Notification dates for MA vs. PhD

[thinkagain]

Do MA applications typically go under review after the PhDs? Or do they have a separate AdCom entirely? I applied to 7 schools (all MA programs), haven't heard a peep from one so I'm just trying to make some sense of it. Only one (Georgetown) is a terminal MA so obviously that isn't effected by PhD apps.

[bored54]

Do MA applications typically go under review after the PhDs? Or do they have a separate AdCom entirely? I applied to 7 schools (all MA programs), haven't heard a peep from one so I'm just trying to make some sense of it. Only one (Georgetown) is a terminal MA so obviously that isn't effected by PhD apps.

Yes, at least in my experience, MA applicants are considered after PhD applicants. That is to say, when I was admitted to my MA program two years ago, I found out a week (or perhaps two) after the PhD applicants.

[bored54]

Do MA applications typically go under review after the PhDs? Or do they have a separate AdCom entirely? I applied to 7 schools (all MA programs), haven't heard a peep from one so I'm just trying to make some sense of it. Only one (Georgetown) is a terminal MA so obviously that isn't effected by PhD apps.

Yes, at least in my experience, MA applicants are considered after PhD applicants. That is to say, when I was admitted to my MA program two years ago, I found out a week (or perhaps two) after the PhD applicants.

[EAL2010]

Well, at the school I'm at right now, they made offers to MAs before they even looked at the PhD applications. And the two other schools I applied to seem to have made offers to MAs but not PhDs. So it sounds like it could go either way...which isn't much of an answer for you.

[Jennifer]

I've been wondering the same as I incessantly scan the results here. It's torture to see so many people accepted every day. I too applied to Georgetown (and it's my first choice.) Some other schools I applied to have began notifying people but I see a lot of them are PHD candidates. I didn't do a lot of research about the PHD process at those places but maybe I should have so I would have a better sense of the timeline.

p.s (5 applications, no word on any of them so far, did email all last week for approximate dates and i've heard soon-ish from all)