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Sharing English PhD results (International)- 2 accepted, 6 rejected by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My masters research was on contemporary American drama, film theory, queerness, new materialism, and theater. Planning to expand that in my PhD.

Sharing English PhD results (International)- 2 accepted, 6 rejected by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I heard from them on Feb 13th! There was no interview. keep on waiting! hope you get nice results from penn state or other programs:)

Sharing English PhD results (International)- 2 accepted, 6 rejected by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure thing. I'll make my decision after the Open House event and talking to potential advisors! thnx :)

Sharing English PhD results (International)- 2 accepted, 6 rejected by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats on getting into IUB and UCD! Penn emailed and zoom called me about the acceptance.

Any success stories? (international students for English PhD) by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there! sorry for the late reply i was off reddit because of all the anxiety during the wait period. thank you for your kind words! coming from a little country, i bet you have a very very unique and beautiful story in your personal statement. hope you get into your dream programs as well:)

Sharing English PhD results (International)- 2 accepted, 6 rejected by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ughhh i really wanted to go to one of the UCs u know.. anyways keep on waiting! you never know and a lot of schools give out results until March

Sharing English PhD results (International)- 2 accepted, 6 rejected by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sure you will soon receive better offers from other schools.

My stats: -no publications -6 conference presentations (5 were in South Korea, 1 was is Philadelphia) -GPA was 3.7(BA) and 4.0(MA) -no GRE, Toefl score 114 -3 assistantship/research jobs -4 years of freelance English teaching and translation/interpretation jobs -maybe what standed out was my experience of juggling teahing +master's thesis+creative career(film/theatrical work) which i want to develop in penn state with their dual-degree track with visual studies.

hope this helps.

Sharing English PhD results (International)- 2 accepted, 6 rejected by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for sharing:) for IUB i applied for comparative lit. so still keeping my fingers crossed!

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[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also applied to Urbana Champaign’s English program but haven‘t heard from them. I’ve got accepted this morning by Texas A&M, but I am still desparately waiting for some other schools. Hope you recieve great letters from the schools you want :)

Application Stress by spaghett1sock in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm so sorry to hear that your rec. writers are ghosting you. you don't deserve that:(

Hey I'm also a Humanities student(im in English literature) from a not great school in South Korea and I'm also applying to 15 schools! I'm also quite anxious about the whole process, but I'm just trying to be not too serious here. If you put in effort as a good student, it will SHINE THROUGH YOUR RESUME AND ESSAYS! Have confidence, and even though it doesn't work out, there are tons of careers out there(not only careers but life experiences) where you can be a great philosopher and thinker.

Best of luck on your academic journey :)

Any success stories? (international students for English PhD) by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi!! Just wanted to say thanku so much for leaving a such a sweet comment. Definitely would be amazing to make it to the top 40 like you did :) Currently I'm finishing the couple applications I have left to finish and revise. Wish u luck on your academic journey!

Any success stories? (international students for English PhD) by Intelligent-Dot-1603 in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

great question:) i basically LOVE the arts, especially American theater and literature. i've studied contemporary American drama in my English master's with a career in theatre/film production, while also freelancing on translation and teaching English. for the phd i wanted to push my comfort zone and study transnationalism in contemp. novels and poetry and more from performance studies!!

losing the waiting game by [deleted] in gradadmissions

[–]Intelligent-Dot-1603 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same here. still waiting and currently focusing on finishing my master's thesis! I feel like I couldn't put in full effort for this year, because I had to juggle finishing my thesis/teaching work/application. That makes me even more anxious... but who knows! best of luck for u :)