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Anyone know for sure where they'll be next year? We're a small field, so I'd love to keep up with everyone

If you mean UPenn as opposed to Penn State, I do know at least one student currently in their PhD program was accepted off of their waitlist. Don't know about the interviews, though.

Not the Wisconsin poster, but I had a recent chat with a new assistant professor at a very well-established and elite university. She shared that she only got one PhD offer as a master's student. However, now that she has more connections, she has been chatting with people at the programs that rejected her. They confirmed that they were supportive and excited about her project, but felt ill-equipped to fully help her succeed into her subfield. They had hoped that another department might be able to help her more effectively. So, I just wanted to hop on and encourage those of you in this situation not to give up. It's exactly the kind of projects that most departments feel ill-prepared to support that need a space in the field. And you get to be a big part in creating that space.

This is SO helpful as I head into accepted student days and interviews. Thanks for such detailed advice!

Congrats congrats! Options are always so exciting!

Ahh hi! Congrats! Mary Fissell's a force of nature! I'm currently working on early modern reproductive system cancer, but I'm moving into the modern world because I'm interested in the relationships among cancer, immunity, and genetics. I've had a couple POIs because Hopkins is such a good fit for me (including Nathaniel Comfort, Elizabeth O'Brien, and Fissell), but I got the call from Jeremy Greene, the department chair and another POI. The call was very kind: congratulations, brief info about funding, invitation to accepted student days, a little bit of conversation about the status of my other applications, etc. For context, I visited the department in the fall for a prospective student visit. If you haven't done that with Hopkins, I highly recommend it in the next application cycle. I was told by the grad students that usually they usually only accept 2 students a year, but that there were rumors among the department that they might be accepting more this year.

Who is the other Hopkins History of Medicine admit? I was accepted, too! Let's connect!

Who is the Utah State master's acceptance? Congratulations! I'm finishing up my master's currently at USU and am happy to chat if you have any questions

Hello! I am the Penn interview. I've only just discovered this website (and it's done pretty nightmarish things for my acceptance anxiety--yikes!), otherwise I would've contributed/let you know sooner! Although, I think I've seen one other Penn interview in the history of science floating around here, too. Hope you've all been receiving some good news, although it's certainly a bit early for a lot of programs. Regardless, glad to see some other history of science/medicine folks! I feel like there isn't much of an online presence for our field.