I got full funding at BU with a 1300 GRE and 3.9 GPA. The department does try to take care of its students financially, from what I can tell. Many of the students are TAs. For those that don't have funding, tuition is ~45,000 a year, which is incredibly steep! Don't take out loans to go there (or anywhere, really).
When you take the GRE and choose which schools to send scores to, make sure you specify (A) the correct department (generally just the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) and ( the schools with the earliest deadlines. These schools will get your scores much earlier than other schools that you choose on the GRE website.
Also for the scores, some schools want you to send them to both the Graduate School and the History Department, so make sure that you follow the directions very carefully.
For those that live in Boston, what are some estimated utility costs? Most apartments mention that heat and hot water are covered, but the ads says nothing about electricity.
Most of my undergrad classes tried to do this-- either multiple book reviews (6-7, usually) or weekly reading questions and quizzes requiring us to address and critique an author's argument.
Seems like there is a bizarre amount of animosity about this point. I've always operated under the opinion that if a professor signs the email Prof. X, I will address said professor in the same way. This also goes with Dr. X. It seems very calculated if you address a person as "Prof. X" if the person always closes with Dr. X.