[Fall 2013 Applicants?]

regalrenegade - no problem discussing it openly here; his name popped up when I was doing my own search for people to work with on British transnational / imperial history. Feel free to PM though if you want to talk more specifically about this area without disturbing others in the thread

Also, if anyone else has any suggestions in this area, they'd be most welcome to reply or PM. The names I have are all from top schools - Harvard, Princeton, NYU, Stanford, Cambridge. I want to diversify the pool I'm looking at with more realistic / probable possibilities...

Have you looked at Berkeley? A friend of a friend does Britain there, but most of her interests pertain to colonialism (India, in particular).

[Working full time, MA part time]

To the original poster: I have worked part-time for a good chunk of my Master's program (full-time school) and I was able to manage it, mostly. It was still difficult and I often reluctantly had to ignore my social life. Everyone manages their time differently though so perhaps it's best to just try for it and see how it goes.

I had first considered doing full-time work and part-time school but realized that in that situation -- full-time work -- my job would always come first, and I just did not want to do that, sacrificing school, seeing as I wanted to spend my time/$ in graduate school doing my absolute best. I did not major in history in undergrad, so I feel as if this is my one chance to prove myself for PhD applications.

[Fall 2013 Applicants?]

I am with you. I almost applied for 2012 but decided against it (I am currently in a Master's program), and am glad I waited.

I have some materials and a list of schools from the beginnings of last fall's attempt, as well as loads of helpful advice from this board ... which I love to lurk in to procrastinate the writing of my thesis (oy).

Anyway, hello!