Kursty Posted February 19, 2010 Posted February 19, 2010 Has anyone heard back from CUNY's Comp.Lit Department? I saw that the English Department has started sending out results last week, so when's the CompLit decisions arriving? I know the official application deadline was Feb1 (English's was Jan1st), but I'm getting nervous... Anyone got any inside information?
Kursty Posted February 21, 2010 Author Posted February 21, 2010 So no comp lits are interested in CUNY, "the Harvard of the proletariats"?
ageorger Posted February 22, 2010 Posted February 22, 2010 i applied to CUNY toooooooo, but yeah i haven't heard anything either:wub: So no comp lits are interested in CUNY, "the Harvard of the proletariats"?
Jake_S Posted February 22, 2010 Posted February 22, 2010 Isn't the application deadline for Comparative Literature April 15th? I see that the deadline for financial aid was Feb 1st.
Kursty Posted February 23, 2010 Author Posted February 23, 2010 The April 15 is the no-funding deadline, yes, which means accepted students are completely self-funded. Feb1st is for everyone who wants to be considered for any scholarships,fellowships, etc-i.e. most applicants. I feel they should have notified the group by now regarding whether they were accepted and whether they will receive funding. It's very frustrating, especially since it seems not a lot of people have applied to it (i.e. it's notg getting a lot of talk on these boards.).
Kursty Posted February 24, 2010 Author Posted February 24, 2010 Saw that someone had an e-mail interview with the CompLit Dept. Good to see signs of life. Anyone who participated in the interview care to share their experiences? How "Generic emaily" was it, as the original submitter (on the Results page) described it. Did they give any indication of when they will be making their decision, or even the # of applicants? I feel like I'm in the dark here.
bonesbines Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 so yeah, it was kindajus a mass e-mail to me and like four others, requesting a phone interview for next week. no word on #applicants, #admittants or whatever, but the tone of the letter was rather and , if you know what i mean. . . anyway, i'm not putting much stock in the thing.--people often find my phone presence off-putting, and as i'm feeling very geistesklamm on account of a recent implicit rejection (and general mediocrity), i'm not expecting much. . . best of luck though Kursty. i hope everything works out
Kursty Posted February 25, 2010 Author Posted February 25, 2010 so yeah, it was kindajus a mass e-mail to me and like four others, requesting a phone interview for next week. no word on #applicants, #admittants or whatever, but the tone of the letter was rather and , if you know what i mean. . . anyway, i'm not putting much stock in the thing.--people often find my phone presence off-putting, and as i'm feeling very geistesklamm on account of a recent implicit rejection (and general mediocrity), i'm not expecting much. . . best of luck though Kursty. i hope everything works out Congrats Doll on the Interview. Maybe they're only interested in taking on a few students this year, and you and the other 4 students are the finalists! Don't be nervous; phone conversations are always a bit awkward and indirect. I'm sure you'll do fine. Who is your interviewer? And you said it's scheduled for first week of March? I am actually a hold-over from last year's cycle (long story) so I am very nervous that I haven't had heard anything back from them yet. Good luck on your interview, Doll, and keep us CUNY-wannabes posted about any insights. -V.
Butitwaslaundryday Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 Has anyone heard back from CUNY's Comp.Lit Department? I saw that the English Department has started sending out results last week, so when's the CompLit decisions arriving? I know the official application deadline was Feb1 (English's was Jan1st), but I'm getting nervous... Anyone got any inside information? Hi, I also got an email asking me for an interview a few days ago, but the interviews are by phone. I can also see that they sent it to four other people. I replied and asked the program assistant whether it is standard procedure to interview prospective applicants, or whether they interview a selected pool (I was trying to be smooth), and she replied with an equally smooth answer, that "we interview candidates we are interested in." So I'm not sure what that person meant who wrote that it was a generic email thing. I applied for Masters only, however, so I don't know--maybe the protocol is different if you applied for a PhD. I'm pretty nervous about the phone interview--feel like I don't know anything!
Butitwaslaundryday Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 so yeah, it was kindajus a mass e-mail to me and like four others, requesting a phone interview for next week. no word on #applicants, #admittants or whatever, but the tone of the letter was rather and , if you know what i mean. . . anyway, i'm not putting much stock in the thing.--people often find my phone presence off-putting, and as i'm feeling very geistesklamm on account of a recent implicit rejection (and general mediocrity), i'm not expecting much. . . best of luck though Kursty. i hope everything works out Hey, good luck to you with the phone interview! I also found the tone of the email to be somewhat off-putting.
Kursty Posted March 9, 2010 Author Posted March 9, 2010 Any one got any updates? How'd the interviews go? I emailed Prof. Lombardi, the deputy director, about my status and when they'll be notifying candidates, last Tuesday evening (after 5). He replied the same night with a quick "very soon!" It's been a week and I still haven't heard anything or seen any activity on the results board.....
Butitwaslaundryday Posted March 9, 2010 Posted March 9, 2010 Any one got any updates? How'd the interviews go? I emailed Prof. Lombardi, the deputy director, about my status and when they'll be notifying candidates, last Tuesday evening (after 5). He replied the same night with a quick "very soon!" It's been a week and I still haven't heard anything or seen any activity on the results board..... Hello Kursty, I wish you the best of luck! I don't think they will be making decisions too too soon, because I only just had my phone interview today. The interview was fine--it was maybe two or three minutes long, so I stayed up until 4 am studying for nothing. All they asked me was why I applied to the MA instead of the PhD program, what other schools I applied to, and whether or not I'd be willing to do an unfunded MA (I said no). They said they would rather take me as a PhD applicant rather than for a MA, so they are trying to transfer my file to the PhD program. Good luck!
Kursty Posted March 10, 2010 Author Posted March 10, 2010 Hello Kursty, I wish you the best of luck! I don't think they will be making decisions too too soon, because I only just had my phone interview today. The interview was fine--it was maybe two or three minutes long, so I stayed up until 4 am studying for nothing. All they asked me was why I applied to the MA instead of the PhD program, what other schools I applied to, and whether or not I'd be willing to do an unfunded MA (I said no). They said they would rather take me as a PhD applicant rather than for a MA, so they are trying to transfer my file to the PhD program. Good luck! Congrats on getting bumped. I think someone else also was a Masters applicant; so maybe they were interviewing Master applicants who they considered worthy of PhD status Anyway, an hour after posting the previous post, I got a very basic email from the Department letting me know I've been accepted with full scholarship. So the results should be tricking in now. Good luck everyone. They didn't mention any planned open house...though I hardly need an excuse to visit NYC.
bonesbines Posted March 10, 2010 Posted March 10, 2010 Congrats on getting bumped. I think someone else also was a Masters applicant; so maybe they were interviewing Master applicants who they considered worthy of PhD status Anyway, an hour after posting the previous post, I got a very basic email from the Department letting me know I've been accepted with full scholarship. So the results should be tricking in now. Good luck everyone. They didn't mention any planned open house...though I hardly need an excuse to visit NYC. hey that's great. very happy for you, Kursty !!
Liesje Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I applied to phd english (have an ma), haven't heard anything.
Butitwaslaundryday Posted March 11, 2010 Posted March 11, 2010 I applied to phd english (have an ma), haven't heard anything. Hmm...well I applied for Comparative Literature, which is a separate department, so maybe the English department hasn't sent out notifications yet. Good luck!
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