jshilpetski

So where's everybody finding their application status? I can't find an email with any information about it. I mean, I'll probably be rejected, but I haven't gotten an email or letter from them yet.

Firstly, I'm new here, so, um, hi. I'm applying to grad school now for a PhD in Literature. I have a few apps complete (Ohio State, University of Maryland, Washington University in St. Louis,) and I have a few mostly complete with later deadlines (University of Washington and University of Florida). I was going to apply to a few other schools, but I've been dissuaded by some faculty mentors from applying to them because I probably wouldn't get in. (University of Michigan, UCLA, UPenn.) So, I was wondering if anyone could help me identify some decent to great English PhD programs with early January or later deadlines. I'd like to specialize in Renaissance / Medieval British literature, preferably with psychoanalysis, but that wouldn't be necessary. I haven't taken the GRE Subject test, so any school that requires it would be out. I've been looking into Penn State and University of Alabama's Hudson Strode Program in Renaissance Studies. Any advice would really be appreciated.