MonsieurHonoré Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Bonjour à tous, à toutes! (Pasting this here as well, as it's my first time on GradCafé and idk which forum is more appropriate) I've applied to several PhD programs in French (some : NYU, Yale, Princeton, Brown, UVA, Cornell, etc.) and I'm most impatiently waiting to hear any news ... so far, the radio silence is starting to get to me. Has anyone heard anything ... anything at all (from anywhere - doesn't have to be the above listed schools)? Any news or information would be appreciated immensely! I'm an Early Modernist currently finishing an MA with several niche areas of research, so for the purpose of anonymity, I'm going to leave it at that. Wishing everyone good luck and an awesome 2020! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volodine1 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Looks like someone heard (other) from princeton. I applied to princeton, nyu ifs, penn, rutgers, cuny and Columbia. I heard from dgs at rutgers letting me know my letters were in. There had been a holdup. MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Glad to hear from someone else ... and that post in the admissions decision page was actually one that I put on there earlier lol to see in anyone else heard. They took my other post down when I didn't put "email" on there, so sorry for the false alarm! Not really sure how this site works yet or what the protocol is, but I just did what I saw someone else do there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 There was a holdup with two of my letters as well, but they all ended up getting submitted thankfully - such a stressful thing. One of my rec letters was like 5 or 6 days late, Oh well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinyu_uynix Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) Hi there, I applied to Princeton, NYU, Columbia, Berkeley, Yale, Harvard, and Duke. Haven't heard anything yet, so as you can imagine - stressed out of my mind!! Edited January 16, 2020 by xinyu_uynix MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Kerans Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Bonjour tout le monde ! The forum has been surprisingly silent regarding PhD programs in French this season. I am glad we finally have a thread. I applied to NYU, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell and Yale. I don't know when we'll start hearing back from the programs... In the meantime, fingers are crossed for everyone! MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volodine1 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 good luck to everyone. do people have a top choice? mine is probably princeton, but also penn and maybe rutgers and nyu. those are def the top four. MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Agreed! and yes - good luck and fingers crossed. This waiting game is killing me haha- I can't expect too much from UVA or Cornell yet, as the deadline was just yesterday. If anyone hears anything, any info would be much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 @Volodine1 Mine is probably Yale because of the resources for Early Modernists, though UVA is really nice as well - but I'm really enjoying the program I'm currently in - it's given me a ton of teaching experience in 2 years' time (I've been able to teach like 5 or 6 classes already) and a lot of freedom, so if I do get accepted anywhere else, it's going to be a tough decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Kerans Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 (edited) @Volodine1 Harvard or NYU would be ideal options! Mostly because of the faculty. Edited January 16, 2020 by Robert_Kerans MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 They both have really stellar faculty - I was going to apply to Harvard too but ended up getting really, really sick at the beginning of December. The app was due sooo early! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmanuelle Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Hi Here, I applied to French history, so NYU (ifs), Columbia, JHU, CUNY, Duke, Chicago, U Penn, Rutgers. Hope to know if anyone gets news from NYU IFS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Kerans Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 @MonsieurHonoré indeed, the deadline was really early. It was really stressful to wrap up the application in time, but it eventually allowed me to be more relaxed for the other applications since I re-used more or less the same pieces. @Emmanuelle best of luck! Also, to all of you on here: what were your GRE scores like? Mine were really good for the verbal section, average for quantitative, and average/low for analytical writing. To be honest, I had not prepared at all, and I am an international applicant so the whole standardized test kind of thing really unnerved me. I really hope the admissions committee will have a holistic approach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 @Robert_Kerans My GRE scores were all fairly average, verbal being the highest, with the quantitative being the worst (they don't look at the math really though, at least that's what I've been told during my first and now second time doing this). I'm hoping that the conferences and research/teaching experience that I've done makes up for it. I asked one of my profs here, and he said in all honesty, don't worry about it too much - and while it does depend, many of the programs just have that on the requirements list because it is a school-wide requirement, and many, including NYU, Brown, UVA, Princeton have dropped it (depending on the program - I applied to literature for NYU). I HATE standardised testing personally, I don't believe in it, and I find it an unrealistic representation of a person. If you're an international student, I might even worry about it less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volodine1 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 I wouldn’t worry much about the GRE scores. Half the programs I applied to didn’t require them. The strongest component of my application is my writing sample as well as publications and conferences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milyd Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) I'm so happy there's finally an active thread. I've applied to UVA, Tulane, Penn State, UNM and Boston University. Edited January 17, 2020 by Milyd MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 17, 2020 Author Share Posted January 17, 2020 @Milyd Best of luck!! Tulane has a great funding package, and the DGS was extremely nice and personable a year and a half ago (I think it's still the same prof). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milyd Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 8 hours ago, MonsieurHonoré said: @Milyd Best of luck!! Tulane has a great funding package, and the DGS was extremely nice and personable a year and a half ago (I think it's still the same prof). Merci! I think it's still him because the person I talked to was extremely nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 Looks like someone heard from Princeton on Saturday - not sure if they send interview invites out in waves, some do, but congrats if that was any of you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volodine1 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 It wasn’t me but it looks like at least two people have received invites from princeton. Hopefully they are still reviewing apps. MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 @Volodine1 Best of luck!!! I have a feeling more news will either be posted online or one of us on this thread may hear from a school tomorrow since it's after MLK day and they've had a chance to reflect. Super nervous for the coming two weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Kerans Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Tings are getting stressful haha! MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volodine1 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Things are heating up. Let’s hope for some decisions coming in this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonsieurHonoré Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 @Robert_Kerans Dear god I know ... I hate this waiting game more than the high app fees lol. I just wanna know at minimum if I need to renew my lease for the next year ... Ughhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xinyu_uynix Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 there have been a number of false alarms on the result page...which I totally get!! but never fails to give me split seconds of heart attack ? MonsieurHonoré 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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