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Hi everyone, I'll try to make this brief and I promise I have done a search to look for any advice concerning this question! Everyone has different programs they are trying to gain admittance to however, so I felt I needed to ask specifically about my scores as they related to my academic path. Thanks in advance for any advice you can give! I will be applying to graduate programs directly out of undergrad. Some masters, a couple of doctoral in History, Art and Architectural History and Public History. I took the GREs twice- V 154 Q 148 W 4.0 on the first one studied as much as I could for a month in between and retook it again last week scoring V 152 Q 148 W 5.0 I would obviously keep the first set except for the second writing score being a 5, which is in a much higher percentile. I have been told by one of my professors that for a history related graduate program, the writing score does carry a lot of weight. I didn't send my scores for free on the day of the second test because I went down, but now that I received the writing score, I don't know if I should go ahead, bite the bullet and pay and send them. Thoughts?

I had a similar question. So I hope you don't mind me barging in! I am applying to 8 schools, some in the UK, some in the US. If you are admitted to a school or schools in which you do not receive funding (or enough funding to attend at the present time) can you defer your acceptance until the following year? The schools that really line up with what I want to get my master's in are in the UK. As an international applicant coming from the US, I know that I most likely will not get as much funding as I would need. Should this situation prove to be true, my plan is to graduate with my BA and work for a year to save the money necessary to attend graduate school.

Thanks for all the replies. Neist, what you described in terms of the amount of time that it takes to apply (and do it right) is exactly why I am hesitant to stretch myself too thin in terms of time. rising_star, I knew I had to have the bulk of my Fulbright/Marshall application work done by the start of school; but after your post I went and read the Fulbright application instructions more carefully. I didn't realize there was a separate institution interview before the app was submitted. Thanks for pointing that out. I am meeting with our Fulbright Advisor before the end of the semester to get set up for dates, etc. for the fall. TMP taking the language was just to have another language on my transcript. My honors thesis is pretty extensive and I want to give it a lot of attention in hopes that I can be chosen to speak about it at a conference. I've decided I am going to forego the language for now and concentrate on making my applications/thesis the best they can be. Thanks everyone for sharing your advice!

I am in the process of finalizing my course load for Fall 2016, which is when I will be submitting my grad school apps, scholarship applications (Fulbright, Marshall, etc.), taking the GRE's, completing the second phase of my Honors Thesis, etc. I would like your advice on whether I should sign up for 15 hours, which would include an elementary class in a second language (Italian), or just not take the language and stick with 12 hours. Given the amount of time I will need to fill out apps, tweak my SOP, a other tasks for grad school, I am not sure what to do. I don't want to shoot myself in the foot by not taking a harder course load (do grad schools put as much emphasis on that?) or adding more language preparation, but I could see how just taking the three classes and the the 3 cr. Honors Thesis class would benefit me time wise for all that is required to apply. Any wisdom from those of you who have traveled this path would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks so much!