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Thank you for the advice, I'm hoping it works out. I'm having a hard time right now coming up with a reasonable list of schools to apply to that fit my areas of interest AND my qualifications, but this helps a lot. Yeah, I definitely feel a lot of anger toward myself because of how it blurred the lines of where I fit in terms of credentials. Ahh.

hey all, So I graduated with a relatively solid BA GPA in English back in 2016. Around the time I graduated I started going through a bout of depression that lasted through my MA. Low-motivation+isolated grad environment did not bode well for my GPA. I've got my MA now, but I'm scared about how the transcript might affect my applications to PhD English/Lit programs. My advisor says I'm overthinking things and that while I can't get into Yale, I have a respectable GPA. So what schools are not Yale, but are respectable? Because I want to be reasonable. Has anyone here gone through similar experiences or have any advice?