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@TMP @telkanuru Thank you for your insight on placement and resources. At this point, I'm between a school that has a reputation for having a supportive grad student community vs. one with better opportunities for funding and one where I'm not too sure about the collegiality of the grad student cohort. In terms of advisors, they're pretty evenly matched, as are the other potential professors who can serve on my dissertation committee. I'm only visiting the second school, so hopefully I can get more info about interactions/support among fellow grad students.

I am also in the same boat. I'll think that I will have made a decision one day but waver the next. The problem is that I can see myself being happy at all of my choices -- although the type of historian I would become would differ quite a bit according to the institution. I'm visiting one school in March and have discussed various aspects of the department with current students and faculty, so hopefully I will know my choices better in the upcoming weeks. I'm also not sure how much value to place on placement/prestige. My top two choices are well regarded in terms of the department as a whole but are relatively new in terms of the subfield. One school has recently been rebuilding its scholars and cohort in the subfield, so I would be among the first few students in the subfield, while the other school has had okay placement (some nonacademic positions) in my subfield but also have a short track record in the field.

Hi everyone, I remember going through threads like this in the history boards, so I thought I would start one for 2017. Those of you who are fortunate enough to have a few options to choose from, where are you in the decision-making process and how are you going about making your decisions?

Thanks for the info! I think I will keep my spot

Congrats! If I recall correctly, you have some great choices in front of you. Best of luck!

I also received news that I was waitlisted at Harvard. Are you planning to stay on the waitlist? In my field, history programs usually take 1-2 people at most per year, so I'm assuming if one person in my field declines their spot, I would get off the waitlist. I don't have high hopes though -- it is Harvard, so I don't think the likelihood of someone declining would be pretty slim.

Congrats! That's so amazing!

Google Flights and Skyscanner were helpful when I had to do a lot of flying and traveling last year. I would also search directly from the airline website in addition to the other flight websites. I am also in the same boat regarding visit days, except that I am living abroad and working full time. Regardless, commiting to a place for the next five years of my life without visiting seems a bit risky. I'm going to have to think about whether the 30+ hour round trip flight will be worth it.

I'm also in at Wisconsin-Madison! Received informal email admission via email from the DGS

I woke up this morning to the good news that I've been accepted to Columbia! This is my first acceptance of the season, and I wasn't expecting an offer this early, so I'm pretty happy

Congrats! I'm waiting on Berkeley but am getting a little anxious. It seems though in the past rejections started rolling in at the end of January. Looks like it's taking them more time this year.

I echo this! I'm hoping they're at least staggered by fields.

Question for those accepted at Ohio State: did your application status on the portal change at all? Oh, and congrats to the acceptees!

Congrats! UNC is such a good program. I'm sure it feels nice to already have an acceptance this early!

Are any of you feeling as anxious and nervous as I am? I'm trying to convince myself to stay positive, but that's still hard! I guess I'm a little lucky that I'm working a full-time job at the moment, so that does keep me distracted for eight hours a day. How are you all passing the time? Does anyone have book/movie recommendations for passing the time? I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm not going to be productive in the upcoming weeks!