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PeconicBill

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    New York
  • Interests
    Medieval
  • Application Season
    2013 Fall
  • Program
    History

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  1. I admit that I'm an odd applicant, but without the CV i included neither of the schools I applied to would have clearly understood how I've spent he last forty years, which included a Fulbright to England, a long career in business management, election to public office, starting a 100-store retail chain, writing a popularly published book, and service on several nonprofit boards. If I had tried to cram the specifics into the SOP it would have run ridiculously long. I didn't ask whether to include the CV; I just added it on and referred to it in my SOP. As for results, I gotinto one of my two choices and not the other, though after I applied to the second I was told by the lead POI that they were no longer accepting new students in Medieval History, so I'm unclear on whether I would have been accepted if the specialty were ongoing. In any case, the CV certainly didn't hurt, and it allowed me to write a SOP which focused on where I want to go rather than where I've been.
  2. I know this is an old forum and inactive, but if anyone feels "too old" for grad school, I will be starting the doctoral program t Stony Brook this fall just as I turn 73. Admittedly I did not seek financial aid, since younger folks need it more than I, but I found my age not to be a handicap in the application process; I actually think they found my life experience to be an asset.
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