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Mar. 28th, 2011 06:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bedlamsbardLooking at graduate schools mostly has the adverse effect of convincing me that I will never get into graduate school. *curls up in corner*
(If I could settle on a program, that would be GREAT. I might be able to get into a MA program in Classics at a school that only offers the MA -- so far I've found Notre Dame and Boston College; I have also been strongly advised to look at MA or MPhil programs in the U.K. -- I think I could get into a grad program in History; I found a lovely program in Renaissance Studies with a concentration in Classical Studies that, unfortunately, I would have to get into the PhD program in Classics to get into. I have no idea what Yale's logic is there: also, I can almost certainly not get into Yale, at least not from undergrad: thus the MA program in Classics. Which I also probably can't get into.)
(Also, every other university's website besides Tulane sucks. I don't know if I'm just really used to Tulane's website, or if other universities are just that dysfunctional. I dread leaving Tulane because then I will have to actually navigate off those damn websites. Also everyone else has really unwelcoming colors.)
I was looking at grad programs today because...oh, because I thought, huh, comp lit, my advisor mentioned that and my first thesis topic is comp lit (and I was e-mailing my committee members), why don't I look into that? And then I looked at comp lit programs, ran over the Renaissance Studies program at Yale, and it all went downhill from there and I really need a cup of tea right now. Also, I think I'll make rice. I'm Japanese, rice is soothing. So is miso soup, but I don't have any right now.
ETA: Today is one of those days when I am doing something else completely unrelated, and all of a sudden I find myself pulling up graduate programs from various universities. UC-Berkeley goes on the list -- I should have known that, my Shakespeare prof told me I'd like it, but I was resisting the UCs for...some reason, I don't know. But I quite like their history program, just from a quick onceover. There's a medieval historian there who I recognize and have read, as well. I think I'm going to lean slightly towards a program in early modern history, at least for the MA, just because it will be easier for me to meet the language requirements at this point than it will if I try for a program in ancient history. If I can get into an MA program, then I can panic about the PhD in two years. That's vaguely reasonable, right?
(If I could settle on a program, that would be GREAT. I might be able to get into a MA program in Classics at a school that only offers the MA -- so far I've found Notre Dame and Boston College; I have also been strongly advised to look at MA or MPhil programs in the U.K. -- I think I could get into a grad program in History; I found a lovely program in Renaissance Studies with a concentration in Classical Studies that, unfortunately, I would have to get into the PhD program in Classics to get into. I have no idea what Yale's logic is there: also, I can almost certainly not get into Yale, at least not from undergrad: thus the MA program in Classics. Which I also probably can't get into.)
(Also, every other university's website besides Tulane sucks. I don't know if I'm just really used to Tulane's website, or if other universities are just that dysfunctional. I dread leaving Tulane because then I will have to actually navigate off those damn websites. Also everyone else has really unwelcoming colors.)
I was looking at grad programs today because...oh, because I thought, huh, comp lit, my advisor mentioned that and my first thesis topic is comp lit (and I was e-mailing my committee members), why don't I look into that? And then I looked at comp lit programs, ran over the Renaissance Studies program at Yale, and it all went downhill from there and I really need a cup of tea right now. Also, I think I'll make rice. I'm Japanese, rice is soothing. So is miso soup, but I don't have any right now.
ETA: Today is one of those days when I am doing something else completely unrelated, and all of a sudden I find myself pulling up graduate programs from various universities. UC-Berkeley goes on the list -- I should have known that, my Shakespeare prof told me I'd like it, but I was resisting the UCs for...some reason, I don't know. But I quite like their history program, just from a quick onceover. There's a medieval historian there who I recognize and have read, as well. I think I'm going to lean slightly towards a program in early modern history, at least for the MA, just because it will be easier for me to meet the language requirements at this point than it will if I try for a program in ancient history. If I can get into an MA program, then I can panic about the PhD in two years. That's vaguely reasonable, right?
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Date: 2011-03-30 06:28 am (UTC)(That is to say, if you have questions about that flagship state university in the Bay Area, I can be found at rymenhild at yahoo dot com.)
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Date: 2011-03-30 05:18 pm (UTC)I will e-mail you! I'm sure I have something more constructive to say than merely PANIC. (Although I'm really good at that, too. As one can tell.)