monkeydentity

me too! what department?

hm...i see you ARE cultural after all. I figured as much by your handle. I know some latin americanists that came to mind when i read it.

I believe AR only takes students who already have their Master's into their PhD program...sorry for the late response...been digging through the forum and found this :wink:

thanks! i'm kinda glad my "safety schools" didn't accept me last year, I'm quite pleased to go into NYCEP 1 year later instead.

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"What's wrong with me?" the more thin letters we get the more we ask this question. As mine piled up last year I kept asking it and asking it. After they all came back with bad news I spent a long time, money, and effort to improve in every area that I thought might be my weakness. I spent more time narrowing my prospects until I realized that there was only one program for me. I knew it was risky to only apply to one program, especially given that so often the decision has little to do with the student. This year I finally got into the program I wanted and the only things that I'm sure made a difference were my communication with the faculty, and the completion and presentation of my MA thesis. My GRE scores, letter of intent, grades and experience all improved but I didn't ever get much feedback from anyone about it. When I contacted the faculty with a (painstakingly written) email and my MA thesis, they expressed interest. Note that I couldn't have even known what was working if not for the communication. A friend of mine told me that he was in regular weekly communication with his prospective advisor via email right up to the time that he met him in person after being accepted. Not all profs have the time, or interest to chat that much, but if you're worth their time you may benefit from telling them why. I'm no expert at all of this just because I finally got in. I will say, however, that I think communication was a hugely influential factor in my case.

Uh oh...who got the rejection letter from CUNY? Now the real waiting begins.....it wasn't entirely real for me until now. I find out my future "in the future"...wasn't really even stressing about when the letter comes. Now that they're going out it's a little different. I guess I should buy a lawn chair, so I don't have to stand next to the mailbox. To whoever posted the rejection, would you mind sharing who applied to work with? Have a BA or MA? Thanks and sorry.

University of New Mexico!? Debra Komar is the only one really active there...does she spend more time teaching now? 4 years ago she seemed more like an adjunct fac. Powell is there too but I'm not sure that he's active at all.

be patient. you don't want to be the guy that prodded the busy profs. also, you may be on a list of standbys that will e accepted if any of the first picks turn them down.

Sounds like some of you have the inside scoop on NYU...anyone know anything about CUNY? fingers crossed, breathe bated thanks

hello. i am all of you. a pile of anxiety reaching out to find some kind of relief from the uncertainty. i know you can't answer my question, satisfy my need to know. you can't because i can't and i am you. we are all in this together and yet in some cases pitched up against each other. sized up by an efficient subset of our achievements, those of which can be quantified of course. yardsticks standing up on end trying to read how many tic marks are on each neighbor's trunk. oh what a funny game this is. myself i don't know if i'll be returning for my phd or returning to the job market at the worst time in our lives to do so. my god is that smiley face crying? so i am reminded again that we are all the same by the very fact that this forum has a crying smiley face for us to use, surely not uncommon on this site. good luck to you all and good luck to me. if i don't see you in class i'll be serving you coffee. monkeydentity