UArizona Rhetoric & Comp.?

[tortola23]

Has anyone else applied to this program? Have you had any word yet?

I emailed a couple of weeks ago to check that all of my materials had arrived. I got an email back saying that they were filed and under review, but no word on when decisions might be made, how many applicants there are this year, etc.

Does anyone have any news or information?

[commoner]

I was accepted without funding to the Lit program last year. I am competing for funding again this year.

Here's the kicker. I didn't hear from them until April 14th last year. Painful wait.

Good luck! One of my profs went through their Rhet/Comp program. She was one of my best influences!

c.

[lcampb]

Looks like there have been a few acceptances into the RCTE program on the results board, although most of them mentioned possible fellowships so I'm hoping there are still more to come. It does seem early for their program to be notifying but there also aren't that many results from past years. Anyway, I applied and am still waiting to hear. I also don't have an MA yet, so I applied for an MA/PhD.

If the accepted wanted to share their research interests and backgrounds (Masters, work experience, etc.), I know I would be interested!

[tortola23]

Anyone else have news? I was reeeaaally hoping to have good news from this school (Rhet/Comp)...

Please post with details if you have any, good or bad!

[lcampb]

Anyone else have news? I was reeeaaally hoping to have good news from this school (Rhet/Comp)...

Please post with details if you have any, good or bad!

I've been in a bit of a state of panic (I think partially from seeing how competitive the literature departments are at the schools I applied to) and my dad reminded me to take a look at the acceptance rates in the 2007 "Portrait of the Profession" for Rhet/Comp programs. I thought I'd share since I know they helped ease my mind. These are the rates of acceptance for U. of Arizona's Rhet/Comp program:

Approximate number of applicants to rhetoric PhD per year since 2000:

60 2005-2006

50 2004-2005

48 2003-2004

42 2002-2003

30 2001-2002

Approximate number of applicants admitted to rhetoric PhD per year since 2000:

26 2005-2006

25 2004-2005

23 2003-2004

25 2002-2003

20 2001-2002

That's almost 50% for most years! Those are good odds! If you want to check out the whole survey, here is the link:

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~enos/

Best of luck, I know the waiting is getting really stressful and I empathize entirely!

[tortola23]

Any fresh news on this program? My status still hasn't changed and I still haven't heard anything.

[tortola23]

Scratch that. Just got a rejection via email.

[Paperclip]

Scratch that. Just got a rejection via email.

Me too!

[tortola23]

Me too!

This SUCKS, but I'm glad I'm not alone!