vampireduck Posted December 6, 2021 Share Posted December 6, 2021 Hi. I know someone already made a thread for 2022 film and media studies applicants, but it was created a while ago and it doesn't look like it is receiving much attention, so I thought I would make a new thread. To which schools are you applying? How do you feel about your application thus far? What are your research interests? I am not applying to very many schools because I am struggling to find programs that fit my interests. I am very nervous about my few applications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larama Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 (edited) Up to now I've applied to Berkeley, UCSB, Austin and Indiana. I'm very nervous because I gave up on trying a PhD in my home country to focus on US applications. Edited December 8, 2021 by larama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampireduck Posted December 8, 2021 Author Share Posted December 8, 2021 17 hours ago, larama said: Up to now I've applied to Berkeley, UCSB, Austin and Indiana. I'm very nervous because I gave up on trying a PhD in my home country to focus on US applications. I would hope that you being an international applicant would help your chances, especially since US schools generally value diversity of experience/thought, even at the PhD level. Out of the ones you have applied to, I have also applied to UT Austin. May I ask to which emphasis you applied? I am also very nervous, mostly because I did not feel my writing sample was very strong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larama Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 4 hours ago, vampireduck said: I would hope that you being an international applicant would help your chances, especially since US schools generally value diversity of experience/thought, even at the PhD level. Out of the ones you have applied to, I have also applied to UT Austin. May I ask to which emphasis you applied? I am also very nervous, mostly because I did not feel my writing sample was very strong... Thank you! Hopefully your writing is great and you just feel that way because of the anxiety. By emphasis you mean the interests we had to list? I put Global Cinema & Media as my first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larama Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 12/8/2021 at 2:49 PM, vampireduck said: May I ask to which emphasis you applied? What about you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THenri Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/6/2021 at 7:01 PM, vampireduck said: Hi. I know someone already made a thread for 2022 film and media studies applicants, but it was created a while ago and it doesn't look like it is receiving much attention, so I thought I would make a new thread. To which schools are you applying? How do you feel about your application thus far? What are your research interests? I am not applying to very many schools because I am struggling to find programs that fit my interests. I am very nervous about my few applications. hey!! I am applying to PhD programs in comm or media studies. I have applied to 15 programs lol As an international student, I am very afraid Of not getting anywhere ? I do not feel very confident about my app. I made some mistakes in my SOP that I realized only few days ago. And my writing sample is not that strong. Well, we see lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THenri Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 On 12/7/2021 at 9:31 PM, larama said: Up to now I've applied to Berkeley, UCSB, Austin and Indiana. I'm very nervous because I gave up on trying a PhD in my home country to focus on US applications. I also applied to UCSB, but to the COmm program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampireduck Posted January 31, 2022 Author Share Posted January 31, 2022 On 12/16/2021 at 7:18 PM, larama said: What about you? Hey, I'm so sorry for the very late reply! I applied to the Digital Media interest. I was told by a faculty member there that they receive the fewest number of applicants for Digital Media. Have you heard back from any of your other programs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larama Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 5 hours ago, vampireduck said: Hey, I'm so sorry for the very late reply! I applied to the Digital Media interest. I was told by a faculty member there that they receive the fewest number of applicants for Digital Media. Have you heard back from any of your other programs? Hi, I was rejected from UCSB and probably from UT Austin, because someone posted a interview on the results page. How are your applications going? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampireduck Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 6 minutes ago, larama said: Hi, I was rejected from UCSB and probably from UT Austin, because someone posted a interview on the results page. How are your applications going? I'm so sorry to hear about USCB. I hope your applications turn out better. I was also probably rejected from UT because I did not receive an interview invite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THenri Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Anyone else interviewed for the Ph.D. in Media, technology at Northwestern? How was your experience? Did they say when the results come out? I forgot to ask ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galpacino Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 I had an interview with UCLA last week. So so nervous!! The program is my top choice. Did anyone else here have one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyvalentine Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 On 2/5/2022 at 5:19 PM, Galpacino said: I had an interview with UCLA last week. So so nervous!! The program is my top choice. Did anyone else here have one? Hey, congrats on your interview! May I ask if you applied to the MA/PHD track or PHD? I applied to the MA/PHD and haven't heard back. Super nervous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galpacino Posted February 7, 2022 Share Posted February 7, 2022 To the poster above, I applied to the MA/PhD track but my app was (happily) kicked to the PhD pile. I don't believe they interview people going directly into the MA, so you should still have hope. Good luck!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyvalentine Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 9:14 PM, Galpacino said: To the poster above, I applied to the MA/PhD track but my app was (happily) kicked to the PhD pile. I don't believe they interview people going directly into the MA, so you should still have hope. Good luck!! Thank you so much for your reply. How exciting! I hope you get good news soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THenri Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I got accepted at the PhD in media, technology and society at northwestern!! Soooooo happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyvalentine Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 2 hours ago, THenri said: I got accepted at the PhD in media, technology and society at northwestern!! Soooooo happy OMG Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THenri Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 4 hours ago, mollyvalentine said: OMG Congrats! Thanks ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampireduck Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 Does anyone want to claim the UT Austin acceptance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
je46 Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Got a message from the DGS at the Yale film and media studies asking for a short zoom interview. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampireduck Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 Ah, I just got the email from UT that I have been waitlisted! A little annoying but so much better than outright rejection. I had already given up hope because I never had an interview. Did anyone else get waitlisted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhere00 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 21 hours ago, je46 said: Got a message from the DGS at the Yale film and media studies asking for a short zoom interview. I also got the same request! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sa24 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 23 hours ago, vampireduck said: Ah, I just got the email from UT that I have been waitlisted! A little annoying but so much better than outright rejection. I had already given up hope because I never had an interview. Did anyone else get waitlisted? Hi! I also got waitlisted yesterday, for the Masters Program. Pretty disappointed, but trying to take it in stride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galpacino Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 This is a baseless, nit-picky speculative question: I already posted about doing an interview with UCLA, which happened two weeks ago. I noticed on the grad application portal (where you can see your app materials and the date they were received) that the date next to my transcripts changed to 2/9, so a week or so after my interview. I was thinking this meant that they had been viewed by someone. Does anyone have a clue of what that means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhere00 Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 seems like Brown MCM decisions came out! Did anyone get admitted? Looks like a ton of rejections on the results page. I got rejected as well ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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