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In many History programs, it's A until you are ABD and then can be B afterwards depending on the needs of the department each semester.
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You want an answer to that question? Look at my sig... If you go by the relatively useless USNWR rankings, I got rejected by a school 47 places below a school that accepted me. It's not about ranking. The best students will not always get into the best (or highest-ranked) programs, mostly because of fit issues. Even if you think you might be a good fit, either the committee or the POI may not see it the same way. Assuming you are not unqualified, one, two, or even three rejections is no real indicator of future decisions. Keep the faith!!!
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Have you considered where you might live? I'm from CT and am familiar with New Haven. You might want to live outside of New Haven if you have kids? It's not a bad city (not as bad as the say, anyway), but the crime rate is not low and the rent in the better areas will probably be higher than in a smaller town outside the city. You will likely find a better public school system outside New Haven as well.
I'm looking now and my PA has promised to help me out with finding the best place possible because I have a young family. Can I pm you and get some thoughts on some of the places I've seen online?
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Prof. Pincus was, as expected, brilliant and informative. The seminar he took part in is elite and intense, and he took all the criticisms and suggestions in stride. His pre-circulated paper was on the Whit/Tory debates over imperialism during the early 18th century, a brief slice of what will eventually be his next book. There were a handful of notable British historians of the period present, so the give-and-take during the Q&A portion was worth the price of admission.
Most interesting to me was the tensions between the different approaches to history amongst those in the discussion. Here at Cambridge, there is a particular methodology of intellectual history that dominates, and Pincus does not exactly fit that bill so there was some fascinating debate over how to interpret different themes; it was a general and cordial debate over political history vs. political culture. Further, Pincus represents what one of my mentors out here identifies as a "American East-Coast Whig" interpretation of British history, something that several historians out here are hesitant about, so there was some great dialogue on that. Fun times all around.
Wow, I wish I could've seen that. I'm gonna meet Pincus next weekend, so I'm pretty excited.
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It's okay though. There aren't a lot of things I'm good at, but being poor is one of them.
My favorite post of the day!!
The standard stipend throughout the Yale GSAS is $26,500, but since I have two kids it's probably like a single person getting $13,000.
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Congratulations on your acceptances and interview, historyhopeful!!!!!
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I have a classmate who has been accepted to Johns Hopkins, but I can't confirm the decision's method of delivery.
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I may be off the mark, but it seems to me that a lot of the responses here are addressing the issue as if the professor was in the OP's current school or department. Besides, the OP said they only spent one semester and part of a summer in his lab. Perhaps it's because I'm in the Humanities, but how much effect could one semester and part of a summer in a lab have on one's credentials to get into a different grad program (barring some outrageous results during that time)?
I'm only starting grad school in the fall, but I doubt I will care very much about the relationships of my cohort even if they were dating a professor from a different university and any "judgments" I would form about someone would be based on my opinion of their work. That's just me, but I could imagine some members of an ultra-competitive cohort seeking any kind of edge seizing on something like this even if it had no effect on the OP's current status.
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What did you think about Prof Pincus? He is a very, very cool professor, but also pretty intense.
I'd also be interested in your thoughts on Pincus, Emerson...
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"Bailyn" is a dirty word in my department.
That doesn't surprise me in the least, StrangeLight. I was speaking as though were it twenty years ago, but, by this point especially, he is quite outdated. Nevertheless, he was, arguably, the most influential early Americanist of the last fifty years. I took a graduate seminar this past semester and heard students in private conversations just ripping him apart.
When I first started reading the scholarly literature of my field over five years ago, Bailyn's work really impressed me as well as his "production" of the dozen or so students of his that became prominent historians in the field (Rakove, Maier, Wood, Kammen, Henretta, Mancall, Zuckerman, etc...). As my perceptions of the field have grown, I have found much of Bailyn's work to be quite problematic. Yet, I am not at the point of some grad students who seem to have quite a deep antipathy to both him and his work.
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Yeah, the asking of questions on the results board has really gotten out of hand this time around. I looked through the results of previous years and it didn't seem to be as bad as this year. I know the mods have lives outside of the fora which include their own studies, but it would be nice if there was at least a way to filter the results. Perhaps for those applying next year...
