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  1. Hello, I am not sure if this topic has already been addressed, but I looked for something like this and couldn't find anything..... I am currently in a PhD program and I will be leaving after this semester for a lot of reasons (some personal, some academic). I have been accepted into an Ivy League school's MA program, and I am thinking about getting a second masters to help me focus my research interests (I am thinking about switching my focus) and to help me get into a better school at a better location. So while I am hoping that a second masters, especially one from an Ivy League school, will improve my chances of getting into another PhD program down the line, I am scared to death that having to admit that I left a program will kill my chances. Will schools only look at me as a financial risk and waste of time? Has anyone been in a similar situation?
  2. Hi Tang116, I just wanted to add that with a degree in sociology you can make more than 24k a year. not MUCH more of course, but that is a really low salary. I am not sure about social work, but you could do something similar (career coach, program coordinator, etc.) and make between 32-38 for sure. You just need to get into a mid-size or large non-profit. This is where all of my working experience is, and its hard to find good people with a degree and experience to do direct service. Its not a good market I know, but I would start applying.
  3. I am moving there from New Jersey, and I have only been out there once (to look for an apartment). Where are you living?
  4. Yes I will be joining the PhD program in American Cultural Studies. Are you already in the area or are you moving there?
  5. I know this is probably a stupid question, but I am wondering how PhD students should dress, especially in the beginning of the semester and orientation period. I did complete my MA, and dress was casual, but for some reason this seems more official, and I don't want to show up on the first day in jeans if everyone is business casual. Any advice would be appreciated.
  6. Thanks everyone for your helpful information, maybe I am just stressing over nothing. But maybe I should have been clearer in my initial post. I am teaching this class by myself, there is no prof teaching the course giving me papers to grade, its all me. What stressed me the most is that my advisor sent an email to all first year phds telling us that we should have been contacted by our departments by now, and I hadn't. But I will chill, for now, and try to enjoy my summer.
  7. The school I am attending in the fall offered me a teaching assistantship that has me teaching an Intro class. My program is very interdisciplinary, so I am actually teaching in American Studies, even though I will be attending their Women's Studies Program. The problem is that the American Studies staff has been less than helpful in getting me ready for the fall. I had to send multiple emails just to get them to send me some basic information (class time, policies for ordering books, etc.) But so far there has been no help or guidance in planning the curriculum or figuring out the logistics. Is this normal? Is it too early for the department to start thinking about these things? Or, am I supposed to be doing this completely on my own?
  8. I will be attending a PhD program in the fall. I have a full tuition waiver plus a stipend, but the stipend won't be enough to pay all of my expenses for the year. What kind of loans would be best? Can you get government loans if they are not for tuition, and what is the deal with the Grad Plus loans? Help!
  9. I am in a little bit of a different situation. At my work, everyone knows I am leaving except my boss. All my co-workers are really happy for me, but my boss will be upset because I do a lot and I know they don't have the funds to fill my position once I leave. Plus, another department manager just left last week. It is weird though, to hear my boss talk about events that will happen in the fall, meanwhile I know that I obviously won't be there. My boss and I don't have the best relationship, so it will be really nice to tell her that I am leaving, I just know that she will make my life miserable once she knows the truth.
  10. Anyone starting in the fall? I will be moving there over the summer to begin a PhD program.
  11. I also got a rejection notice via the website. I am pretty bummed, they were one of my top choice programs.
  12. Hang in there. I applied to 12 schools, and so far I have been rejected from 5, wait listed to 3, and I am still waiting to hear from 4. So I really do understand how you feel. The waiting is killing me, its a stressful time at work anyway and I can't concentrate at all. I really hope this will be over soon.
  13. so its nothing official, yet, but I called a school today that I STILL have not heard from to ask for an update on my status. The woman told me that I have not been accepted, but not to give up hope because "anything can happen." Anything can happen? Meaning, hell COULD freeze over and we might think you are good enough to come here. Hold out hope, stranger things have happened. Just tell me I am rejected and move on.
  14. i still havent heard anything, but i didnt e-mail them. i will email them early next week if i dont hear....let me know what happens with you!
  15. So far I have been rejected from three schools and wait listed to two. I am still waiting to hear from 7. So far no one else on the forum seems to have heard from the schools I am waiting on, so I am still holding out hope.
  16. Thanks! Please let me know when you hear something back from the school. I tried to call them but didnt get an answer.
  17. yes, i picked a bunch of disciplines, and i havent heard from a bunch of them. has anyone heard anything from: Rutgers Newark-American Studies PhD The New School-Sociology PhD University of Maryland-Women's Studies PhD Brandeis- Sociology PhD The Ohio State University-Women's Studies PhD At this point I honestly don't think i will be accepted into any of these, but i can't help but feel slightly hopeful......
  18. I am also waiting to hear from this program, and its my first choice school. ugh. my hope is quickly fading. accepted: 0 wait list: 2 rejected: 1 still waiting: 9
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