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mkumar

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  1. I'm also curious as to who was admitted to Princeton from the waitlist! I've accepted an offer from the English department there, and would love to get a DM from a member of my cohort!
  2. Having gone to a liberal arts school that doesn't teach full survey courses, I had to buy all 6 volumes of the NAEL to prepare. It took months, was awful, and in the end I did...okay. The best advice I got in preparing was to pay close attention to the section headings and author introductions in the anthology; they pack a lot of useful information in a very short space.
  3. This dismissal of Eliot as both author and woman is, quite frankly, disgusting.
  4. I was lucky enough to have two professors at my undergraduate institution who each read several drafts of my SOP. Both told me to include a paragraph at the end of my statement specific to the program in question, where I might comment on the fit between my project and the program at large. Depending on the school, this meant a range of possible comments, from the character of the program to specific resources available. But my professors also told me to identify two POIs within each department that I would like to work with, and to demonstrate that I understand the individual qualities of their work. (To give an example, one of these comments read something like "Prof. X's work integrates material and historical concerns as I aspire to in my own work.") This strategy seems to have worked out well for me. I doubt that it's the sole source of my success this season, but I'm into two Ivies and change. Best of luck!
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