lasan98

Hi everyone! I applied this season to 8 programs and got admitted to 4 of them (University of Michigan, NYU, Duke, UC Davis). I got rejected from every Ivy I applied to (Harvard, Columbia, Yale, and assuming UPenn rejection). I am extremely grateful for the offers I do have, and know they are excellent programs. I am one year out of undergrad and my major was not in History (I majored in two interdisciplinary fields related to my subfield). I don't have money for a Masters (I am first-gen, low-income), so I am thinking of taking one of my current offers, but for some reason I still feel really bad about not having gotten into any of the Ivies that I applied to. I have no clue how to make my application stronger without a MA, though. Does anyone have advice on this, or has gone through a similar situation? Any thoughts on/experiences with the programs I got offers from? As someone new to History I appreciate any insight you might have!