WendyMoira Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Is anyone else feeling totally at a loss for how to decide between programs? At the moment, I am leaning towards Rutgers, because they gave me a superior financial package. Does anyone have any general advice for how much to 'follow the money'? I really like all the programs I've been accepted into and there's not one I like wildly over the others. Follow the placement rates! Oh, and the fit...
rainy_day Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Follow the placement rates! Oh, and the fit... This! Also, make sure you are considering $$ re: cost of living.
royo0210 Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Haha, worry not Trip Willis, I am a 19th century person, so you need not recuse yourself.
myriadways Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Follow the placement rates! Oh, and the fit... Yep. But also make a pro-con list, and then, like me, potentially find yourself more confused than before . But actually do it, it helps a bit. Include where you'd rather live, cost of living, how many professors are at each place in your area of concentration (they do move schools/retire/etc., so you want to make sure that you don't only have one POI at a school and face the possibility of being stuck somewhere with no one to advise you, or having to transfer), funding, placement, fit, archives/libraries/proximity to others/consortium resources, dissertation year grants, summer funding, travel funding, years of funding, completion rates, ranking (if you care about it) etc etc etc. I too, am very tempted to follow the money, but I'm trying to remove that from the equation in my head, at least until after I've completed my campus visits. It's too distracting a variable, and too tempting to ignore many other important factors in favor of being a little more comfortable financially (though I acknowledge that is SO important too). Sometimes, I just want someone else to choose for me. Any takers?
TripWillis Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 Haha, worry not Trip Willis, I am a 19th century person, so you need not recuse yourself. Yay, go!
TripWillis Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 Sometimes, I just want someone else to choose for me. Any takers? You could just accept all 8 and become the new and improved James Franco.
myriadways Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 You could just accept all 8 and become the new and improved James Franco. This is a possibility. Or, I was thinking I could just say yes to all the money, and no to actually attending....non?
cquin Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Out of curiosity, myriad, what are your 4 funded MA programs? I have Wake Forest and FSU who are giving me a full ride, and Brandeis who's giving me partial funding. Aaand I have no idea what to do. I'm trying to tell myself that, ultimately, where I receive my MA is not as important as where I receive my PhD (right, y'all?) but I'm still going crazy making a decision.
WendyMoira Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Yep. But also make a pro-con list, and then, like me, potentially find yourself more confused than before . But actually do it, it helps a bit. Include where you'd rather live, cost of living, how many professors are at each place in your area of concentration (they do move schools/retire/etc., so you want to make sure that you don't only have one POI at a school and face the possibility of being stuck somewhere with no one to advise you, or having to transfer), funding, placement, fit, archives/libraries/proximity to others/consortium resources, dissertation year grants, summer funding, travel funding, years of funding, completion rates, ranking (if you care about it) etc etc etc. I too, am very tempted to follow the money, but I'm trying to remove that from the equation in my head, at least until after I've completed my campus visits. It's too distracting a variable, and too tempting to ignore many other important factors in favor of being a little more comfortable financially (though I acknowledge that is SO important too). Sometimes, I just want someone else to choose for me. Any takers? Also, while making this list, you might want to check out greekdaph's pretty exhaustive list of questions on this thread: It has really helped me get information so far.
myriadways Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Out of curiosity, myriad, what are your 4 funded MA programs? I have Wake Forest and FSU who are giving me a full ride, and Brandeis who's giving me partial funding. Aaand I have no idea what to do. I'm trying to tell myself that, ultimately, where I receive my MA is not as important as where I receive my PhD (right, y'all?) but I'm still going crazy making a decision. I'm from Canada, so they're all Canadian schools: Queens, UAlberta, Dalhousie, and York. I applied to them as back-ups in case I didn't get into any American PhD programs (I'm in Af-Am and Af-Diaspora lit, so being in the States matters), so I've declined them all. Still waiting to hear from UToronto. I'd say where you take your MA matters, but it matters more what sort of work you produce and what kind of recs you garner while you're there. Not that I know, as I haven't taken one, but that's what I would guess. Go-Pro-Con-List-GO!
