dr. t

No, as should be quite easily apparent. I'm just a guy who doesn't get paid to make sure things don't get out of hand. If you wish to start in on personal insults, however, I am happy to hand out bans.

You are, of course, free to do as you choose, but I am not convinced that you understand what either of these words mean. Nothing here has been uncivil, nor have they been a bully. They've just said things you disagreed with. If you cannot figure out the difference, graduate school will be an interesting experience for you. In any case, I am constrained in what I can do by the forum rules; as there are no violations of these here, I have no tools at my disposal. I am not a species of dictator.

Hi All, There have been a large number of reports for this thread. Having reviewed them, there is nothing in them contrary to the site guidelines. Other posters are not required to agree with your PoV to post here. You are, of course, encouraged to use the reputation tools to express your opinion of points of view with which you disagree, or to refuse to engage in the first place. However, please try to avoid spamming the reporting feature. -T

Since you are not a moderator, you don't get to tell other people how to use this forum. I, however, am a moderator, so I do get to tell other people how to use this forum. Take a time out.

Hi All, Thanks for your reports on the account above. The account above seems to be the same person as the other troll(s) earlier in the thread. They're taking various measures to get around the bans on new account registrations, so please keep reporting. I'm looking into some options, but sometimes you have to keep banning them until they get bored. -T

Not so much a red flag as May Day in Moscow.

I mean, "my chances of getting into a program are low" is blanket a good assumption.

You can also try prompting faculty to talk about the one thing they always really want to talk about: themselves.

Nah, don't try to read the tea leaves.

One of anything on your transcript won't raise eyebrows.

Gotta keep that sweet, sweet MA money rolling in.

Under no circumstances should you ever read any material you've already submitted. That way madness lies.

And yet hard alcohol (or even wine) is an absolute pain in the ass to find there.

Yeah, when I applied it was $15,000 in monopoly money in a city where a beer costs $9.

Ok, that's enough of you.

It is unlikely to be worth your time applying without an MA. Also, the history dept only has 2 spots for non-Canadian students.

A good dissertation makes a coherent contribution to a historiography. A great dissertation explains why those who don't have any interest in its particulars should read it. That is, yes, in some ways academia is all about counting angels on pinheads, and it always has been. But whether that's all it is rests very much on your own shoulders as a writer and a communicator. As unlikely as it is to get an academic job these days, it is even more unlikely if you cannot communicate to a broader audience why your work matters. If you can't think about what you do on that higher level, you will also have difficulty marketing your skills outside of academia.

1) Sticking it will give it an imprimatur I'm not sure I want it to have. 2) We already have too many stuck threads in this subforum.

I really need to pitch my TV show Merovingians: LOL you thought GoT was Bloody and Confusing

For a long time, this paralleled my thoughts on the matter. But, as an adviser pointed out, a guaranteed 5-7 years making $30k with excellent health insurance coverage isn't nothing in this prepostapocalyptic hellscape. So I'm not so sure anymore.

Hi all, I've gotten a couple reports on this thread and handed out a temporary silence or two. I would, however, generally encourage you all to stop feeding trolls that you have already recognized to be trolls. -T

Generally, no. If a program does not offer full tuition remission and stipend support upon acceptance, it is not a program worth attending.

General advice: each sentence needs to do something. You do not have the space for signposting that does not also move your narrative forward. Also: you must have a narrative. NB: a list of your accomplishments is not a narrative.

No, you're fine.