Hicks Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Is there anyone out there who was rejected from the PhD programs they wanted one year and then accepted the followiing year(s)? If so what did you change?
fullofpink Posted October 12, 2011 Posted October 12, 2011 Has your adviser to look over your application?
Hicks Posted October 12, 2011 Author Posted October 12, 2011 Yes, I've talked to my adviser. There are a couple of things I'm changing. But I'm curious what others have done. My adviser was surprised I didn't get in last round. But, I'm in a little different situation. I've been out of Grad School for five year (MFA painting/ MS Art History) and have been teaching at colleges for the last five years. But, I've gotten more interested in Art History and want to switch from primarily being in the studio to Art History. The other complicating factor is that my area of interest is the relationship between contemporary/ modern art and religion, especially Christianity. But I want to approach the field from an art historical not religious perspective. It is really hard to find a good POI for this which we think was a big part of my problem last year. The other thing was I made the stupid mistake of just submitting an excerpt of my thesis which probably came across a bit disjuncted. So, this year I will have a writing sample that is specifically suited for the applications.
losemygrip Posted October 13, 2011 Posted October 13, 2011 Something similar happened to me. At the master's level, I was admitted without financial aid to a graduate school, but after obtaining a terminal MA elsewhere, was given a great recruitment fellowship at the same institution. The odd thing was that I was told my GRE scores put me out of contention for a scholarship the first go-around, but the second time, those very same scores were what qualified me for the big fellowship.
fullofpink Posted October 14, 2011 Posted October 14, 2011 It's so tough to say. However, there is a good livejournal community that has a few entries on applying a second round, but some are not necessarily art history related. http://applyingtograd.livejournal.com/tag/ If you sign up, there's even more content (posts are MUCH more secure there). Best of luck!
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