myriadways Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 Yale finally got back to me: Stupid Yale. Were you just Am Studies or Af-Am studies or a joint program? I'm still waiting to hear about the combined English/Af-Am, called again today and they apologized for taking so damn long, results in the next week. Stupid, slow, Yale. (I now retract that 'stupid' in an effort to appease the forces of the cosmos which I believe, in my dilapidated state of mind, may actually affect Yale's decision via some sort of karmic retribution)
TripWillis Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 Stupid Yale. Were you just Am Studies or Af-Am studies or a joint program? I'm still waiting to hear about the combined English/Af-Am, called again today and they apologized for taking so damn long, results in the next week. Stupid, slow, Yale. (I now retract that 'stupid' in an effort to appease the forces of the cosmos which I believe, in my dilapidated state of mind, may actually affect Yale's decision via some sort of karmic retribution) I went with just straight Am. Studies, though I was tempted to do the American/Af-Am bridge program. The problem is, my areas of interest are still a little too broad at this point to dive into that, so I expressed interest in it, but ultimately went with just a straight American Studies slot. At any rate, I'm not surprised I didn't get in in the least. 1) It's Yale; 2) I probably sounded kind of all over the place in my SoP
pelevinfan Posted February 29, 2012 Posted February 29, 2012 I went with just straight Am. Studies, though I was tempted to do the American/Af-Am bridge program. The problem is, my areas of interest are still a little too broad at this point to dive into that, so I expressed interest in it, but ultimately went with just a straight American Studies slot. At any rate, I'm not surprised I didn't get in in the least. 1) It's Yale; 2) I probably sounded kind of all over the place in my SoP TripWillis, this might be weird since I've never actually had an exchange with you on these boards, but I was really hoping you'd get into Yale. Mostly selfishly, as I wanted to meet the famous TripWillis in-person one day... anyway, just wanted to say that it is definitely Yale's loss, and your other three awesome choices' gain! Good luck with a tough decision :-) TripWillis 1
TripWillis Posted February 29, 2012 Author Posted February 29, 2012 TripWillis, this might be weird since I've never actually had an exchange with you on these boards, but I was really hoping you'd get into Yale. Mostly selfishly, as I wanted to meet the famous TripWillis in-person one day... anyway, just wanted to say that it is definitely Yale's loss, and your other three awesome choices' gain! Good luck with a tough decision :-) Thanks, and enjoy Yale! That must be really exciting.
ComeBackZinc Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 The new course schedule for next semester just came out. It's like Christmas. Two Espressos 1
Jbarks Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 I can't wait to start choosing classes again!!!!!! A year off from school is way too much for me to handle. So excited about Fall 2012!
hazelbite Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) I started looking up classes on my phone on the treadmill at the gym yesterday and almost started crying I was so excited. Needless to say I had to put the phone away after that. Edited March 2, 2012 by hazelbite
WendyMoira Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Hazel bite, have you been able to find classes for UT? I can't seem to pull any up on the English website...
kikalique87 Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 The new course schedule for next semester just came out. It's like Christmas. Is it online? Any chance you could send it along?
ComeBackZinc Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) Is it online? Any chance you could send it along? Don't think it's online yet, but I'll PM it to you. Edited March 2, 2012 by ComeBackZinc
cquin Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 I AM SO EXCITED TO PICK CLASSES AGAIN THAT I HAVE TO SHOUT!!
