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| fishy fantasy-prone personal credit line | 12/08/09 |
| Stirring Codepig | 12/09/09 |
| fishy fantasy-prone personal credit line | 12/09/09 |
| passionate yellow kitty sneaky criminal | 12/11/09 |
| fishy fantasy-prone personal credit line | 12/14/09 |
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Date: December 8th, 2009 11:19 AM Author: fishy fantasy-prone personal credit line Subject: some questions Graduating from school that doesnt have comm dept, you were the person that made me become aware of comm as an academic discipline. Now I am thinking of getting a phd in comm. I have several questions.
1. How important is rankings? It seems that Penn is the no.1 in most rankings I have seen, and even it doesnt seem to dominate others in terms of placing their students. Is it all about the candidates work and ability, or does pedigree come into play when hiring?
2. Iowa seems to be ranked high in general. But just glancing at the so called 'top' departments it is hard to find a faculty with Iowa phd. Is it still a top dept? (mass comm not comm studies)
3. Wisconsin, Illinois VS Florida, Arizona. I strongly prefer to stay somewhere warm. Considereing that Wisconsin and Illinois are heavy weights in comm, is it unwise to attend Arizona or Florida over them? |
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Date: December 9th, 2009 11:05 PM Author: Stirring Codepig what specifically do you want to study? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1159108&forum_id=3#13504764) |
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Date: December 9th, 2009 11:32 PM Author: fishy fantasy-prone personal credit line political communications and media institutions. Does subfields matter much? I dont really know comm that well and my interests could change, hence starting with an MA first. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1159108&forum_id=3#13505185) |
Date: December 11th, 2009 12:27 PM Author: passionate yellow kitty sneaky criminal for political comm you won't get anything with the kind of recognition and resources you'd find at annenberg @penn. i came here for my masters (govt admin) and annenberg is truly top notch. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1159108&forum_id=3#13520307) |
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Date: December 14th, 2009 12:44 AM Author: fishy fantasy-prone personal credit line but penn doesnt have MA program. They just have straight PhD, and I am sure that I can't get in with my background. So I am looking for other programs that does offer MA. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1159108&forum_id=3#13544611) |