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Clothing question-- Are leggings acceptable day-to-day attire in most (humanities/social sci) PhD programs?

I probably met you guys last weekend. I'm in 20th century U.S. Visiting days were great. I deactivated my fb awhile ago but I'm going to try to reactivate or start a new one so I can join the group!

I accepted today (history PhD). So excited!

make that four...

Have all of you made arrangements for housing during the visit? I'm trying to get some information about where to stay...

I'm going. I agree, it would be great to meet up!

Yet another post wondering whether we know if Michigan and Yale are done? I haven't heard from either yet. For those of you who were admitted, what are your fields? Is anyone planning to attend Northwestern's visiting days in March? If so, PM me and maybe we can meet up.

Thanks. This is maddening.

So, this is probably a (very) dumb question, but if (according to the results page) someone was admitted today to a program you applied to and you haven't heard anything, how certain should you be that you didn't make it?

Is the request for interview with POI at JHU just part of that particular institution's process? In other words, does everyone get one? My POI there scheduled one with me too. Yes, this is me asking "Does this mean anything???!!" I'm hopelessly typical. A child waiting anxiously, bouncing on her toes, saying, "Ooh goody, goody!"

Good call, thanks

I'm right there with you, checking my email twenty times a day. I'm driving myself crazy and know I need to stop...but I can't!

So helpful, telkanuru, thank you!

I'm curious about how all of you dealt with/are dealing with a few (probably pretty insignificant) issues: 1. After emailing professors to find out if they're taking students, if you get back a fairly stock response ("Thank you for contacting me. I am taking new students. I look forward to reading your application."), do you respond with a quick "thanks," or nothing at all? I haven't been responding to those kinds of emails because clearly they're busy and I don't want to unnecessarily clog their inbox. But is that impolite? 2. What is the appropriate time to send your recommenders the material they ask for (SOP, writing sample, transcript, etc.)? If most applications are due Dec. 1, is Nov. 1 suitable? 3. How extensive should the historiography in your writing sample be? I have more questions, but I'll leave it there for now. Thanks!

An aside: I don't know about anyone else, but I found the digressions in this thread helpful. Is the protocol here that we try to stay on topic? If it becomes a separate discussion, it does make sense to relegate to PM, but what about when more people benefit from such discussion? I guess this is a good opportunity for lurkers to quit lurking. Also -- I am aware that this is an old thread, found it through a search, and even so it answered a lot of my questions - including ones that were digressive. Would protocol be to initiate a separate thread?