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No, he has his M.A in Public History but not his PHD.

I think it depends on the school, thought I believe most only ask for three.

I'm working on getting my application together to apply for the Fall of 2014. Should I stick solely with my history professors when it comes to recommendations for my application? I work at a museum. and therefore am considering asking one of my bosses to write one for me as well. Do you think a variety of sources is more appealing to schools or strictly history professors?

I talked to faculty as McGill, they said you must get your masters before a PHD in Canada, therefore I'd have to work on that first, as opposed to directly applying to PHD programs as I would here. Harvard I have considered, but that would certainly fall into a school in the "reach" category for me, along with W&M and BU. I don't think my GRE scores will be good enough, but I figure it's worth a shot.

I'll be applying to graduate schools for the Fall of 2014 semester quite soon. My field of study will be Early American History (military and political 1750-1783) I've done a lot of research, and have assembled a list of schools where I'm going to apply, which I'll list here, I'm just curious if anyone here knows of another school which I may have missed that would be worth looking into? I live in New York State, about halfway between Albany and NYC, I'm looking to stay within about 10 hours of home. Boston College Boston University Northeastern University SUNY Albany McGill University Temple University University of Vermont William and Mary NYU

Hi all, I will be graduating from undergrad in May. I plan to start applying to grad schools within the next month or two for the Fall of 2014 semester. I'll be applying straight for the PHD program where I am able to. So my real question here is, at what point in time do you need to specifically have a topic you want to research? I have a number of different ideas in my head, I know I want to do something with Early America(1750-1790) but I am yet to settle on a specific topic that I would do my thesis on when the time comes. At what point in time do you think that I should have a topic? Should I already have one?

Thank you everyone so much for the help. Does anyone have any school recommendations in particular? I actually looked into a could schools in Canada too which have Early American history programs. Do you think that would hurt/enhance future PHD prospects?

Thank you for the information. A question about advisors, and this will make sound a bit ignorant, but how exactly does it work? I know I'd work with the person, but how do I choose an advisor and when would I need to get one? And for the language, looking at a number of sites they seem to require passing a language proficiency tests, often even for Early American History. French would be the most useful language I'm sure in this field, and I do have a decent knowledge of French, but I really doubt it's enough for me to pass a test.

Hello all, I'm a 20 year old student who will be graduating in May of 2014. I'm a history major, with a minor in political science. I would like to become a history professor, which would of course require me getting my PHD. I'm aware that the current market for history professors is pretty bad, and I know I have to get into a top school in order to have a decent chance at finding a job. The problem is, I currently go to a rather small and obscure liberal arts school(my parents work here so I don't have to pay get my degree). My grades are good, but not exceptional(3.5 overall 3.8 major). On the advice of a few of my professors and others, I've decided that going to get my masters at a school above the one I'm at now would be the best thing to do, so when I finish my Masters I can take another step up to a top school. I'm the Treasurer of the History Honors Society at my school and I've worked in a number of museums, all involving Early American History(started working in museums 5 years ago). Basically, I want to know what anyone thinks my chances are of getting into a good Masters program(preferably in the North East), and what my chances are after that of getting into a top PHD program following that. I've thought about some schools for my masters, maybe trying to get in NYU, Albany, Temple or Binghamton, but I'm not really too sure. Also, I realize many of these schools have a language requirement. How skilled do I have to be in a language in order to pass the proficiency exam? This could be a bit of a problem, I am looking to start applying in the fall. Any other advice about anything I want to do would also be appreciated.