ComeBackZinc Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 Here, it's not like this is a secret or anything. Spoilered to spare people who don't care. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT-- GRADUATE COURSES -- FALL 2012 Intro To Engl Studies MWF 03:30 PM-04:20 PM PR Schneider Prac In Tch Literature Arr Hrs A Sagar Prac Teach Cr Writing T 03:00 PM-04:15 PM DO Platt/SD Solwitz Prac Teach Written ESL Arr Hrs AJ Silva Prac Teach Oral ESL Arr Hrs AJ Ginther Prac Tchng College Flm Arr Hrs LA Duerfahrd Prac Teach Linguistics Arr Hrs SF Hughes Prac Wrtng Lab Tutor Arr Hrs LS Bergmann Prac Teach World Lit Arr Hrs CS Ross Teach First-Yr Comp I TR 09:00 AM-10:15 AM LE Haynes Teach First-Yr Comp I TR 09:00 AM-10:15 AM RD Johnson-Sheehan Teach First-Yr Comp I TR 09:00 AM-10:15 AM JW Cushman Teach First-Yr Comp I TR 09:00 AM-10:15 AM KM Leon Teach First-Yr Comp I TR 09:00 AM-10:15 AM LA Pinkert Approaches/Creative Wr TR 03:00 PM-04:15 PM DO Platt/SD Solwitz Prof Writing Practicum TR 12:00 PM-01:15 PM MJ Salvo Intro Engl & Gnrl Ling TR 03:00 PM-04:15 PM V Raskin Hist Of Engl Language MWF 10:30 AM-11:20 AM MK Niepokuj Engl Syntax Syntac Thy MW 04:30 PM-05:45 PM EE Benedicto Adv Professional Writ TR 01:30 PM-02:45 PM JL Bay Engl Sec Lng/Theor Fnd TR 03:00 PM-04:15 PM AJ Silva Early 18 Cent Lit M 06:00 PM-08:50 PM M Powell Milton MWF 02:30 PM-03:20 PM AA Duran Zora Neale Hurston MWF 10:30 AM-11:20 AM JL Freeman Marshall Amer Lit Cul 1820-1860 W 06:00 PM-08:50 PM DA Pacheco Modern American Poetry TR 12:00 PM-01:15 PM WS Flory Historical Linguistics T 04:30 PM-07:20 PM JD Sundquist Sociolinguistics TR 01:30 PM-02:45 PM FD Roberts Contemp Crit & Theory MW 04:30 PM-05:45 PM A Plotnitsky Tragedy T 06:30 PM-09:20 PM S Goodhart Directed Writing Arr Hrs/Credit TS Conard-Salvo Prospectus Writing Arr Hrs/Credit PR Schneider Directed Reading Arr Hrs/Credit Int Composition Theory TR 10:30 AM-11:45 AM KM Leon Postcolonial Lit Of The City M 02:30 PM-05:20 PM A Sagar Contemp Amer Fiction TR 03:00 PM-04:15 PM JN Duvall Introduction To Inquiry T 06:30 PM-09:20 PM AJ Silva Lyric Poetry TR 10:30 AM-11:45 AM BI Allert Sem In Poetry Writing M 11:30 AM-02:20 PM MJ Boruch Sem In Fiction Writing W 11:30 AM-02:20 PM P Henley Middle English Lang TR 03:00 PM-04:15 PM RA Malo A Reading Of Beowulf MWF 11:30 AM-12:20 PM SF Hughes Qualitative Research W 06:30 PM-09:20 PM DS Atkinson Classroom Com ESL TAs TR 07:30 PM-09:20 PM Comp St: Modern F 11:30 AM-02:20 PM PA Sullivan Experimental Syntax MWF 02:30 PM-03:20 PM EJ Francis Natrl Language Process TR 04:30 PM-05:45 PM V Raskin Second Language Acquisition M 06:30 PM-09:20 PM DS Atkinson Trans:Ital Romant Epcs Shakspr T 04:30 PM-07:20 PM CS Ross Victorian Lit - Verse Novel W 06:00 PM-08:50 PM DF Felluga Seminar In Visual Studies R 06:00 PM-08:50 PM CJ Lukasik Globaliz&Post-Global Studies MWF 11:30 AM-12:20 PM AJ Lopez Sem Language Testing TR 10:30 AM-11:45 AM AJ Ginther Burke T 04:30 PM-07:20 PM TJ Rickert Minority Rhetorics M 11:30 AM-02:20 PM S Blackmon Professional Writing Theory TR 10:30 AM-11:45 AM MJ Salvo Rhetorical Methodologies W 11:30 AM-02:20 PM PA Sullivan Hutton Lecture Rhetoric & Comp R 03:00 PM-05:50 PM TJ Rickert Reading The Midwest M 04:30 PM-07:20 PM CP Knoeller Rsrch MA/MFA Thesis Arr Hrs & Credit Research PhD Thesis Arr Hrs & Credit Post Prelim Group Meeting W 03:30 PM-05:20 PM PA Sullivan
pelevinfan Posted March 2, 2012 Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) Ack - I threw my back out and am now bedridden for the weekend, at least. We're going into reading period at my undergrad, so there isn't much studying or work that I have at the moment. Anyone have any recommendations for movies available on Netflix or readings I can access without having to leave my bed? Edited March 2, 2012 by pelevinfan
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