kpietromica Posted June 20, 2017 Posted June 20, 2017 For those applying for Fall 2018 admittance in geography programs.
kpietromica Posted June 20, 2017 Author Posted June 20, 2017 I will be applying to Masters and PhD programs in geography this fall. Would like to focus on critical/Marxist geography under a human/cultural geography program. Dream school is PhD at UVic, BC. Undergrad in History.
Nordic Posted June 21, 2017 Posted June 21, 2017 Physical Geography and Climatology based here. Mainly looking at UNC, Penn State, Colorado, and Oregon State.
syza Posted June 27, 2017 Posted June 27, 2017 Does anybody know a source that ranks the geography programs in the US?
M.Geographical Posted July 11, 2017 Posted July 11, 2017 Economic/Environmental Geography, Cartography, Multispecies Ethnography, Law. Wisconsin - Madison, UCLA, University of New Mexico. BA Geography. UC Berkeley '15 --- Have you all reached out to faculty at each of your prospective schools?
EscapingBrexit Posted September 15, 2017 Posted September 15, 2017 Hey @syza, there's a really good resource here that I liked- he tends to update it every year too which is awesome! http://www.justinholman.com/2017/07/27/2017-geography-graduate-program-rankings/ I'm not sure if I'll put an application in this cycle just yet, I might leave it a year to gain a bit more experience or pick up a MSc in the UK. Good luck to all of you who apply this time around- may luck be on your side! kpietromica, Ogo Bob and ponlear 3
AAO Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Maybe the QS ranking will be of help? https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/university-subject-rankings/2017/geography Based on QS, the Top 20 in the US are the following: UC Berkeley UCLA University of Washington University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Chicago University of Minnesota Ohio State UNC, Chapel Hill Arizona State Penn State CUNY Clark Indiana University Bloomington Michigan State UC Davis UC Santa Barbara University of Colorado Boulder University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Boston University Dartmouth
Shnoztastic Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 (edited) Undergrad Institution: Medium-Large State School (decent program but not particularly well-known)Major(s): BS Geography (GIS Concentration)GPA in Major: 3.8Overall GPA: 3.7Position in Class: Not sure - Dean's List & Chancellor's list a few semestersType of Student: US Male Research: Social Demographics impacting Life Expectancy in the City of Baltimore Professional experience: GIS internship at a local municipality Planning Director/GIS Coordinator for a small town GRE Scores: Average quant, strong lit, good writing Applied to: University of Idaho - MS dendrochronology/fire ecology Penn State - MS pyrogeography/GIS UNC Chapel Hill - PhD medical geography / landscape epidemiology Appalachian State University - MS Hydrology I haven't heard back from anyone yet but am not yet too worried but am anxious to hear back. I keep seeing people posting about numerous applications (I can't believe how expensive that is). I just hope to get into one of the programs I'm applying to. I've had good interactions with POIs at all the places I've applied. I have pretty diverse experience within the field of geography but am a bit nervous that my research experience doesn't specifically line up with my interests relating to fire ecology and surface hydrology. Anyone else concerned about relevant research experience or think it much matters? Edited January 19, 2018 by Shnoztastic
Arcanine Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Hello everyone! I'm such an average person compared to all of you! I'm literally so nervous about grad school I want to puke. My professors told me that I have a fair shot but looking at everyone else I don't think I'm nearly as qualified. Degrees: BA in geography & BS in Secondary Education with Social Studies Certification (I am licensed to teach social studies grades 5-12) School: Small state school that is known for education, not so much geography, but has some "diamond-in-the-rough" professors in the department. GPA: 3.65 cumulative (I'm pretty proud of myself to achieve 2 degrees in 4 years with honors) GRE: pssshhhh so bad but decent on the writing portion I am a white female if that helps idk. My research interests include Asia Pacific, Japan, Korea, refugees, conflict, genocide, world