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thedig13, I'm interested in seieng your US-Pacific Transnational and Nation/Race/Empire lists. I'm currently applying to programs and I'm looking to do French colonial history, namely in the Pacific Islands. kotov, do you think I could see your Modern Europe list? I will PM you both.

From what I've read, it seems that GPA won't get you into graduate school but it can keep you out. That being said, your GPA seems like it is perfectly fine, just make sure that you capitalize on your research experience in your personal statement, as that's the most important part of your application.

I just finished reading Carlo Ginzburg's The Cheese and the Worms, as well as David Bell's The First Total War. Next on my list is Matt Matsuda's Empire of Love. I'm really excited to read this one!

According to Deadwing's post, it appears that they don't discriminate. In any case, I don't have close relationships with any of the faculty there because I just went to class and left. Another problem with this is that I don't feel like I have really close relationships with many of my professors as I've only been at my current university for a year now. I have two profs that I can definitely ask for LoRs, and I have a few other third-choices but they would have sub-par LoRs as they don't know me as well as the other two.

Hey folks! Like all of you, I will also be applying in this cycle. I'm interested in French (and British) colonial history, especially in the South Pacific. I'm considering applying to: Harvard UNC-Chapel Hill Columbia Rutgers Northeastern Washington My current research is about the Pacific 'mythology' that Europeans created about the Pacific at the end of the late 19th century. My research has ranged from the voyages of Captains Wallis and Bougainville to shortly after the death of French painter, Paul Gauguin though I'm most interested in later imperial experiences and the advent of modernity. I've been taking French for years now, and I'm doing two semesters of intermediate German this year, so I'm hoping that those language experiences will work in my favor. I'm a little bit worried because I received my Associate's Degree at a community college before transferring to a university where I currently am.