altiplano Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 8 hours ago, Stefanie Xue Bai said: Hello, has anyone heard decisions from Parsons, Pratt, or RISD? If didn't get an interview with them, it meant I was rejected?? RISD notified me by email on 2/8 (invitation for interview) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortsibut Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 5 hours ago, YeshuaNgome said: Mainly regional. I live in the Northeast and would prefer to stay there for grad school. Also, I returned from a few months in the DRC in mid November and the December 1st deadlines of Michigan and Wisconsin Madison were a little too soon for me to make sufficiently strong statements/applications. I went to UMass Amherst for my undergrad and have come to know and love the history department there. My primary interest is in 20th century political history in the Democratic Republic of Congo. For my honors thesis, I worked under Prof. John Higginson and wrote a biography of Patrice Lumumba. Prof. Higginson used to focus on the Congo before the political challenges of the 1990s made it difficult for him to continue there. He shifted to southern Africa but still has a major wealth of knowledge and experience regarding Congo. Also, Prof. Christian Appy is an expert in American Vietnam War history, which has some tie-in with the Congo due to the Cold War mindset and intervention which the US brought to the Congo in 1960 and during the whole decade as they covertly propped up different governments centering around Mobutu. Is there a specific field in Central Africa you are most interested in? That's really interesting, and UMass sounds like a really solid program. I grew up in the Central African Republic where my parents worked as medical missionaries, so I fell in love with the region pretty early on. I've been doing work in missions and gender history for my honors thesis, (self-funding research trips, since my undergrad college doesn't have much funding to help out) and I'm mostly interested in the C.A.R, D.R.C, and Cameroon. I'd be willing to expand to East Africa if that's what it took to get into a PhD program, a lot of interesting study there too. But I really feel that Central Africa as a region is way understudied, and ideally I'd like to focus there. Tough to find a good fit though, my early picks would be Wisconsin, Northwestern, Oxford, Yale, Michigan State, Michigan, and Boston U. Pretty exclusive group though, so I'd have to really kill it on the GRE, although I have good grades and recommendations and a couple of conference presentations coming up. As far as topics within the region, I'm interested in missions, religious syncretism, slavery, and gender issues, among other things. Do you have a specific topic or idea for your PhD, or have you not gotten that far along yet? I'd be interested to read your bio of Lumumba if you ever post it publicly...what a sad story that whole situation was. Also sad that your adviser had to switch his specialization because of political turmoil. I guess in a sense it'd be refreshing to switch it up a little, but after years (decades?) working in an area you love, that's tough. YeshuaNgome and meo03 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanie Xue Bai Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 1 hour ago, altiplano said: RISD notified me by email on 2/8 (invitation for interview) What program did you apply? Mine is industrial design... I got their email on Feb 3rd said I might be contacted by the department but haven't heard anything after then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navyblackmaroon Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 5 hours ago, fencergirl said: Yeah that is also my impression. Although two faculty members interests match mine pretty well, it's not that strong overall in Asian history and I wouldn't have many (any?) other Asianists in my cohort. Unless they admitted somebody last year, they have one Asianist graduate student in the entire program (unless you count the students working on US-China diplomatic history or the British Empire/India). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torideutch Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 17 hours ago, Stefanie Xue Bai said: Hello, has anyone heard decisions from Parsons, Pratt, or RISD? If didn't get an interview with them, it meant I was rejected?? I was accepted to RISD yesterday by email. Haven't heard from Parsons or Pratt. And didn't have an interview with any of these schools. Hope that helps! Stefanie Xue Bai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamyaS Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Does Michigan interview for Planning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMomo Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 12 hours ago, dongs said: Hi guys, has anyone heard about Harvard HEAL (History and East Asian Languages) PhD program? Would like to second this post! Does anyone have any idea which department does the offers for these, and whether or not they have finished the shortlisting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh J. Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Apparently, Knoxville is covered in snow, but the University of Tennessee is still open. Is anyone else here hoping to hear from them today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliajulia Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Congrats to everyone for making through the week, and arriving at a (possibly long?) weekend! take the time to get rest/treat yourself/stay warm/etc. victoriana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dongs Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 19 hours ago, RamyaS said: Congratulations on the admit! Oh Yale, please say something already!!! Tomorrow is the day for Yale, hopefully! Any other Yale admits? Yale...... Please ....