systems theory, exploitation, and international political economy. I also am going to learn Japanese along the way. I applied to University of Hawa'ii Manoa, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Arizona, and Clark University. I also applied for the East-West Center Fellowship at UHM which is a suuuupppeeerrr long shot but I figured I should just go big or go home. I mean, if I don't get into grad school I can still teach, but I am so passionate about critical human geography and would love to research in Asia/Pacific Islands. I like to think that my recommendations will really help me overcome my lacking test scores. This is my first post so I hope this helps? Idk I'm just trying to not have a cow
94AVL Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 19 hours ago, Shnoztastic said: Undergrad Institution: Medium-Large State School (decent program but not particularly well-known)Major(s): BS Geography (GIS Concentration)GPA in Major: 3.8Overall GPA: 3.7Position in Class: Not sure - Dean's List & Chancellor's list a few semestersType of Student: US Male Research: Social Demographics impacting Life Expectancy in the City of Baltimore Professional experience: GIS internship at a local municipality Planning Director/GIS Coordinator for a small town GRE Scores: Average quant, strong lit, good writing Applied to: University of Idaho - MS dendrochronology/fire ecology Penn State - MS pyrogeography/GIS UNC Chapel Hill - PhD medical geography / landscape epidemiology Appalachian State University - MS Hydrology I haven't heard back from anyone yet but am not yet too worried but am anxious to hear back. I keep seeing people posting about numerous applications (I can't believe how expensive that is). I just hope to get into one of the programs I'm applying to. I've had good interactions with POIs at all the places I've applied. I have pretty diverse experience within the field of geography but am a bit nervous that my research experience doesn't specifically line up with my interests relating to fire ecology and surface hydrology. Anyone else concerned about relevant research experience or think it much matters? Happy to provide feedback for you on App State. I really enjoyed my experience there.
94AVL Posted January 20, 2018 Posted January 20, 2018 Major(s): MA GeographyGPA in Major: 4.0Overall GPA: 4.0Type of Student: US Male Research: Climate Variability and Influence of Global Patterns on Regional Scales Professional experience: GIS and Hyrdologic internship at Non-Profit Teaching and outreach regarding climate change GRE Scores: Average quant, Average Verbal, 93rd Percentile Writing Applied to: Tennessee Penn State UNC Chapel Hill Idaho South Carolina
kw_geographer2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Posted January 22, 2018 Major(s): BS Geographic Science at a good state schoolGPA in Major: 3.98Overall GPA: 3.52Type of Student: US Male Research Interests: Impacts of climate variability on agrarian livelihoods and how people adapt/could adapt in the future; looking to integrate GIS/Remote Sensing, ecological modelling, and ethnographic field work methods. Also really into indigenous traditional ecological knowledge and its value for collaborative environmental management. Professional experience: Internship at a medium sized environmental non-profit doing community outreach Research and teaching assistant jobs while in undergrad GIS Technician at an big consulting firm currently (and I fucking hate it) GRE Scores: 154 Quant, 160 Verbal, 4.5 Writing Applied to: University of Georgia, MS Penn State, PhD University of South Carolina, MS University of North Carolina - Wilmington, MS Geoscience I'll basically take anything I can get that is reasonably well funded. Top 2 choices are UGA and UNCW due to very positive conversations with my choice PI's and their locations. Though UNCW seems to objectively be the weakest program of the 4, the one PI that I have spoken with basically embodies everything I hope to do in 5-6 years down the road, so if it seems like (s)he could actually be a good adviser/mentor then I think I'd go for UNCW. If I get accepted by UGA and UNCW with comparable funding I don't know how I'll choose. UGA also has 3-4 professors who collectively cover all of my conceivable research interests, plus since its a larger geography program I imagine there are more academic and career connection opportunities.
