Hi everyone,
So, I'm pretty sure I'm going to make the (I know, very, very, very, extremely stupid) decision to switch to history. With everything that's happened over the last year, I figured I'd rather be happy now since we're all likely to die in climate disaster/pandemic/global thermonuclear war with in the next 20 years or so, so what the hey. I have a BA with a double major in Anthropology and Classical Studies, with a minor in History. My overall GPA was 89.9%/3.95 (Canadian school), and my history GPA was 87.6%/3.87. I'm currently doing an MA in anthropology, which will likely wind up with a similar GPA. My GRE scores are 168/150/5.0. I have basic reading ability in Spanish, and very rusty French that could be polished up nicely in the next year or so. As suggested by my comments above, I am from Canada, but I plan on doing US history. I don't have super specifics of a dissertation project to propose yet, but I won't be applying until the next round, so I plan on fleshing something out over the coming months. My interests lie in colonial America, women's history, and material culture. So far the schools I have written down are:
Harvard
Yale
William and Mary
Brown
Boston University
UPenn
UVA
Delaware
And some Canadian schools (that don't necessarily have my exact fit, but can use the MA as a transition to PhD programs if I get no offers)
Western
WLU
Carleton
Once again, I know the drastic state the field is in, but really, I think this is where my heart is. If it comes to it, I know people at a technical college and I can just be an HVAC technician or whatever, but this is for me.
Any suggestions on schools/next steps?