Dartmouth Comp Lit MA

[andie45]

has anyone been through the program or applied? does anyone know anything about aid/fellowships offered? thanks!

[uraniborg]

Hi! I'm a current student. Was accepted with full tuition award. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have

[boomah]

Hey! I'm also interested in this program and hope you could answer the following questions:

 

1- What do they mean by this requirement? 

• The successful completion of an independent writing project or honors thesis

I don't have an actual honors project but do have writing projects of about 25 pages. Works?

 

2- How competitive is the funding? Do most students get at least tuition covered?

 

3- Do you need to have a specific thesis etc. before you apply? Or can you have just general fields of interest?

Edited December 18, 2013 by boomah

[andie45]

@uraniborg hi, i pmed you, but i'll repost the questions here.

 

-i'm also wondering about funding--what is it based on? academic record or teaching experience, etc.?

-how specific of a proposal of study/investigation did you propose in your SOP? i have a fairly specific project, but don't know if should be more general, since projects inevitably change.

-did you mention specific profs with whom you wanted to work?

-as a current student, what are the pro's/cons of the program?

 

thanks!