FTofHistory

I will be there on the 16th! I'm excited to visit! I'm 20th Century US cultural/social/gender history. How about you?

This is what I figured. I just wanted to ask. Thanks for the advice! Haha, and I hope I haven't offended you ashie. I'm just trying to understand my options.

I have 3 fully-funded PhD offers from Indiana (Bloomington), Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), and Minnesota (Twin-Cities). I had asked earlier, wondering if an offer like this would significantly increase my chances of getting into a top 10-top 15 school in a later admission cycles.

I finished my undergraduate degree in May 2014 (I didn't want to apply until I completed my senior thesis and I am currently working at a non-profit law firm. I felt like working in another field history majors go into would help me ensure that getting a PhD was what I wanted), so yes, basically applying straight out of undergrad. I think you bring up a lot of the points I was thinking about. I could handle the financial burden of living in Chicago for a year - I just don't want to risk not getting in anywhere the next time I apply if that makes sense. I applied to quite a few of the top ten schools this round and was rejected from all of them, so I have to wonder if a MAPSS degree will cause them to change their minds. Thank you for the reply though. I definitely won't make a decision until I visit programs, but any advice, especially from multiple voices, is helpful.

Modern American, Mostly cultural/social history. You?

That's what I thought, but I wanted to ask! Do you know where telkanuru made this "prestige post?" i'd be interested in reading it. And yes, I'll be attending Minn's weekend! I'm very excited for it, and I'm certain we'll see each other then.

I've never posted here, but after receiving the majority of my decisions I have a question. I've been accepted into several history PhD programs with full funding. My top two choices of the programs I've been accepted to are University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) and Minnesota-Twin Cities. Today I received my rejection from UofChicago, but was accepted with full tuition to their MAPSS 1 year program (Masters of Arts in Social Sciences). Is it worth it to consider a program like this from a school with as strong a reputation as Chicago? Will attending a program like this make my application stronger should I apply again to the "very top" programs in the country? I'd love to go to either of my top choices, but part of me wonders if its worth it to try again with a strengthened resume in order to increase my chances of getting hired when all of this is over and done with. I just wanted to get an opinion from people who seem to know more about this whole process than I do.