Timshel Posted October 31, 2011 Author Posted October 31, 2011 On 10/30/2011 at 5:13 PM, BurningShips said: University of Maryland, University of Connecticut, University of Delaware, LSU, NYU, Johns Hopkins, Auburn, Vanderbilt, WUSTL, and Rutgers University. I am indeed a dreamer. What program DO you think you might get into? What program do you want to get into the most (I know Cornell is clearly a favorite)? I don't think of any of my schools as safety schools because you never know what they are looking for that year, but favorites for me would probably be Buffalo or Cornell.
Timshel Posted October 31, 2011 Author Posted October 31, 2011 Okay, I think I have a finalized list...??? Ole Miss, Miami, LSU, Kansas, and Purdue. Another school may possibly make the cut, but I'm not 100% sure at this time. I'm surprised that you aren't applying to Miami with your interest in Caribbean lit. They are very well-known for that.
lolopixie Posted October 31, 2011 Posted October 31, 2011 I'm surprised that you aren't applying to Miami with your interest in Caribbean lit. They are very well-known for that. Look again Miami is the 2nd school listed, and is actually my top choice.
Timshel Posted October 31, 2011 Author Posted October 31, 2011 Look again Miami is the 2nd school listed, and is actually my top choice. Ahhh! I don't know how I missed it! Good luck with Miami! They have a great program! I'm sure you'll be a shoe-in!
lolopixie Posted November 1, 2011 Posted November 1, 2011 Ahhh! I don't know how I missed it! Good luck with Miami! They have a great program! I'm sure you'll be a shoe-in! Gah!!! I hope so LOL
yank in the M20 Posted November 4, 2011 Posted November 4, 2011 UBC, Virginia, UI Bloomington, Pitt, Colorado, Univ. of Oregon, and Western Michigan--this is my second application season as the first time around I applied only to two in the top 10 and one in the top 25: Brown, Duke and Northwestern. I've really nailed down my topic since then and hope that the spread of universities will mean I get in somewhere, though my dream schools are UBC and Virginia. Indolomena, I'm in the UK at the moment, did my MA here, so I can give a bit of perspective on differences in the systems. In the UK probably anyone on these boards could get into a Russell Group university (I'm not familiar with Oxbridge so I won't comment there)--I got into the two I applied applied to for my MA and I'd been out of school for ten years since my undergrad and my writing sample, looking back at it now, was horrid, and I wasn't even an English undergrad. That's not to downplay the quality of the UK Unis, it's just that they will accept most people and fund or give partial funding to few. As the American universities provide at least limited funding to everyone, I would say that getting into one of the R1 institutions is equivalent to getting in with fees paid at a UK institution. And getting in to the top 20 is probably equivalent to getting full funding from a UK University, of Russell Group calibre, of course.
darjeelingtea16 Posted November 6, 2011 Posted November 6, 2011 I'm applying to the programs and schools listed in my signature. I'm hoping applying to more Comp Lit programs will give me a better chance, since less people apply to those programs. I think Cornell's Comp Lit program got around 60 applicants last year and they took on 4 or 5. Them's good odds (well, better ones anyway). Like yank in the M20, this is also my second application season. Last year, I applied to 5 schools, all in NYC (except for Cornell). Biiiiiiig mistake. I remember realizing my gross error when I read that 700+ people applied to Columbia's English program. It was a feeling of: ah. Fantastic. Yup, not getting in. I wish the best of luck to everyone on here!
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