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Oh, absolutely—didn't mean to imply that I'm looking for "safety" schools. Just curious about checking out as many potentially good fits as possible. Thank you!

Hi all. I'm currently an MFA candidate in poetry, planning to apply to Ph.D programs next cycle (2020). My interests mainly lie in twentieth century & contemporary American & British poetry—particularly in experimental/avant garde poetics—though I also have a strong interest in 18th C literature. My undergrad education was in philosophy & English, and I am looking at programs that will also have a strong theoretical emphasis. The programs I'm most interested in right now are UC Berkeley, U Chicago, U Penn, Yale, and possibly Johns Hopkins and UC Irvine. Given that these are all incredibly competitive programs, I'm hoping to widen the net a bit. Are there any other programs that would be good options to add to my list to investigate?