Anyone want to give me feedback on my potentional Ph.D. schools?

[morningdew]

Hi fellow students! It's that application time of the year again.

Any feedback would be helpful (how hard was it to get in, how are professors, did you like the school in general, etc...)

My focus is on new media technologies and how they affect younger generations. The schools I'm applying are U of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Communications and Media program, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Media and Cultural Studies program, and Penn State University: Mass Communications program.

My qualifications are average so I'm not aiming for high top schools. New GRE sucked because of my weakness in English so I'm taking it again. From my research, these schools seem to fit my area of interests though.

Similar to everyone else, I'm super nervous about getting admitted and funding.

Good luck to all!

[ts10vsg]

Hello mate,

in which section does your degree study comes in? I am asking you because, I have US Graduate School acess and could help in arranging the rankings of each of the universities department.

Also, what is your GRE score? Because, even I have screwed my verbal section, but plan to apply anyhow. Would like to know how much does the score matters when you apply for PhD?

[Double Dawg]

Here are a few schools that may interest you:

http://www.clemson.edu/caah/rcid/

http://tc.msu.edu/

[Jcantrone]

UIUC and UW-Madison are definitely top-ranked Comm depts and super competitive. If your GRE score isn't up to snuff, definitely throw a few safety schools in there.

[morningdew]

@ Jcantrone

do you know any safety comm schools?

You are right about GRE. My GRE is not that great because English is not my first language, but I'm hoping they will look at other areas of application.

This application process is so stressful, I just want to think positive.