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Yale
in 2009 Archive
on housing:
did everyone sign up for Elm Campus Partners housing yet? if you haven't and you're interested in the yale-owned properties, then sign up! http://www.elmcampus.com/
they are running some apartment viewings this week (monday and wednesday i think?) and for those of us unable to attend in person, they send info. via email and put people in some kind of a queue. apparently there's no benefit in being there in person, the queue is actually set up based on order of website registration. i registered on their website a while back after hearing from yale and yesterday got a list of properties to rate according to preference. i'm mostly interested in cheaper one-bedroom flats with leases starting in july, but they also had a small range of options for june and august entries. you need to register and send in your preferences by tuesday morning it seems, so hurry!
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congrats to all those who got in where they wanted!
margrett, where else did you apply?
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Yale
in 2009 Archive
this is interesting news! i'm also going to be applying for extra funding (24k), though like mmpottiehill i now realise that even if i did potentially win that extra scholarship, 50k would be too good to be true, darn! i guess it's fair that these values are adjusted, though i keep thinking that with only two years of 50k, i could pay off some debt, kill my old student loan, save up some money... sigh
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yikes! that seems scarier than here! how about your visa though? you guys get the same J1 visa? could you stay on in the US for PhD study and delay the 2 year residency requirement back in Europe?
i wonder how they even enforce that requirement, since they can't really track where in Europe we are? i dunno. weird system.
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HGS should be Hall of Graduate Studies i guess?
our plan is renting something cheapo cheapo through the university now (over the internet and all!), then depending on how good/bad it is, searching for something else over the first semester, and subletting the university place over second semester. that way we can have some kind of a base once we arrive, and possibly move somewhere nicer later on once we know the town and see how far the cash stretches. it's a bit messy to move during the first year, but since we're going to be in new haven for quite a while and planning on having a kid at some stage in the next few years, i'd like to have enough time to find a decent place to live.
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Hey, I am Fulbright grantee for 2009/2010, too. Here in Germany it is also only one school to apply for - at least in my program.
This sucks a bit to be honest.
you mean you can only apply to one school? we had to apply with the same application form (and SOP, etc.), but we were allowed a pick of 5 schools.
any word back from your applications though?
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Yale
in 2009 Archive
part of the reason harvard is NOT appealing to me right now is because i can't have my SO live with me in graduate student housing because she isn't a grad student at harvard.that really sucks. though i'm biased because i didn't get in harvard and now suspect them of every evil imaginable!
out of interest though, how much does your on-campus grad housing arrangement come to? i wonder if i should look into this...
as for the funding issue, i always thought humanities people got a lot less than the science people too, but isn't the discrepancy less pronounced at ivy schools? i have a friend at harvard in the humanities who gets around 27k as well i think, though i don't know how they fund their sciences people there. then again, i have another friend doing physics at berkeley who's getting around 35k+! so who knows.
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mims3382, if you hear from anyone in regard to your question above, lemmeno. i contacted about three different departments at yale to ask this same thing, and unfortunately they don't offer job/career placement services for spouses/SOs. i *was* told that many of the jobs on the student employment pages were open to the public, and that many employers advertise with yale without strictly requiring applicants to be yalies.
i'm particularly interested in this spouse job thing as well. it's annoying that they don't do spouse job placements as i was under the impression they actually did (part of my "OMG yale is best" mythologizing). they do have this career day though - http://www.cis.yale.edu/hronline/CareerDay.html - should be the same in 2009.
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Yale
in 2009 Archive
Hey all you Yalies. What sorts of funding packages were you offered for PhD?same as mmpottiehill (i think it's the standard one, yeah?), plus an additional fellowship of 2.5k for the first two years.
i'm particularly impressed by yale's policy on extending lots of student privileges (healthcare, etc.) to "spouses and same-sex partners". over here that's pretty much unheard of and it'll feel nice to be in a place where this sort of thing is decent for *all* students. in the end i think things like that really contribute to people feeling appreciated and happy with what they're doing, it probably makes them more productive as well.
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So how much background does everyone have in Asia/Asian studies? And how are your Asian language skills? I'm feeling inadequate...
sigh, same feeling here! i've done quite a bit of asian studies too, but still feel like i will totally bomb this..
but to answer the question, i've got an undergrad and an MA in chinese studies from a UK university, have a good (but now rusty) level of mandarin chinese, and speak intermediate-level cantonese. i never learned japanese or korean, but did do 2 years of classical chinese.
however, i'm also curious about how people are dealing with this feeling of inadequacy, i noticed on some other threads that folks are planning to study quite a bit before gradschool comes around. i too have embarked on the get-smart-before-gradschool mission with (moderate) fervor. i've decided i should do an hour and a half of modern chinese language per day, plus read a lot of modern literature in translation, and force myself to do around 4-6 hours of classical chinese per week. i find it extremely hard to stick to my own decisions, so i made a little study map that i try and follow. of course there are treats and stuff for good work (chocolates, gummy bears, chai, a good non china-related book etc.). i know it sounds absurd, but hey, this is how i managed to write an MA thesis and pass all my exams, so the method works for me
any one else with ideas on how to fight the inadequacy feeling?
