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No offense taken, Jacib, I now fully understand you! Here are my (decidedly inexpert) thoughts on standard liberal arts colleges. 1) teaching loads can be quite heavy (as many as four classes per semester, every semester). Not much time to write. 2) Obviously mentoring the highest achieving students has a draw for many, however mentoring students with more modest academic achievements could give you the opportunity to polish a diamond in the rough into... well... a shiny diamond. 3) pay might be a bit lower than at a more well-endowed (heh) institution 4) at a SLAC, even a low-profile one, the liberal arts and humanities tend to be respected and defended. This, as we know, is the way it should be. So, in conclusion, I could see myself teaching at a less prestigious college in order to get the experience I want- heavy on teaching and mentoring, in a relaxed environment (relative to that of a giant, publish or perish public U. monster like Rutgers or ____ State) that respects and cherishes the liberal arts and humanities. It's not for everyone, that's for sure, and if you like to write you might want to keep an eye on how many courses they want you to teach. p.s. a Joss Wedon fan! hail and well met, for sure. I might rewatch Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog tonight...

Two things. 1) I am a current undergraduate at Wesleyan. I have also chaired one student search committee for a job in the history department, and will be running the student committee for the spring Russian history job search (to find Philip Pomper's replacement). Wesleyan gets between 150 and 500 applications for each seat in its history department. Rarer specialties might bring in 100 or so applicants, but in American history of AFAM we get 3-500. So I don't understand the feeling people seem to have that a SLAC job is somehow a second choice. It's every bit as difficult, ESPECIALLY at a Williams, Amherst or Wesleyan. 2) I've always wanted to work at a liberal arts college- much moreso than a large university, so that may help to explain my defense of LAC history departments haha

couldn't afford study abroad, unfortunately. And you're right, of course. This is a product of my panic at having completed the process and it being out of my hands. I've been in contact with all of the relevant faculty at all of those schools, and I didn't apply anywhere that I didn't get a positive email response, so I'm not totally clueless heh

Missed the deadline (December 1st). That and Wisconsin. skipped UC Berkeley because of their budget cuts, and Stanford because I had enough top 10's (read: too many) on my list

Ok, so I'm a senior at a top-15 or so LAC with a very good reputation for getting students into grad school. I have a 3.46 overall and 3.65 in my history major, with GRE scores of 770 verbal (99th), 730 quant (78th), and 6 writing (98th). I am writing an honors thesis, I've done a summer archival internship with the National Park Service, I work at the my college's archives and special collections during the year. I read French comfortably and am learning German. I am an undergraduate Fellow at my school's Center for the Humanities, and have earned a grant for independent research. I travelled all over the east coast last summer doing my thesis research on that grant. I have also peer-tutored students in a Russian history lecture. I've taken four seminars, and have had excellent support in the admissions process from three of the best known (albeit oldest) professors in my department. I have ten apps out for history PHDs- Yale, Harvard, Princeton, University of Chicago, Cornell, NYU French Studies/ history, Brown, UNC Chapel Hill, Emory and Brandeis. p.s. my focus in history is 1930's and 40's France, especially resistance and collaboration issues. discuss.