ameliox98

Hi everyone! I just have a very positive update that I wanted to share.
We're getting to the point in the semester where we've been submitting abstracts and proposals for final papers. I recently submitted mine for my Medieval Europe class, and realized that I want to expand on the research that I'm doing. The question I've had in the back of my mind is How were the experiences of women in childbirth and infancy informed by their social positions, and how did these experiences inform the ways in which women interacted with the world around them and with each other?
 I'll be writing something along these lines for my final paper (which is focusing more on race/ethnicity in the medieval viewpoint), but I'll be doing an independent study this summer that will allow me to really get into this question more. I've done some primary and secondary source reading and have fallen in love; I've been able to call on the visual and material sources that I've been wanting to work with, and I'll be able to explore ritual and popular religion (which I've been obsessed with since readings for my Theory & Methods and  since reading Robert Bartlett's Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?). It's definitely something that I think I will want to bring with me through to PhD programs. 

@wookie55 You're so right, but stranger things have happened. I'm in the same boat; waiting on the last of my decisions so that I can wrap up this cycle and accept an offer. Do let me know if/when you get a reply from the administrator -- and good luck!

@ghirlandaihoe HTC would be a very obscure program to troll, but I guess since it’s so competitive someone might want to push ppl to withdraw their apps - is that what you mean? (I basically don’t understand the whole idea of posting false admits.) 
I really just want to accept at my other school but feel like I should wait for these results since HTC was in my top 3. 
I have been thinking about writing to the administrator... I will let you know if I write to her and get an update.