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Yale
in 2009 Archive
if i go to yale, i'm planning on trying to stay on campus. i have a 9 year old and my stipend will have to cover child support. i won't be moving until the end of the summer.
as for the grad scene, i have absolutely no idea.
curious to see what it is like and am excited for the admitted student days...
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wow - i remember living on campus with my mother when she was studying back in 1989. being a student's kid was the coolest thing ever! i hope your kid enjoys it as much as i did!
on housing: we applied for some of the university properties through the elm campus people but have only got an automated reply back. grad housing applications only begin april 1st, right? we'll be applying to those as well. i wanted some place less grad/faculty and perhaps a little more urban, possibly close to a source of late night falafels and/or kebabs. though i'm coming at this from a UK/european point of view, and i wonder about sources of food at 3am in a town like new haven, CT. friends in the US keep telling me 'urban' in the US almost always means 'rough', though i'm not entirely convinced this is true (or perhaps 'rough' in itself is a relative concept..)?
on moving: late july/early august i think. we'll need to ship some stuff (ie. BOOKS!) from euroland to new haven, which i expect will be *extremely* expensive.
on the grad scene: don't know either, but we should definitely organize a gradcafe meetup!
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Interesting topic. I've been thinking about this actually,in my case my application results matched the enthusiasm shown by faculty members when I emailed back in November before my applications were even in. The faculty members who were really excited about my application and who emailed back and forth about it, their schools were the first to accept with very kind words and generous funding. The ones who seemed uninterested or didn't reply to my email sent their standard rejections much later.
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Hello, all
I am confused about two choices, could you help me to give me some advice?
I got an offer from WUSTL (chinese literature) and was admitted to the MA program of Columbia University (no funding at all). It seems the department at Columbia is stronger than that in WUSTL though the general rankings from USnews are similar.
Also, I want to audit some courses in the business school and Columbia is stronger.
However, I cannot afford the expensive tuition fee of Columbia.
Anyone knows about the two schools?
Can you give some help?
Thank you very much indeed.
hey there. though i applied for the PhD, i also got offered the MA with no funding at columbia. it's certainly a good program (i'm interested in literature as well), but with no funding, plus it being an MA and not the PhD program, it is a not an option for me. columbia is better known than WUSTL of course, though quickly looking through WUSTL's EAS website, the program there actually seemed pretty good. plus, if they offer you funding..
is the supervisor very important to you at this stage? do you prefer people you've contacted with at columbia/WUSTL? if you're not planning on working on something extremely specific that you can only work on with prof. x, then personally i'd just go where the money is, especially considering that WUSTL seems to have a pretty good MA program. grad school is tough enough already, let alone if you have to worry about being in debt.
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sorry to hear about Harvard..
as for Stanford, i got no email, though that probably doesn't count too much in your case as i only hear things through the Fulbright office (i'm not allowed direct contact with the depts, etc. *sigh*). why don't you try calling the dept directly though? it's annoying that they don't update their online app notifications.
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ok, just got rejections from harvard and stanford, letters postmarked 27th and 24th feb, respectively.
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Yale
in 2009 Archive
Hi all! Congrads on getting in to Yale. I'm going for Religious Studies. Anyone here happen to work on South Asia (in any way, shape, or form!)well, not quite south asia, but east asia
and just out of curiosity, are you the bye bye wendy poster?
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weird, the same thing happened to me with columbia. i got in the MA though, with no funding. the letter of "acceptance" isn't too exciting or congratulatory, just a bit meh - it feels like they don't want me or want me to want them. in your case though, don't they offer any timeframe of when a decision will be out?