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettafish Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Tfw you get a 3 sentence website rejection from UChicago. Its kind of hard not to be a little annoyed when the POI is still friends with you on skype. histrybuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nom Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 19 minutes ago, bettafish said: Tfw you get a 3 sentence website rejection from UChicago. Its kind of hard not to be a little annoyed when the POI is still friends with you on skype. Did you get an email to check your website? I just checked my account and there are no changes to it... :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamyaS Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Ugh I think Yale will say nothing today too. Ugh. I am bored. Neist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettafish Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 27 minutes ago, nom said: Did you get an email to check your website? I just checked my account and there are no changes to it... :/ Sorry it was actually from EALC department but since I got rejected there expecting the same from history department. I applied to both. Good luck just in case! Looks like we are applying to the same schools with similar interests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neist Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 27 minutes ago, RamyaS said: I am bored. Same. And I'm in my office today doing boring work and everyone else is gone for the day. It's just eerily quiet and tedious. It's going to be a long afternoon. meo03 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septerra Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) Has anyone heard anything from Indiana? I'm not holding my breath because my POI didn't reply for weeks after I sent her an inquiry back in October. Also, I totally called it "University of Indiana" in my SOP - Doh! This is the third mistake to the third school I've found. Danggg Edited February 12, 2016 by Septerra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriana Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 29 minutes ago, Septerra said: Has anyone heard anything from Indiana? I'm not holding my breath because my POI didn't reply for weeks after I sent her an inquiry back in October. Also, I totally called it "University of Indiana" in my SOP - Doh! This is the third mistake to the third school I've found. Danggg I am also waiting anxiously to hear from Indiana...they did send out a lot of notifications on February 12th last year, but it seems we may be waiting until next week at least for news. There is an entire thread about mistakes people have made in the "Waiting it out" section of the forum, so you are far from alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Septerra Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 10 minutes ago, victoriana said: There is an entire thread about mistakes people have made in the "Waiting it out" section of the forum, so you are far from alone. Well, I misspelled my POI's name no less than 4 times at Ohio State and they eagerly admitted me, so here's to hoping they find small mistakes endearing! victoriana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meo03 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 56 minutes ago, Neist said: Same. And I'm in my office today doing boring work and everyone else is gone for the day. It's just eerily quiet and tedious. It's going to be a long afternoon. Indeed. This week that began with a bang will seemingly go out with a wimper. I'm waiting for my rejection letters from Wisconsin and Chicago (and, presumably, from Columbia). Still holding out hope for McGill, CUNY Graduate Center, Notre Dame, and Lehigh. Happy weekend, folks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstubbl4 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 4 hours ago, Josh J. said: Apparently, Knoxville is covered in snow, but the University of Tennessee is still open. Is anyone else here hoping to hear from them today? Yes, I am! From everything I can tell, they usually announce admissions decisions somewhere between now and the end of February. I'm checking the website like every 5 seconds! The city of Knoxville comes to a grinding halt whenever it snows at all, but not sure about the history department. I've got my fingers crossed for both of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh J. Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 26 minutes ago, jstubbl4 said: Yes, I am! From everything I can tell, they usually announce admissions decisions somewhere between now and the end of February. I'm checking the website like every 5 seconds! The city of Knoxville comes to a grinding halt whenever it snows at all, but not sure about the history department. I've got my fingers crossed for both of us! Thanks! Glad to know I'm not the only one. What is your area? I have a friend at UT who told me she had class today, but some professors have cancelled classes as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstubbl4 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 5 hours ago, Josh J. said: Apparently, Knoxville is covered in snow, but the University of Tennessee is still open. Is anyone else here hoping to hear from them today? My area is medieval western religious history. What's yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightfarmer Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 1 hour ago, meo03 said: Indeed. This week that began with a bang will seemingly go out with a wimper. Yep. With several schools sending out decisions to all applicants early in the week I thought for sure I'd hear from one of mine by the end of the week. But no. Request for parole [from purgatorial waiting] denied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevermind Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 3 hours ago, RamyaS said: Ugh I think Yale will say nothing today too. Ugh. I am bored. Welp. There's Yale's decisions on the board. Congrats to those who made it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliajulia Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 "i survived the yale massacre and all i got was this generic rejection email" (congrats to admits! you braved the army of 10,000 and came out stronger on the other side) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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