JSK Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 So, my top program's website won't let me fill out the fellowship application because "the deadline has passed" even though the deadline is officially tomorrow night. Isn't that swell? This would be the saddest possible reason to take another year off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 JSK, give them a call. If you don't, you're effectively giving up before you try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) The danger of leaving things to the last minute: Penn's app allows for uploading of a writing sample in one spot, 500 kb limit. They want two writing samples, and the process of combining two writing samples to somehow be less than 500 kb involved removing all images, shrinking transcriptions to tiny tiny size, going back to times new roman from garamond, then UNEMBEDDING the fonts from the PDF document, changing everything to grayscale even though I thought it already was, and REMOVING my bibliographies, and finally, desperately, going to 1.5-spaced font. BARELY made the cut. also JSK did they fix the problem in time? Edited December 15, 2011 by snes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 I thought that the Penn app allowed a writing sample (2 combined, rather) of 2.5 KB... I managed to squeeze my ~50 pages into 2.3 KB, magically... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted December 15, 2011 Share Posted December 15, 2011 (edited) I thought that the Penn app allowed a writing sample (2 combined, rather) of 2.5 KB... I managed to squeeze my ~50 pages into 2.3 KB, magically... what what what what. (I'm assuming you actually mean mb not kb) This is what I saw: "Beginning Fall 2010, we will begin accepting writing samples online that do not exceed 500 kbs. " And I did try to submit something around 700 kb and it didn't let me. Edited December 15, 2011 by snes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 (edited) Oh right... I think I just got confused; this happens frequently. Sorry! PS: We don't have to send hard copy transcripts to Penn, right? Edited December 16, 2011 by Karajan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 nope, just uploaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I think that's right, too, but then I'm confused as to why it still says "Application status: Incomplete." They acknowledged receipt of my GRE scores, references, application fee, and transcript (not official) ... I don't know what I've missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 I think that's right, too, but then I'm confused as to why it still says "Application status: Incomplete." They acknowledged receipt of my GRE scores, references, application fee, and transcript (not official) ... I don't know what I've missed! Hmm. When did you submit? Maybe it needs a physical person to say "wait, this IS complete" like my Northwestern App which was marked as Incomplete for a while because they didn't have TOEFL scores that I never took because I'm not international. My Penn app obviously says incomplete because I just applied yesterday and they haven't noted that they received my GRE scores, but hopefully they'll update that soon and I'll see if mine also still says "Incomplete" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSK Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 Apparently Embark screwed my application up for a specific reason, but it's all fine now. Often times applications don't log mailed received supplemental materials for days or weeks afterwards. I don't think you should be too concerned, Karajan, this same sort of thing has happened to me before. I hate the limits too. I had to squeeze 50 pages (including a musical score) into 1 Mb for my Davis application the other day. Luckily the system didn't mind that I was about 100 kb over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Guys, I ran into file size limits with two universities. I just called the grad admissions departments and asked permission to email my supplemental materials as PDF documents. Size limits are ridiculous for things like scores or scholarly essays. Also, I turned in my applications (including the GRE scores, transcripts, etc) in mid-November and one of the schools still says my application is incomplete. I gave them a call and they confirmed that they take a while to update the online application status. The moral of the story is that you shouldn't worry. Having been through this before I can tell you that grad admissions departments take weeks (if not months) to process materials. You're all talented, bright individuals. Take a breath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Working on NYU right now. Christmas music is on in an attempt to get into the season. I even have an ugly Christmas sweater on. Well hello there, Embark! Missed you from last year. Do you like my sweater? No, please don't...not again...ugh, spontaneous log-out. Yay. My SoP. Critique for me please? "NYU is the school for me. At NYU, I'd like to study the history of the celebratory nature of bells, especially jingle bells. I'd also like to study the evolution of the Mannheim Rocket to the Mannheim Steamroller. In conclusion, summarily, did you know I say your name like this sometimes?: Nyoo." Karajan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSK Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Well, it's not much worse than the SoP I sent out last year.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalyst77 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Is anyone applying to Eastman? It seems prescreening is done, and interviews are being scheduled. Has anyone gone for an interview there before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Good luck with Eastman interviews, to everyone who has them! Have a good time! Next deadline for me is 31 Dec... Submitting apps is always fun times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Dammit Karajan, stop applying to half of the same schools and same programs I'm applying to. There is no way in hell I can compete!! parallel5th 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Haha, there are lots of good applicants--including you! You'll be just fine Hope to see you in the fall! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dharma Bum Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I'm glad to see that someone else is applying to UC Berkeley! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I'd be happy to go to any of the schools I'm applying to, but Berkeley is particularly attractive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dharma Bum Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Yeah, I definitely understand. I took a class in the music department during the summer of 2010 and really enjoyed my time in the Bay Area. On top of that, Richard Taruskin is one of my idols and I would love to work with him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted December 28, 2011 Share Posted December 28, 2011 Hmm. When did you submit? Maybe it needs a physical person to say "wait, this IS complete" like my Northwestern App which was marked as Incomplete for a while because they didn't have TOEFL scores that I never took because I'm not international. My Penn app obviously says incomplete because I just applied yesterday and they haven't noted that they received my GRE scores, but hopefully they'll update that soon and I'll see if mine also still says "Incomplete" Hey, Is your Penn app "incomplete"? Mine still is, apparently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 Thanks for reminding me to check. Yes, still incomplete. It also says they've received four GRE score reports although I've only taken the test twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted December 29, 2011 Share Posted December 29, 2011 How strange! Well, let's hope that after the new year things are sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comp12 Posted January 1, 2012 Author Share Posted January 1, 2012 Happy 2012 everyone! May this be the year we are become doctoral students! Does anyone know when schools begin inviting applicants for interviews? snes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snes Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I don't know. I've been trolling the history of music interviews on the results board but there's not much data. It's never clear which schools even interview, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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