Aubergine Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Hmmm now I wonder if I should be worried that I haven't received an update from Duke this week.
telemaque Posted January 21, 2012 Posted January 21, 2012 I haven't been getting them at any regular interval, so I wouldn't worry about it...maybe there's some sort of stochastic element to which applicants get the update email on which particular day?
vordhosbntwin Posted January 24, 2012 Posted January 24, 2012 yo, duke lit applicants, has anyone heard from the program about interviews yet? if i haven't heard anything by the end of the weekend, i'm likely going to email the department.
takethiswaltz Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 I haven't heard anything yet, and the suspense is killing me too. They started sending out invitations to their prospective student weekend around this time last year. I'm giving it until the end of this month...
0000000000AAA Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 That's for the lit program right? I was under the impression that the English program didn't do interviews.
takethiswaltz Posted January 25, 2012 Posted January 25, 2012 Yes, it's the Lit program that does interviews.
vordhosbntwin Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 i've emailed the program - i will let you folks know what i hear. marruma 1
vordhosbntwin Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Emailed the program and just received a response: We have not finalized our list of applicants to invite to campus. We are planning to do so soon and notify students within the next week or so. All the best, Tiwonda good luck to every1 takethiswaltz 1
Aubergine Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Thanks, vordosbntwin! Good to know. I can probably stop hovering over my inbox until the start of next week....
tillium Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I'd also like to point out some people weren't admitted to duke lit until march last year...
Aubergine Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 I'd also like to point out some people weren't admitted to duke lit until march last year... Right. The admits come after the interview weekend... the first step is getting asked to interview! tillium, I'm super curious about your research interests, as it seems we have applied to some of the same interdisciplinary programs!
perrykm2 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Does anyone know how crucial it is to go to the interview weekend at Duke?
cquin Posted January 26, 2012 Author Posted January 26, 2012 Emailed the program and just received a response: We have not finalized our list of applicants to invite to campus. We are planning to do so soon and notify students within the next week or so. All the best, Tiwonda AHH!!! This is too soon. I know I've been doing nothing but complaining about how the wait is killing me, but now it seems far too soon! Does anyone know how crucial it is to go to the interview weekend at Duke? To the best of my knowledge, admits are given only to those who are invited to the interview.
perrykm2 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Oh no, but if you are invited and don't go, is that a huge deal? I'm NOT getting ahead of myself. I don't anticipate any good news from Duke. I am almost definitely 100% sure I couldn't go to an interview weeked, though.
vordhosbntwin Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 yeah, you would have to go to the interview weekend. it's part of the application process.
bdon19 Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 The interview is only for Duke's Lit program, correct? Also, I haven't gotten one of their updates in about a week. I'm starting to feel left out!!
MichaelK Posted January 26, 2012 Posted January 26, 2012 Just an FYI to those of you lucky enough to get invited: according to some GradCafe research, last year they interviewed 14 and had spots for 6. So, unfortunately, this first invitation won't guarantee admission. Not to be a downer about this or anything. Just trying to keep hopes/heart rates on a realistic pace when the e-mails do hit.
ivandub Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) What about those of us who live overseas? Is it likely I'd be ineligible if I couldn't come for an interview? And does anyone know if they're known to pay to fly people there for interviews? Not sure I should really be worrying about this until I find out if I've got an interview offer, but as it's being discussed thought I'd raise the question... Just seems hard to believe they would discount anyone who doesn't come to the campus for an interview in the middle of the year, given that they must have plenty of overseas candidates (and others for that matter) who aren't in a position to fly over. In any case I'm appreciative of all the information given by people in this thread (And yes, talking about the Literature program) Edited January 27, 2012 by ivandub
tillium Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Actually the lit program admitted 8 last year. 5 accepted. 160 applicants means 5% acceptance rate. Ivandub, so you know 2 of those accepts were for students categorized as Foreign. And, I am in the boat of incredible nerves about interviews with everyone else. Aubergine, my work broadly has to do with the digital humanities and French "Poststructuralists," which might have brought us to some of the same programs. What about you?
vordhosbntwin Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 tillium, did you read stanley fish's recent op-ed in the nytimes about the digital humanities (the most recent one, in which he begins with a formalist analysis of milton's areopagitica)? i'm wondering how digital humanities folks feel about the argument he makes.
Aubergine Posted January 27, 2012 Posted January 27, 2012 Aubergine, my work broadly has to do with the digital humanities and French "Poststructuralists," which might have brought us to some of the same programs. What about you? Nice! Mine pertains to the philosophy and politics of movement, mostly in dance. Kind of a performance studies/(process) philosophy/new media mash-up.
ivandub Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 I don't doubt that they admit foreign students, it's just the question of the interviews and whether they make arrangements for those who can't come for an interview, or who can't afford to finance it themselves if they're coming from far away.
tillium Posted January 28, 2012 Posted January 28, 2012 tillium, did you read stanley fish's recent op-ed in the nytimes about the digital humanities (the most recent one, in which he begins with a formalist analysis of milton's areopagitica)? i'm wondering how digital humanities folks feel about the argument he makes. I think that Fish's argument is unsurprising given his perspective of writing, reading, and the Internet more broadly (e.g. his reluctance to believe a blog could be considered a space in which "worthwhile" scholarship). He also has been making damning statements about whatever the academy seems to be interested at the moment (e.g. his critiques of interdisciplinarity). His description of the digital humanities is terribly reductive and points to a naivete that was tackled by scholars with much more care and consideration long ago. So, meh. Just my thoughts.
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