LitHope Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Anyone heard back from an English PhD / MA program yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonacademic Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=english I'm expecting, looking at previous years, to hear back no sooner than early February, if I'm lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LitHope Posted January 19, 2011 Author Share Posted January 19, 2011 I also had thought Feb to March, but a well qualified friend just got a reject from a large state university so I was just curious. Thinking it might be a SUPER competitive year! http://www.thegradca...x.php?q=english I'm expecting, looking at previous years, to hear back no sooner than early February, if I'm lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medievalmaniac Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 I also had thought Feb to March, but a well qualified friend just got a reject from a large state university so I was just curious. Thinking it might be a SUPER competitive year! There's at least one rejection posted for Comp Lit. in this forum already this year, but it is very early for Humanities folks to be hearing back. I second the late February/Early March suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherJake Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 From what I've seen on the results board from previous years, Interviews can happen in Feb-March, but Ph.D results usually come in March. Some Masters' programs are the only ones responding this early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexdelarge Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Yeah, most of the schools I applied to (UCs) said they would not be doing interviews. I don't know why science and math depts churn the decisions out so much quicker. I thought there would be few applicants. I really can't imagine there is a huge number of english PhD applications, at least in this economy--everyone I know seems to tell me I am insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOtherJake Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 On 1/19/2011 at 9:30 PM, lservitje said: I thought there would be few applicants. I really can't imagine there is a huge number of english PhD applications, at least in this economy--everyone I know seems to tell me I am insane. I thought that too, but one professor mentioned - and so did a few blogs and other anecdotal sources - that the lack of many jobs is actually increasing grad school applications a lot. I suppose if you're smart and motivated enough to go to graduate school, and there don't seem to be any jobs available, it seems like a good idea. Or at least a place to chill out until well-paying jobs are available. Too bad for those of us who always wanted to go in the first place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyPilgrim Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Do you think we're facing the same odds this year? or worse? better? how do we know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshirequeen Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 only a handful of schools do interviews (emory, NYU, northwestern although i can't remember if they stopped). several schools i applied to will likely send out decisions mid-feb (maryland, vanderbilt, pittsburgh, etc). michigan state used to notify end of jan, although that seems not the case last year. they did start notifying people in the rhet/comm track already though. most MA programs are not the first to respond. My friend who is currently a first year PhD student at Northwestern said that Northwestern did not do interviews last year, so we can probably anticipate that they won't be doing them this year. ancientgeek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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