IAmJoeLee

My least favorite question and why I never really talk to my parents about this stuff: "So how are you actually going to afford going there?" DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT

It's just me saying what me name is, lawl. And my avatar is just me with my niece.

Hi all, Yesterday I finished up a rough draft for my statement of purpose and was wondering if anyone would mind looking it over and offer tips on improvement, what should be taken out, what should be put in, yada yada yada. I'll just post it in this thread so whoever wants to look it over can do it right here. Thanks!

Hey all, Well, I'm in that rush mode to send out some applications for Master's Programs. My focus is going to be Italian history, but I feel like the list I have may be a bit slim. Here are the schools I'm already in the process of applying to: Brown Boston University Tufts McGill UC Berkeley Edinburgh So, does anyone know of any other Italian history programs which would be worth checking out?

Hi guys, thanks for your replies. I haven't looked at minimum scores for many schools, though Brown does not have a minimum requirement, which is good. I know I'll have at least two great LORs to send in: one from a professor who I took a seminar on fascism and totalitarianism with this past spring (with my thesis paper being an examination of the cult of personality of Benito Mussolini), and the other professor being someone who I've aced two classes with and with whom I'm doing an independent study on Chechen history. I just need to figure out a third professor for an LOR. Would the academic adviser for my school's history club suffice? I've been the treasurer of the club since last fall, so while I don't have class experience with the guy, I do have other experience with him which may reflect in a positive LOR. Would that be a good idea to go for, or no? Other than that, I fear that my resume isn't as impressive. I'm likely starting a position as a conversation partner for non-native speakers at the Academic Resource Center at school, and I'm also going to start an internship at the campus archives either in the fall or in the spring, but other than that, I don't think anything would jump out. I don't have much work experience in any history field, so I'm a bit panicky about that.

Hi everyone, This upcoming spring, I'll have graduated from UMass Dartmouth with a BA in History, so naturally I've been looking deep into possible Master's programs. I've been quite stumped as to what schools would be best for my interests, though. What I want to study is social and intellectual history during Renaissance Italy. I'm also particularly fascinated in the more prominent families of the time period, such as the Medicis, the Borgias, the Sforzas, etc. So, what schools have good Master's programs for European history? One of my top choices was Brown, but from what I've read, there are probably better choices than Brown as far as European history goes. I've also looked into Penn and UC Berkeley but I'm stumped otherwise. Recommendations?

Hi folks, I took the GRE this morning, wound up with a 155 on verbal and 150 on quantitative. As for the writing I'm predicting somewhere in the 4.0 to 5.0 range; I feel like I did pretty well on that portion. I was looking at past percentiles and was just curious because these scores seemed pretty average to above-average to me. HOw would these scores affect my chances of getting into a top-of-the-line school? I'm looking into European history, and my top schools are probably Brown, Penn, and UC Berkeley. Are the scores a bit too modest by their standards?