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Theresatwist, just out of curiosity are you really still waiting on Ohio State? I got my decision from there, but I know someone who is still waiting and they are wondering if everyone else knows already.
yup, still waiting on OSU, haven't heard a peep back. i hope your friend keeps his/her spirits up - to be honest, this whole process is a bit random. in the end (and this would especially be valid for PhD applications) i think smaller and fewer and far between depts such as the east asian studies ones basically take on students who fit in with whatever their faculty members are interested in researching themselves. of course you probably have to have good grades and decent language skills and all, but the reason i got into yale (i believe) is because my research proposal fits in extremely well with what my potential supervisor is currently working on and will be concentrating on in the future. in that way, it's extremely subjective and kinda quirky.
now the real mystery for me is why this takes so long and how come some people hear way before others for exactly the same program at exactly the same school? ::shrugs::
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I'm still waiting to hear from Columbia's Ph.D. program, and it looks like a few people have heard already; I looked at the Columbia EALC posts from years past, though, and it seems they can often stretch out the notification window--not so kind on my nerves. Also, there is inconsistency in how they respond: some hear by an e-mail, others by phone, and still others by post. Any thoughts from the forum on Columbia's acceptances this year?
can't help much. but i found out online through the application site - have you checked there? i wonder what the intake for columbia is actually. i'll be declining the (unfunded) MA offer i got from them, though i would've loved to go there.
what's your focus within east asian studies? chicago seems really good though! i'm not sure why i didn't apply there as well, now i'm looking at the EALC website and it looks great. congrats on your admittance!
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thanks for the replies! yeah, i'll get in touch with some current grads and find out. a wee desk of one's own is always nice
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Theresatwist: Congrats on Columbia! I'm sorry about the funding situation, obviously. Will you wait to hear from Harvard and Stanford?
I don't know if they've made all their acceptances already and are just slow in sending out rejections. There were some posts saying that one or two people had gotten into the MA program at Harvard in the results section in mid-February, but I found it strange that those people didn't post in this forum. It also seems that if that were true those who were rejected should have heard by now too. Ah, mind games! Meanwhile, I've seen nothing on Stanford anywhere. I think my first choice is probably UW-Seattle. They did send me an e-mail a few weeks ago saying letters would be sent out by post in early March. This would be early March. Of course, I'm on the other side of the country. This has to come to a conclusion within the next two weeks or so, right? I'm talking about master's programs here. I feel like my sanity is seriously on the line. If they're going to reject me let's have it and be done with it already.
thanks, leahlearns!
but yes, sanity is the operative word here: i think i'm going to hold my decisions another week, but as all of us, i'm just dying to get this over and done with and am thinking about settling for what i have right now which is yale. though i'm already feeling a bit too stupid for yale, and have ordered some amazon books to catch up on undergrad readings..
best of luck with UW-seattle! i'll be keeping my virtual fingers crossed for you
chris: so at the moment you're choosing between UCSD and UCLA? hope we both get some harvard news soon!
maggieda: wow, that's a pretty good choice of schools you got there! i know a couple of people who did east asian MAs at Oxford and have heard really good things about the program. i suppose you have the advantage of it being faster than studying for an MA in the US. though depending on your interests, harvard would probably trump oxford.. or not?
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i checked the online app and there was a reply from columbia. they accepted me for the MA with the following reasons:
"The task of selecting an entering class from among so many qualified applicants is a difficult one. The Committee on Admissions in East Asian Languages and Cultures is unable to offer you admission to the Ph.D. However, your application was extremely competitive and the department has, therefore, accepted you into the M.A. program."
they offer zero funding though, and make a note about the bleak columbia housing situation.
it's a pity, as i'd have liked to have the choice between yale and columbia. i won't grumble too much though. i guess new haven it is then!
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I thought someone should create a thread for us foreign Fulbrighters applying for 2009-2010 entry.
What have been people's experiences so far with the whole application process? In my case we're not really allowed to contact departments ourselves during the time the IIE is taking care of placements - is this valid for other Fulbrighters? Does anyone know anything yet about the orientation we'll have in the US come August/September?
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I don't know if this is the info you want, but I was told the decisions for EALAC were made February 18. The letter I got in the mail was dated February 26.
thanks torakichi! and congratulations on the acceptance! i don't know much about the japanese literature studies scene in the US, but all those universities have ace east asian depts in general. any idea what you'll choose yet?
Fulbright Foreign Students 2009-2010
in IHOG: International House of Grads
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woah! all these posts!
i'm from Portugal actually, but i haven't really heard anything very concrete from our local Fulbright office about how the home residency requirement works or how it has been for local Fulbrighters in previous years. i suppose they will mention it when the time comes, though what Raddles is saying makes quite a lot of sense, and i imagine the requirement won't be enforced too strictly.
it'd be lovely to go somewhere nice and warm for the orientation thing. i'll be moving to New Haven, CT as soon as the J-1 visa allows and i know i will sit there in july and august bracing myself for the winter to come, so Miami for orientation would be really nice..!
Tobson, any word on your school yet? i'll keep my fingers crossed for you!