Hi, guys I have not heard back from Johns Hopkins, UCSD, and Columbia. I guess at this point it might mean a bad result and the rej letters are waiting for me... and do you guys think I should apply for another year? I do not have publications, but two conference paper. I was originally planned to do women history, but it seems like a dead end. How do you guys think I can improve for next year. I will be done with my master in a history department in this May as an international student. I was very disappointed with myself since I did undergrad in a history department also...