Music History and/or Theory applicants?

[ethno]

There are actually quite a few programs that require students to go through the MA program before getting the PhD.

I was fully funded for my MA so I know it is possible. I think you may be right with regard to how the economy will impact funding for MA students. I mean, even PhD applicants are feeling that crunch.

What is your field? Where are you applying?

[KMyles]

Hi Everyone, I just found this forum the other day and passed the information along to my other music pals. It's good to have a place to share information during this process. I've applied to McGill, University of North Texas, Washington University in St. Louis, and Berkeley. So far I've heard from McGill with an acceptance and a rejection from Washington in St. Louis. McGill is one of my top choices, but the funding I received was very small, so not sure how that would ever work.

Like Joel, I'm also curious about Berkeley...

[Joel418]

I talked to the music admissions office at Berkeley today, and they said that they have been delayed in the musicology department, but that they should be sending out decisions next week. Also, they said that "no decisions are final yet". HA-lelujah!

[Joel418]

Well, never mind. I was just thrown out with the trash at Berkeley Ooooooooh well!

[KMyles]

I was also thrown out with the trash at Berkeley. I feel better knowing though one way or the other.

[Joel418]

Well, you guys were right! After a long, sad period of only receiving rejections, I finally had a couple of acceptances come through. Update: finally one with secure funding too!

To all of you who pass this way NEXT YEAR: don't get caught up try to "figure out" the method of the ad coms (i.e., acceptances only come by phone; this program notifies by this time; if you plant a Mr. T action figure in your front yard with the mohak facing NE, you will get into all of your programs; etc.). They all do it their own way, and you will find out when you find out.

[ErinM]

Well, I've decided to accept at UNC. I visited on Monday and really liked it, and also, it's the only school to have offered me full funding (I thought I would have heard about that from Michigan by now, but I haven't - it doesn't matter, because I liked UNC better anyway).

I still haven't heard anything from Boston U., but I'm tired of waiting (and if it takes them this long to do everything, I wouldn't want to go there anyway).

Have any of the rest of you made your decisions yet?

[Joel418]

I'm heading out to Boston a week from Monday to visit Brandeis, and honestly, short of a good number of kicks to the crotch by duly designated Brandeis representatives, I will be accepting their offer. It will be so exciting to study with Dr. Chafe, and of course, to be in a major metro! (I just got the mailer for the Boston Early Music Festival, and even though I can't go this year with moving expenses etc., it will be really fantastic to start going regularly next year )

U of Illinois is a great school, but the prof I was planning to study with suddenly retired this year, and of course the search to replace him was canceled due to budgetary issues. UPitt is a fine school, but I guess I'll just say that I'm not really feeling like it would be the best place for me.