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Don't tell your Adviser. BURY IT. BURY IT WITH A SHOVEL, THEN BURY THE SHOVEL. Stay on good but professional terms and hope the end of the semester finds you well.

I was on the search results page and noticed what I felt was an unusually high percentage of acceptances for History master's applications. So far this year people have reported an over 85% acceptance rate. Now I have always heard that it is easier to get into master's programs than Phd's, but I feel like there has to be some other explanation for this. I am currently applying to both types. any thoughts?

For the people hearing back already, has anyone heard rumors of overall application numbers for your programs? Just curious if the decline in overall applications will continue for this season.

I was wondering if MA application decisions are made concurrently with PhD's, or if the committees wait to see what positions will be available before deciding on MAs. It would be perfectly understandable if a university gave priority to PhD students I simply am not sure how it is done. In other words, if a university knows it will be fully funding 15 students, do they establish ahead of time 10 PhD slots and 5 MA? Or do they go into it saying we will take up to 15 PhD's and if there is any room we will accept MA students? Just trying to keep busy during this horribly chaotic time.

I was wondering if MA application decisions are made concurrently with PhD's, or if the committees wait to see what positions will be available before deciding on MAs. It would be perfectly understandable if a university gave priority to PhD students I simply am not sure how it is done. In other words, if a university knows it will be fully funding 15 students, do they establish ahead of time 10 PhD slots and 5 MA? Or do they go into it saying we will take up to 15 PhD's and if there is any room we will accept MA students? Just trying to keep busy during this horribly chaotic time.

Manhattan prep was on average 157 verbal and 156 quant ETS was 160 verbal and 153 quant. Actual scores were 161 verbal and 158 quant.