are few schools, relatively speaking, that offer this as a specialization. For my SOP, for instance, i tried to say that I was pretty much interested in a lot of stuff--the a-conventional, unique mindset type of guy. I think I went wrong in this sense, meaning I tried to curtail my interests to Cultural Study specific stuff, when in reality, even in cultural studies you have to narrow it down. With that said, I will get to your question. The few schools that do offer Cultural Studies seem to be those middle of the pack ones that are appealing to a lot of people because they figure they are neither aiming too high nor too low. These schools end up being actually more competitive because of this, and also because they draw in people from a range of interests. I have no idea what your credentials are, but in my focus I am narrowing down my interests back into the literature specific realm and from there I will hopefully be able to culturalize my specialty. There are many literary programs that have extremely large and diverse faculties, and I figure I will not be precluded from exploring my non-conventional interests once I get in. Anywhere you go you go there will be high exposure to "theory." Disability Studies is an interesting field, and sometimes it falls under American Studies, another option you might want to consider. With that also said, here are some cultural studies-ish schools. Pitt Carnegie WUSTL Many of the Suny Schools (Buffalo permits its students a great degree of freedom)Although, there are many many horror stories about this place. Washington Stony Brook has a pretty popular CS program, and several more.

Not sure what you mean by competitive, but a quick look at the results page might tell you that if this site is a decent sample size then they are pretty damn popular. I have a feeling that this is so because each of these schools were around the median of the older U.S news rankings, so people figured by randomly selecting these names they wouldn't be aiming too high or low. It also might be due in part to the notoriety of these schools for having cultural studies programs, which is appetizing for those wishing to depart from traditional English programs. If i remember correctly, Carnegie Mellon was ridiculously competitive last time around, accepting something like 5 out of 500; but not sure about that.

They are not answering my emails, and I have not heard. As far as RI, i created an account and everything and the status hasn't changed.

Does the wait make it even better? Still waiting on Purdue, Rochester, and Rhode Island. The latter two are ignoring me.

Think we will hear on or before the 15th, or much after?

Unreal!!!!! Go YOU!!!!!!

The fewer people going to Purdue at this point the better right? I mean, if it all comes down to funding...... :roll:

Oh god, this stress is killing me. Can somebody please convince the person in the other thread not to go to Purdue. I feel like it would be bad karma to throw my 2 cents in, and I would only be sarcastic. This will probably all be for naught..Existential nightmare. ahhhhhh. Where is Orinincandenza when you need him? And where is Vechrite?

Yea, I sent Jill an email too before she responded. Sorry for the lack of clarification, I know it is virtually a cardinal sin to elide details around this time.

Should not expect to hear until next week according to email i just got.

Thanks Picc, you have proved a valuable insider. I hope I get in because that is what you basically just promised me. So kidding, but thanks. Will this message self-destruct?

i think they usually do that to prepare for next years' round of applications. How insulting and depressing.