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I feel so at a loss for what to do. I'm getting a lot of advice from people (who don't particularly know anything abt humanities grad programs) to just apply this round because next round might be super competitive with all the people who have decided to take this round off and wait. But of course this round is obviously still so competitive with schools closing programs to admissions. What factors have y'all been taking into account in making the decision to apply or not?

hi! i'm applying for this cycle too now as I finish up my last year of undergrad. I'm primarily studying for the GRE subject test (brutal) and in the process of narrowing down my list of schools. I took the GRE last month and had a pretty awful writing score but a great verbal that i'm hoping matters more? I'm mostly interested in Southeast Asian anglophone literature, transnationalism and postcolonialism, and modernist aesthetics. I can't help but feel quite imposter syndrome-y about this whole process and I wish my professors had more wisdom to offer (other than, dont worry your gpa is fine! or, maybe take a gap year!) - thankfully everyone on gradcafe has been more than willing to offer up their experiences haha No one really goes to get humanities PhD's at the school I'm attending so it's so nice to have a thread specifically for this application cycle! thanks y'all!