stressbot3000 Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Congrats to the Columbia interviewee, whoever you are!
aporeticpoetic Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Anyone know if Columbia interviews all of their prospective candidates?
thismortalcoil Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 3 minutes ago, aporeticpoetic said: Anyone know if Columbia interviews all of their prospective candidates? I have a friend who interviewed with Columbia last year and did not get admitted. She told me afterwards that the questions asked of her were with respect to her project and its suitability for the school. I have another friend who did not interview with Columbia and was admitted directly to their PhD in English. It would seem, then, that Columbia does not interview all prospective candidates. (It should be noted, however: she was an American student, he was Canadian. Perhaps they do not interview international applicants? Hard to tell.) a l l c a p s, azuree and aporeticpoetic 3
Eucerin Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 2 hours ago, FiguresIII said: Wow just got an invite to Duke's 2nd round! I was totally convinced I was out. Anyone else got news? Not really enough funding for me to actually attend though, coming from Europe... Congrats!!!! I haven't heard anything from Duke. I am sure that I am out oh well.
poliscar Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 17 hours ago, Eucerin said: @sad_diamond Thank you!!! I really like the program and can't be more happy. But I am still kind of worry about the funding situation ? Anyone know anything about Berkeley rhetoric funding? As a current Berkeley grad student (not in Rhetoric, thankfully), don't do it unless you get a Mellon or something. Funding and teaching are distributed very unevenly in the department—some admitted students have to teach from their first semester onward—and research funding for graduate students was recently cut entirely.
poliscar Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 Also, if you have any intention of working with Shannon Jackson at Berkeley, know that she recently gave a job talk at Yale. Eucerin 1
WildeThing Posted January 30, 2019 Posted January 30, 2019 3 hours ago, aporeticpoetic said: Anyone know if Columbia interviews all of their prospective candidates? My understanding is that the medieval camp interviews (perhaps some others) but not at all specializations. While being interviewed is probably a good sign that you’re being considered, it doesn’t seem to be a prerequisite like Emory or Chicago.
sad_diamond Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 8 hours ago, FiguresIII said: Wow just got an invite to Duke's 2nd round! I was totally convinced I was out. Anyone else got news? I also got the invite to the 2nd round dilby, circadians and FiguresIII 3
dilby Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) Waitlisted at Rice!!! edit: lol and I also swapped my GRE verbal and quantitative scores Edited January 31, 2019 by dilby circadians, Maylee, beardedlady and 5 others 7 1
havemybloodchild Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 Congrats @FiguresIII @sad_diamond @dilby!!!!!!!
Eucerin Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 3 hours ago, poliscar said: As a current Berkeley grad student (not in Rhetoric, thankfully), don't do it unless you get a Mellon or something. Funding and teaching are distributed very unevenly in the department—some admitted students have to teach from their first semester onward—and research funding for graduate students was recently cut entirely. Thank you! I will keep it in mind; ultimately, it depends on what they can offer me and what my other options are. I am really hoping berkeley can give me something competitive ... my professors and advisors seem to value the prestige of the school on the job market... Mumasatus 1
WildeingOut Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 Congrats to those who found out about interviews, waitlists & acceptances today!! Quick question: what does "GPA is MA" mean? I get that "MA" is obviously "Master's," but what's the significance? Never seen that outside of this site.
Sav Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, WildeingOut said: Congrats to those who found out about interviews, waitlists & acceptances today!! Quick question: what does "GPA is MA" mean? I get that "MA" is obviously "Master's," but what's the significance? Never seen that outside of this site. I’ve always interpreted as the GPA they’ve listed is their MA GPA rather than their BA GPA.
havemybloodchild Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 12 minutes ago, WildeingOut said: Congrats to those who found out about interviews, waitlists & acceptances today!! Quick question: what does "GPA is MA" mean? I get that "MA" is obviously "Master's," but what's the significance? Never seen that outside of this site. From what I can tell expectations for MA grades are quite different than those for BA. Like a 3.0 for MA is pretty not great, whereas a 4.0 is fairly typical. (correct me if I’m wrong, this is just what I’ve inferred from posts on this site) Mumasatus 1
Sav Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 15 minutes ago, kendalldinniene said: From what I can tell expectations for MA grades are quite different than those for BA. Like a 3.0 for MA is pretty not great, whereas a 4.0 is fairly typical. (correct me if I’m wrong, this is just what I’ve inferred from posts on this site) That sounds right to me. I know in my program, at least, if you make below a B it’s considered failing. So, a 3.0 would be the lowest you could get and still have passed all your classes.
Renzo Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 15 minutes ago, kendalldinniene said: From what I can tell expectations for MA grades are quite different than those for BA. Like a 3.0 for MA is pretty not great, whereas a 4.0 is fairly typical. (correct me if I’m wrong, this is just what I’ve inferred from posts on this site) The poster may be having the same issue as me -- I don't actually see any GPAs or any other stats on the results page, but maybe I'm just being an idiot.
Sav Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 Just now, Renzo said: The poster may be having the same issue as me -- I don't actually see any GPAs or any other stats on the results page, but maybe I'm just being an idiot. If you click the red diamond icon it’ll show you.
havemybloodchild Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Sav said: If you click the red diamond icon it’ll show you. It took me a ridiculously long time to realize this...
Renzo Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, kendalldinniene said: It took me a ridiculously long time to realize this... Ha, thanks to you both!!
beardedlady Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 1 hour ago, dilby said: Waitlisted at Rice!!! Congrats, that's really awesome! I'm still impatiently waiting to hear from them, and it seems to me that they're not following their previous notification pattern (yes, I'm now researching patterns). I mean, I assume it's a no, but hoping for a maybe? Anyway, the department looks super cool, I'm crossing my fingers for you ? dilby 1
jusrain Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 For people waiting on Chicago, they’re closed until midday tomorrow so I’m assuming things are delayed (they had said Wed/Thurs but wouldn’t be surprised if it’s later).
placeinspace Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 @swarthmawr yeah this morning a bunch of us were talking about that but Warelin said last year there were acceptances even if the school was closed, so you never know!!
mwils15 Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 35 minutes ago, swarthmawr said: For people waiting on Chicago, they’re closed until midday tomorrow so I’m assuming things are delayed (they had said Wed/Thurs but wouldn’t be surprised if it’s later). I wish I'd thought of the weather myself. I just found out Northwestern was closed today and doesn't reopen until noon tomorrow. I sat around all day in anticipation from nothing lol jusrain 1
jusrain Posted January 31, 2019 Posted January 31, 2019 44 minutes ago, placeinspace said: @swarthmawr yeah this morning a bunch of us were talking about that but Warelin said last year there were acceptances even if the school was closed, so you never know!! Oops, sorry for the repeat post then! @mwils15 lol me too, then my mom asked if they’d even be in office today and I was like... oh. Duh.
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