indalomena

Greetings, grad-cafe-goers! I am a British student, studying for a master's degree in England, but fearing for the future of our universities and realising that if I want an academic career, I must be internationally-minded. And, much as I love our research-focused, independent-minded PhD system here, I think a US/Canadian PhD would be a better professional preparation, with better prospects, despite taking a good amount of time more. (My field is Renaissance literature.) So, after a little bit of lurking, I decided to join gradcafe -- it seems a delightful community, which will hopefully hold my hand a bit during the forthcoming GRE-taking application-completing obscene-fee-paying process. any other English students about? Or, anyone who just wants to say hello to a poor newbie..

Hello, cafe-goers! I came across this forum a little while ago while doing a little research for my forthcoming PhD applications. I thought it was time to de-lurk and join the community, and this is the perfect thread for my first post, because I, too, want to congratulate all of you who have been through this arduous process and to thank you for your many helpful posts! I hope you don't all disappear now that you are past the April 15th milestone ... congratulations and best of luck to all of you about to embark on graduate studies in literature -- and I hope I will be joining you in a year or so!