An informal piece of advice for doctoral applicants. Doctoral admissions are becoming more & more competitive. The expectations have changed dramatically in the last ten years. 1/
In the past, no interviews used to be conducted and the proposal was expected to be broadly interesting/competent. Nowadays, interviews are tough & the proposal is expected to be solid, conceptually and methodologically. 2/
You apply for a doctoral programme because you have identified a question that you are curious about & you would like to study this question extensively for three to four years. 3/
It is expected that you read around this question & as you read, you identify a number of academics whose work resonates with your own thinking. 4/
Check out where these academics work and apply to these institutions. You may want to think twice before submitting an application where you leave the 'proposed supervisor' section blank [end of thread]
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