Nouman Afzal Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Major(s): BS Geography & Environmental SciencesGPA in Major: 3.55Overall GPA: 3.36Type of Student: PAK Male Research: Human-Environment interactions, Sustainability and Urban Planning Professional experience: Internship in the Wildlife conservation department at Non-Profit Organisation, WWF-Pakistan Semester exchange at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Currently doing research on Landsliding GRE Scores: 160 quant, 154 Verbal, 3.5 Writing (not good) TOEFL Scores: 110 overall, 28 reading, 28 writing, 27 listening, and 27 speaking Applied to: Penn State University University of Washington Boston Unviersity University of Arizona Arizona State University University of Texas - Austin Texas A&M University University of South Carolina - Chapel Hills University North Carolina Michigan State University Oregon State University Simon Fraser University Queen's University My GPA is pretty average but I have studied a bunch of courses from Geography, GIS and environmental sciences. My personal statement and Letter of recommendations are supposedly good. I have travelled extensively within and outside my country and have also published a few ebooks although that doesn't count as academic. I have also contacted potential supervisors and have received positive response from some of them. I am currently working on my final year research but does not have any published paper as yet. Do you think that would make a difference? I am hoping to get into any of the above listed universities if offered funding. Thank you and all the best to everyone
kw_geographer2018 Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 On 1/23/2018 at 5:11 AM, Nouman Afzal said: Major(s): BS Geography & Environmental SciencesGPA in Major: 3.55Overall GPA: 3.36Type of Student: PAK Male Research: Human-Environment interactions, Sustainability and Urban Planning Professional experience: Internship in the Wildlife conservation department at Non-Profit Organisation, WWF-Pakistan Semester exchange at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Currently doing research on Landsliding GRE Scores: 160 quant, 154 Verbal, 3.5 Writing (not good) TOEFL Scores: 110 overall, 28 reading, 28 writing, 27 listening, and 27 speaking Applied to: Penn State University University of Washington Boston Unviersity University of Arizona Arizona State University University of Texas - Austin Texas A&M University University of South Carolina - Chapel Hills University North Carolina Michigan State University Oregon State University Simon Fraser University Queen's University My GPA is pretty average but I have studied a bunch of courses from Geography, GIS and environmental sciences. My personal statement and Letter of recommendations are supposedly good. I have travelled extensively within and outside my country and have also published a few ebooks although that doesn't count as academic. I have also contacted potential supervisors and have received positive response from some of them. I am currently working on my final year research but does not have any published paper as yet. Do you think that would make a difference? I am hoping to get into any of the above listed universities if offered funding. Thank you and all the best to everyone University of South Carolina seems to send out decisions relatively early from what I hear of last year's cycle at least. I visited Penn State in the fall and everyone there confirmed that Penn State sends their decisions out ridiculously late usually, like to the point where you may have already made a decision otherwise. Good luck!
gldnbare Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 On 1/23/2018 at 2:11 AM, Nouman Afzal said: Major(s): BS Geography & Environmental SciencesGPA in Major: 3.55Overall GPA: 3.36Type of Student: PAK Male Research: Human-Environment interactions, Sustainability and Urban Planning Professional experience: Internship in the Wildlife conservation department at Non-Profit Organisation, WWF-Pakistan Semester exchange at Universiti Malaya, Malaysia Currently doing research on Landsliding GRE Scores: 160 quant, 154 Verbal, 3.5 Writing (not good) TOEFL Scores: 110 overall, 28 reading, 28 writing, 27 listening, and 27 speaking Applied to: Penn State University University of Washington Boston Unviersity University of Arizona Arizona State University University of Texas - Austin Texas A&M University University of South Carolina - Chapel Hills University North Carolina Michigan State University Oregon State University Simon Fraser University Queen's University My GPA is pretty average but I have studied a bunch of courses from Geography, GIS and environmental sciences. My personal statement and Letter of recommendations are supposedly good. I have travelled extensively within and outside my country and have also published a few ebooks although that doesn't count as academic. I have also contacted potential supervisors and have received positive response from some of them. I am currently working on my final year research but does not have any published paper as yet. Do you think that would make a difference? I am hoping to get into any of the above listed universities if offered funding. Thank you and all the best to everyone Bro...How the heck did you manage so many? Shnoztastic 1
