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  1. Hello I might reapply next year to some of the same schools I applied this year. To one of them (top 10), I was wait-listed (and received a rather nice letter explaining that due to the state of the economy blabla they had to reduce this year's cohort). I was in contact with one prof but not a really close contact. To another one I was rejected and the two profs I was in contact with were not on the admission committee this year (which I feel really hurt my chances). My first question is : what do you think about re-applying to a program where you were wait-listed? don't people look at you like the left-over from last year? 2nd question is : How can I improve my chances for next year? I know I know... I should contact the profs I was in contact with and ask them instead of the grad cafe community... But then the two profs from univ 2 have no idea what my app was and I'm afraid the prof from univ 1 will just be annoyed and won't care... I don't even know if he was in the ad committee. So that you know, the GRE, GPA, and language parts of my app were definitely not an issue. I am guessing that the WS and SOP were not that bad since I was wait-listed at a great school. My LOR might have been the problem (one of my prof 'forgot' and then I had to ask a Prof not from history and not that relevant ) What can I do that will make me look 'new' and 'improved'? Thank you !
  2. did they say anything on how to help your application get off the waitlist? Is there a magic trick??
  3. "Accepted: UW Madison, Berkeley, Princeton, Ann Arbor, NYU" Come on... Why are you even complaining?
  4. @IronDuke: I was also wait-listed at Stanford (my field is US history). Do you have any news from them as far as how the alternate list works? Thanks! For UCLA:I was also admitted (no funding) and my status still says "To date no decision blablah" so nothing to worry about I guess...
  5. I also got in UCLA without funding and what is very unclear to me is how the first year works : apart from living expenses, would we have to pay for tuition + non-resident fees which is smthg like 15,000$(at least for those who don't live in CA this year)? I heard that during the years you do have TAship, the tuitions fees are covered. Does anybody have more info? I'm not really planning on taking the offer but I just want to understand what the whole deal is before turning it down.
  6. About UCLA : Apparently it's easy to get TAship or research assistantship (but you can't get any during your first year).
  7. UCLA Stats : US field (only field I have info on) : 100+ applicants, 18 spots, only 3 with guaranteed funding...
  8. I am also really surprise to see that so many International students were offered full funding packages at UCLA. I am in contact with a Prof there who told me again and again how difficult it is for them to offer full funding packages because of the non-resident issue. I guess the two UCLA admits must have been quite exceptional students (I'm not being ironic here!). To the UCLA International admits (if there are some on this forum) : what is your field? and did you get an email from the department or your potential advisor? Thanks!
  9. Hi there I am a French graduate student in History hoping to apply for American History Phd programs (fall 2009). Unfortunately the French system doesn't make the all thing easy as the universities I went to refuse to give me extra official copies of my degrees. In France you only get one and only one transcript (usually not very detailed).. at least in the school I've been to. I don't really know what to do : call again the French universities and kindly explain to them that they're totally backwards... or send the copies to the US universities and call the secretary to explain my situation? So, have any of you had a similar problem? Will the universities accept the copies if I explain the problem and assure them that I will show the official transcript once I visit? Also my academic path is extremely different from the "normal" American one... Like I've been to a prep school for two years (common in France for good students) and then a famous State school where you need to pass a competitive exam... How can I be sure that people get what I have done so far and how HARD it has been? Thank you for reading this and hope to have some advice on that matter!
  10. Thanks to everybody for sharing your opinion with me and yes it does help me a lot. You all sound pretty optimistic about my case so that feels good and I will see what happens... I first have to finish my current work (MA thesis) and then I'll start looking for programs that would match with my interests and my profile. I am genuinely interested in working in a "world history" perspective but it seems that most schools offering such approach are usually looking for people with a background in a non-European or non-American field (which makes sense) and I can't consider myself as for now a specialist in something else besides American and European history. I can't really count on my school for that matter because it is a State school --like most of the elite schools in France-- and they don't want to give away their students considering we are suppose to be willing to work for the State all our lives. I guess I should be happy in a way because that means job security but I don't find it very exciting for many reasons. I was also wondering if I could teach in a French department as a TA and I see now thanks to luvalicious that it is possible. So that's good news too. Thanks again for your help and best of luck for those waiting on decisions.
  11. hello. I am considering applying next year to PhD programs in History for the Fall 2009 term but I am concerned that foreign applicants studying American history might not have a real chance of being accepted. I am sure Foreigners are highly demanded in areas such as European history, or say Asian history but I am guessing they have way enough American people for American history. I am a graduate student in History from a very prestigious French school. I spent last year in the US in a Ivy university as a French assistant teacher and I am now completing an MA in American history (interracial relations in postwar industrial cities). I took history classes in the US but I am not a native speaker and don't have transcripts. I think I may have a chance if I propose a project in a sort of "world history" perspective-- I am thinking of doing something on panafricanism, or the relations between African Americans and Francophone Africans-- that would give my application better chances because I have a strong background in European history and language knowledge as well. Do you think I have any chances getting in a PhD program in History? and there's also the money issue: do you think I could get funding (king of crucial question actually)? or should I stay in my country :-) ...? Thanks for any advice on that matter !
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