Joe Lordan

Here is a blurb about USC from another forum - it may answer some questions about their weird ways Back in the late 60s/early 70s, the then-president of the UC system Sproul went along with the then-GE model of doing business, which was to split everything up into semi-autonomous spheres in order to allow creativity and localized attention (a very 60s idea that was popular in lots of industry settings). The problem is that he did it wrong and never made communication lines running through these spheres to the top, and today most UCs are fractured bureaucratic fiefdoms with no one answering to anyone else. As a result, there is no consistent answer to any question about UC schools, or even departments within particular schools. My department (not a natural science, either) has enough money from endowed chairs and federal grants to be doing just fine, ignoring the mandatory staff firings, hiring several faculty last year, and keeping grad numbers up. Other departments are facing 50% cuts in funding by next year, with staff cuts, hiring freezes, and sharply cut enrollments.

I applied for a master's at BC and haven't heard anything yet, for what that is worth

I applied to 6 of those MA programs, you can thank me later PhDs

Sure! I applied for the MA as well - it seems that most of the people who are hearing from schools are PhD candidates. I also applied to UConn, URI, BC, BU, and Northeastern. Anyways! Someone from the Geology forum was accepted to their masters program recently (if not today) "I was accepted at UMASS in their Masters program... Funding info to come soon." I also saw some people going for a PhD in marketing getting in as well. I just searched for "umass amherst" and "masters" in the search bar to get these results Edit: For what it is worth my status is still "applied"

A cursory glance at the other forums shows that some people have already heard from Umass. Has anyone here? Is the history department still too busy toasting themselves and enjoying the view from the ivory tower? I hate the waiting game.

How about the University of Kansas? My interest is American involvement World War 1, I know that the museum is in Kansas City (an amazing place, check it out if you're ever in the area) but I don't know if the proximity to the museum and national monument breeds academics who make WW1 their professional focus

Quarters have speed, but semesters have reach - in my experience it has always been the guy with the quickest fists that comes out on top. Long arms lead only to poorly fitted suits and awkward hugs

As two MAs I feel that, charitably speaking, we'll probably be the galley slaves on the great trireme of whatever history department we land at; we'll need all of the friends we can get!

I actually just came from that website and, yes, they said we wont hear for 6-10 weeks after the deadline has closed... so I guess that means sometime in March? I'm listed as being "applied" to all of my masters programs, so I guess that means I am batting 1000