MrPurple

If you end up with an offer from NU, feel free to reach out to me. I was an undergrad there and primarily did Southeast/East Asian work. Would be more than happy to talk about the department and the university as a whole.

For all of those waiting on decisions from Northwestern, classes and all non-essential services/activities have been canceled for Wednesday, the 30th, which is the first day that Northwestern has accepted students in the past five years (dates ranging from January 30th to February 5th). So, that is all to say, don't get too anxious if Northwestern is a day or two slower getting back to you than you expect in the next two weeks. I know Chicago has also cancelled classes on Wednesday, but I don't know if they have also shut down all non-essential services/activities.

No, you should not assume that. Interviews are the exception, not the norm, for history programs.

Sorry, I'm a bit lost here, but why are we using the Ivy distinction? There are so many top programs that aren't Ivy schools and perform phenomenally (e.g. Wisconsin, Michigan, Chicago, Berkeley, etc.). I'd rather attend Chicago than Brown or Cornell in most subspecialties. Maybe I'm just missing the point?

I think early to mid February is a realistic timeline based on the results search for most programs.

I just wanted to echo this statement. Interviewing at Northwestern is an exception, not the norm.