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  1. Way too much thought being put into this. The message @historygeek wrote is a fine example if you are declining. If you are accepting, usually you just email the department head letting them know and asking what you need to do moving forward.
  2. I work with modern French (my focus is on the Maghreb), so I can't speak to early modern French. However, two years of French at the undergraduate level and 9 months in France, as well as a paper drawing heavily from archival work in France and French secondary sources, did the trick. I got into my (decent) PhD program without an MA. Mind you, I also put a lottttt of time into French on my own. It was my hobby. French reading, youtube videos, speaking with natives on Italki, etc., are how I spent a lot of my time after work. I should also say that I'm a heritage speaker in Spanish, and that did help in understanding French at the structural level. Good luck! It's fortunately a language that has a lot of learning resources out there.
  3. Finalist here for Arabic-Advanced Beginning. Any guesses as to how they decide where to send you?
  4. I think what some of the others are rather poorly trying to say is that you can't approach the PhD program (at least the better ones) simply as a hobby. In your statement of proposal, you will need to identify a historical problem, how you plan to address, and why it is important that you address it. If you can do that, and not just say in your statement of purpose that you are doing this for self-fulfillment purposes, then I don't see why you don't stand just as much a shot at admittance. Honestly, a lot of programs (knowingly) let in young people that probably don't have much of a shot at tenure-track at jobs afterwards. Those TA positions need to be filled, after all. I don't see why this would be any different.
  5. As you already hinted at, this could be a blessing in disguise if you don't already have a master's.
  6. Just want to chime in and say that one should be really trying to avoid this type of behavior. This might be a good time to practice a skill (that is, waiting patiently and unobsessively) you will need to get through grad school. There'll be times when you're waiting to hear back for (many) things but need to give your full attention to present tasks. Even if you are still being productive, it just isn't healthy to keep refreshing your e-mail (or gradcafe). Take it from someone who can get obsessive when anxious and has gotten better at avoiding this behavior. My waiting periods have become less of an emotional rollercoaster.
  7. Funny you say that. I was going to include that, but I didn't want make my post longer. Yes, budding Native American historians tend to do well, though a lot the courses blend into the American Studies department (which is a very good department). A recent history PhD graduate landed a job in American Studies at Rutgers this past year, for example.
  8. I am graduate student in the program. Like with a lot of programs, I would say it depends on what area you are studying. This link should help you understand where the program (along with other programs) is strong and where it isn't so strong: https://www.historians.org/wherehistorianswork In short, we do best with focuses outside the Western Hemisphere. A decent percent of people do the pre-modern period and find jobs in academia. If you have anymore questions, feel free to PM me.
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