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I wanted to apply to Brown for this application series, but with Gordon Wood's retirement a few years ago (which depressed me deeply when I found out!) Brown was definitely out. I'd love to meet him though. I don't think he's written a book that I don't have or haven't used thus far.
Colin Calloway was so shocked when I told him I loved his work; apparently history professors/writers don't believe they're superstars?
If Wood had still been at Brown, it would have been my top choice. He seemed a genuinely nice guy, but once you've seen him give one talk, it becomes repetitive because he has a script that he's been using for the last 20 years. Still, I was a bit struck when I met him. In our field, we're about 20 years too late. I would've loved the chance to work with Bailyn or Morgan, as well.
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I would think that for schools which have an average GRE Verbal score of 640, your 620 should keep you competitive enough to have the rest of your app looked at. I got into a program with a GRE V of 20 points below the department's average. Keep in mind that it is an average, meaning people must have gotten in with scores lower than the average. Also, your Q score gets you over 1200 combined. Like the poster above, I would say that if you are confident you can do better (650+) and have the money, then take it again. If not, it's not a V score that will keep the rest of your application from being seen.
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Thanks, and same to you for Yale. What's your field? I'm in International and Global History. I suspect that different fields may get back to candidates at different times...
I'm in early America (long 18th century, aka 1680s-1812). My subfield is political culture and geographically I focus on the middle colonies, primarily New York.
FWIW, I think you are right about decision announcements being field-specific. If you have any questions about NYC, I'd be happy to help.
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Thanks ticklemepink, Erica, and newms... I only just got the ring about 2 weeks ago. The hardest part now is waiting to do it until the end of the month. And the best part (for me, anyway) is that with every day that goes by she'll expect it less.
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I was sitting in class and just decided to check my email real quick. I saw an email from my POI. After I read it, I sat there for a few seconds trying to hold it all in and then I got up and burst out of the room. I jumped up and down the hallway a couple of times and then went to the bathroom to splash water on my face. Took me a good ten minutes to regain enough composure to go back into the classroom.
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I agree it would be good if the moderators could cut those results out along with the ones that ask questions of other result posters.
Though, my favorite was the comment by the person that got rejected by Princeton: "Email had formatting errors." LOL classic!!
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Congratulations Paradeplatz!!
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I know, right? I'm not ashamed to admit I felt a teeny bit starstruck meeting Wood and Foner. Though Foner was really nice and approachable. I met him after he gave a talk at my department, where he used to teach. Though I think learning to interact with well-known historians is a part of the socialization aspect of becoming a graduate student and then a historian.
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I've decided to not to do anything big with my girlfriend on Valentine's Day itself. But I have a campus visit on the 28th and instead of going and shacking up for the night with a current grad student, I decided to splurge and get a hotel room so she could go with me and so I could finally propose to her. We've been together almost six years and have two kids together, so we're effectively married. She's been waiting for the real thing (read: ring) for too long, and now acceptance to my top choice means I now have future prospects worthy of marriage.
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I got an email telling me a decision had been reached and to check the online application. On the main page below where it shows your recommenders and app status, there was a link that said: "DECISION STATUS: Available beginning xx/xx/xxxx" with a link beneath it that said "Your application decision is now available online."
It seems strange to have been notified officially on Tuesday and yet other acceptances are not showing up yet. I've got my fingers crossed for you Erica!
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Does it also depend on whether you already have a Master's degree in this field or not? Or is it all the same no matter if you already hold an advanced degree in this field or not?
(I'm sorry if I'm asking dumb questions, but I don't know that much about the system in the US)
In the Humanities, it takes three years to complete your coursework and exams. It is only then that you begin fully researching and writing your dissertation, which, on average, takes students 3-4 years. Also, a fair number of programs still require candidates holding an M.A. to complete most or all of the coursework. That's why funding packages at bigger schools are for 4-5 years with a possible fellowship for an additional year.
On teaching in Europe, aren't EU and national laws about non-national workers quite strict?
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35... and 36 by the time I get to New Haven in the fall.
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Fantastic!!! Congratulations, iknownothing!!! That's really competitive funding, too. Way to go!