kpietromica Posted January 25, 2018 Author Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) On 12/18/2017 at 5:16 AM, 94AVL said: Where did all my fellow geographers apply? Majors: BA History, BS Ethnic Studies Minor: Gender Studies GPA: 3.43 Type of Student: US white female Research: Identity Formation in Educational Spaces and the Effects of Neoliberalism GRE: Quant average, Verbal strong, Writing very strong Applied to: Penn State: Joint Women's Studies and Geography PhD Ohio State: Geography MA, Comparative Studies PhD University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee: Geography MA University of Washington - Geography MA University of Tennessee, Knoxville: Geography PhD University of Oregon: Geography MA University of Arizona: Geography MA UC Davis: Cultural Studies PhD University of Minnesota: Geography PhD My undergraduate university, Boise State, doesn't even offer a geography minor, let alone major. I've got my fingers crossed!! Edited January 25, 2018 by kpietromica
kpietromica Posted January 25, 2018 Author Posted January 25, 2018 On 6/20/2017 at 1:53 PM, kpietromica said: For those applying for Fall 2018 admittance in geography programs. Has anyone been notified of acceptances or declinations?
94AVL Posted January 25, 2018 Posted January 25, 2018 (edited) 3 hours ago, kpietromica said: Has anyone been notified of acceptances or declinations? I was accepted to Tennessee with a TAship but so far that is the only school I have heard back from. I've really enjoyed my conversations with the faculty there and think it would be a great place to attend. Edited January 25, 2018 by 94AVL
kpietromica Posted January 26, 2018 Author Posted January 26, 2018 3 hours ago, 94AVL said: I was accepted to Tennessee with a TAship but so far that is the only school I have heard back from. I've really enjoyed my conversations with the faculty there and think it would be a great place to attend. Congratulations!! I’m waiting on a student conduct review at UTK because of some 20-year old stupidity, but they said the decision had been made and they’re waiting on the grad school to make their decision. I’m hoping that’s good news since I’m pretty sure they could send a rejection without getting permission from the graduate school first. (that’s what I keep telling myself while I’m waiting) Who are you hoping to work with?!
94AVL Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 8 hours ago, kpietromica said: Congratulations!! I’m waiting on a student conduct review at UTK because of some 20-year old stupidity, but they said the decision had been made and they’re waiting on the grad school to make their decision. I’m hoping that’s good news since I’m pretty sure they could send a rejection without getting permission from the graduate school first. (that’s what I keep telling myself while I’m waiting) Who are you hoping to work with?! There’s a few people that do Climate and extreme weather work so I’m keeping my options open! I see an acception for UNC on the results page. I haven’t heard anything either way. Going to assume that means not good news though.
Shnoztastic Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 19 hours ago, kpietromica said: Has anyone been notified of acceptances or declinations? Still nothing yet, here.
kpietromica Posted January 26, 2018 Author Posted January 26, 2018 11 minutes ago, Shnoztastic said: Still nothing yet, here. Rejected by University of Minnesota this morning ?
Arcanine Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 20 hours ago, kpietromica said: Has anyone been notified of acceptances or declinations? Radio silence for me. I only heard from University of Hawaii Manoa that they received everything. This waiting game is tough
Shnoztastic Posted January 26, 2018 Posted January 26, 2018 45 minutes ago, kpietromica said: Rejected by University of Minnesota this morning ? @kpietromica My condolences. It looks like you still have a good list left! 23 minutes ago, Arca9ine said: Radio silence for me. I only heard from University of Hawaii Manoa that they received everything. This waiting game is tough @Arca9ine Agreed! I didn't think the waiting would be this rough. It'd be easier to just be rejected and move on with things lol. kpietromica and Arcanine 2
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