Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 Oops. Guess I'm out of touch with school stuff since I finished college. I'd probably have submitted everything closer to the deadline if I were still in school.
Yanaka Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 Hey y'all, I just want to share a piece of info I might have about the French dpt. at Rutgers. I think the committee gathers end of Jan./early Feb. so we still have some waiting to do. Best of luck to everybody! Monsieur Vénus and Carly Rae Jepsen 2
Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Yanaka said: Feb. so we still have some waiting to do. Best of luck to everybody! Thank you!!
frenchlover Posted January 17, 2018 Author Posted January 17, 2018 Hmm, people posted on the results section that they got interview requests from Michigan, and acceptances to Penn! Congrats to whoever that is!
HomewardBound Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 Seriously, great job, anonymous person! Anyone else heard from Michigan?
Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 UPenn's committee was quick lol. Congrats! I haven't heard anything from UMich yet (or anyone other than UPitt really. They still have 2 days this week!). I didn't know they had interviews. I'm actually kind of confused about interviews--do all programs have them? I was under the impression they were far less common for humanities than for STEM programs.
frenchlover Posted January 18, 2018 Author Posted January 18, 2018 Yeah, I think in French departments, or foreign languages generally, it would be odd to not have an interview process. The wealthiest and 'biggest name' schools have Skype interviews and then interviews on-campus before admission.
HomewardBound Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 I think it's highly dependent, but it's fairly common to be interviewed if you're a top candidate. Onsite interviews are a bit rarer, but they happen in certain cases.
Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 Oh that's good to know. Interviews seem like extra stress, but I doubt I'll have them for the two most selective schools I applied to, so eh... How often do you guys check your email daily? I think at least 20 for me lately ughhh
frenchlover Posted January 18, 2018 Author Posted January 18, 2018 I stare at my email all day. Lol Monsieur Vénus 1
HomewardBound Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 I have my email open in a tab whenever I'm at my computer. By next week, I'll probably be refreshing it every half hour.
HomewardBound Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 @Carly Rae Jepsen I just thought I'd mention: I had my Pittsburgh interview. Thanks for the info earlier. The director of graduate studies was really kind. I'm not sure how I did, but I felt happy afterward! Looks like we'll hear in a couple weeks.
Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 I'm glad it went well! I was nervous before too but it was a nice interview.
Monsieur Vénus Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 I'm happy for whoever got the good news from Michigan and Penn!! But also...my anxiety about this process is now even further off the charts than it was before. Haha madamoiselle 1
madamoiselle Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) I'm also on high anxiety about Penn -- they tend to send out acceptances on the same day (judging from the results page), so I'm bracing myself for a rejection at this point. Oh well, what happens happens, all we can do is hope for the best; that we get put in a program that likes us and is a good fit! Funding also wouldn't hurt lol Edited January 18, 2018 by madamoiselle Monsieur Vénus 1
HomewardBound Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 I think Michigan is roughly the same as Penn. But hey, there are other schools left! Fingers crossed! Also, it looks like Princeton has sent out interviews to someone. Anyone on this forum?
Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 I got emails from Penn State and Washington University in St. Louis, the two schools where I started the app but never finished. I asked them about fee waivers but they didn't respond so I just never bothered to finish either app. It will be awkward to tell them I'm not applying. If anybody here applied to either, though, that must mean they are starting to review apps. I was specially confused at WashU since I sent someone an email specifically about the fee waiver but they just told me to "follow the instructions on the screen." The instructions said to ask her, so I was super confused. Maybe not a good reason not to apply, but I just couldn't afford to pay application fees anymore. Those and the GRE are killers.
frenchlover Posted January 18, 2018 Author Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) @Carly Rae Jepsen I applied to WashU, and what you have to do to get a fee waiver is to email graduateschool@wustl.edu detailing why you believe you should get a fee waiver. It was definitely confusing when they told me to follow the instructions as well. You could also elect to not report GRE scores, and cite the cost as a reason, and they will consider your application with just your self-reported scores. Good luck! (I'll PM you the email) Edited January 18, 2018 by frenchlover
Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 4:57 PM, frenchlover said: @Carly Rae Jepsen I applied to WashU, and what you have to do to get a fee waiver is email graduateschool@wustl.edu detailing why you believe you should get a fee waiver. It was definitely confusing when they told me to follow the instructions as well. Thank you. I think I'm not going to finish them though, I feel rude doing so, towards the department there and my recommenders who already wrote so many letters for me. WUSTL stood out for me because they had a 6-year stipend. More than any other school I saw.
Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 18, 2018 Posted January 18, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 4:57 PM, frenchlover said: @Carly Rae Jepsen I applied to WashU, and what you have to do to get a fee waiver is to email graduateschool@wustl.edu detailing why you believe you should get a fee waiver. It was definitely confusing when they told me to follow the instructions as well. You could also elect to not report GRE scores, and cite the cost as a reason, and they will consider your application with just your self-reported scores. Good luck! (I'll PM you the email) Wait, maybe I should ask WashU about this. The only thing is I feel so bad for asking my recommenders to write more letters. They would definitely do it, but you know. I'll think about this!
frenchlover Posted January 18, 2018 Author Posted January 18, 2018 WashU appealed to me for many reasons, including the funding, the relationship between the French and comparative literature departments, and the depth and breadth of their certificate programs. St. Louis is also nice, but not absurdly expensive like NYC. Carly Rae Jepsen 1
Carly Rae Jepsen Posted January 19, 2018 Posted January 19, 2018 Well, more than likely nothing this week. Next week will be interesting though, a lot of results according to the survey start rolling out then.
frenchlover Posted January 19, 2018 Author Posted January 19, 2018 The day isn't over yet @Carly Rae Jepsen! Keep holdin' on. Haha Carly Rae Jepsen 1
frenchlover Posted January 19, 2018 Author Posted January 19, 2018 Okay the day is basically over I give up. Until next week!
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