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As long as it's January? I won't begrudge anyone the checking. We ARE anticipating, after all, we're none of us saints. ;-) Even though I'm not avidly checking or expecting for a few more weeks, one school said they would be back in session on the second. So I feel like it's okay to hope and get excited now. ^^

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Just a comment: thanks to @qt_dnvr for starting this thread; I think it's a positive way to keep our focus on more useful things, while we wait! I started a compilation of essays, "The Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe," edited by David Hillman & Carla Mazzio, but I'm incredibly lethargic in finishing it, despite my good intentions and how fantastic it is, due to wanting to soak up all the laziness of winter break that I can. But! My good-intentions reading.^^

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I don't think there's necessarily any resume, per se, unless people upload them in the forum. In the results section, look for a red diamond. Note: this is NOT required, so not all results will have this. But if the person has these stats, that is where you can find them, by hovering over the red diamond on each result post. I've never seen anyone post their resume.

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^ Out of up-votes, but these are great points, @Warelin

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@Yanaka: regarding the "It still seems strange that undergrads were more prepared than MA holders for their PhD!" I think you might be looking at it the wrong way. @kayrabbit already put it very nicely, but I simply wanted to add that you have to consider your preparation in undergraduate. I LOVE-love-love my undergraduate alma mater, I wouldn't change it for the world. But the fact remains that I went to a university that doesn't specialize in Medieval Studies - or anything near it - had no Special Collections that I was aware of, and didn't get an Honors College until after my freshman year. Conversely, one of my close colleagues who got admitted to her direct-to-PhD had publication experience, encouraged and stoked by close counseling of a faculty member. (I had presented at a conference, and close relationships with my professors and advisor, but the idea of publishing had never been advised me or been anything that I'd ever thought about, which I think would have come up, if we'd had an Honors College earlier, or at least having some kind of Capstone project.) This is what I mean by preparedness, among other things: how your undergraduate career and experience has set you up for success. (In all fairness, my university offered me other wonderful benefits, which certainly DID and DO play a part in my educational success, just not as much as I feel I have from my Masters and hope for in my PhD.) As Kayrabbit said, this was a good fit for me, and I do ultimately feel better not going directly to PhD (as much as my ego would have liked it ). Oh, and @kayrabbit: I think we have twin cats! Is yours fat and gray, too? (Mine started out at 1lb, and is now a proud 15!!! Eeks!

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