KingLear14 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Dear English Literature PhD applicants, I'm feeling quite at sea over this whole interview business, and I wondered if anyone out there could shed some much-needed light on a little question I've had tumbling around for a while. What's the deal with Stanford and Yale for their English Literature PhD programs? I've noticed that in past years Stanford posters have recorded getting interviews, but this year, none have cropped up thus far. What's going on? Have they already gone out? With Yale, it appears to be their first year including interviews in the application process, but, again, no one has recorded having one for the English program, though History, Art History, and other languages seem to have already notified for interviews. Again, has anyone heard anything? I'm feeling a bit stressed and immensely curious about this, so if anyone has any insight, it would be hugely appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanya.llewellyn Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I just got a notification for an interview for Stanford English PhD. I had no idea that this was a possibility so am feeling pretty nervous. Does anybody know what the chances are for getting in if you've gotten an interview? Do they interview a large pool or a smaller pool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karajan Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 They are probably only interviewing their top candidates (approximately 1.5-2 times the number of people they will admit), at least that's the way it was (or so I heard) for the interview I did at Penn a few weeks ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingLear14 Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 To the person who got the interview, may I ask what your area of specialty is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfgdfrmgpo332 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 KingLear: Where did you hear that Yale English is doing interviews this year? I haven't heard that, and saw nothing on their website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingLear14 Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Apparently there was an article in the Yale paper about every graduate department having to conduct interviews? I don't know if it's actually happening. Out of curiosity, I noticed that you were applying to Chicago--did you hear from them? I saw a bunch of acceptances posted on their page (I mean, in this website)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfgdfrmgpo332 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Apparently there was an article in the Yale paper about every graduate department having to conduct interviews? I don't know if it's actually happening. Out of curiosity, I noticed that you were applying to Chicago--did you hear from them? I saw a bunch of acceptances posted on their page (I mean, in this website)... Didn't hear from Chicago, so I'm marking that one off as an implicit rejection... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartleby the scrivener Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I don't know about Yale English interviews, but if it helps I have heard pretty reliably that Columbia will be sending out acceptances on February 20, and the other top programs should be notifying around the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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