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Contacting professors/research interests/publications: do they apply to terminal Masters programs or just PhD programs?

Also, what is this I hear about the first 5-10 questions in a section being the most important???

Hi all, Taking the new GRE in mid-October and I have just started to study. Took a diagnostic test before any prep and got about a 1380 (strangely, my SAT score exactly...) 620 Q, 760 V. The book is McGraw Hill's New GRE. My question is, how accurate are these scores? Is McGraw particularly easy? Is there a book that more accurately reflects the difficulty of the new GRE? My weak point is clearly math, but other than forgetting some basic concepts, I didn't find it particularly hard, which worries me... Thanks!

thank you everyone! Johns Hopkins is PhD only and I've never spoken to anyone who went through the Georgetown program, which sounds like an amazing 1 year (4 semester) intensive but if it doesn't turn heads on a CV whats the point? Does anyone know how I could go about contacting an alum to find out more? I'm afraid of applying to too many schools, what's a good number? I was thinking 5-6, is that too many? In other news, I have been scoring 1350+ on practice GRE tests so now I just have to figure out what my final school list is! Here are my defs: Tufts Williams IFA Bank Street Here are my maybes: CUNY Queens (safety...do I need it?) GWU- The museum studies program is not art history based, how is the Art History Master's here? Georgetown Columbia ??? thank you all for your advice, Tufts and Williams were definitely added because of this thread! I think I am sticking to Boston, DC, NYC areas for practical reasons, I hope it's not a mistake Dumbarton Oaks is something to consider, thank you

Thank you both! Medieval is my area of interest but as of now I want to stick to a Master's, all of which tend to be pretty general anyway. I suppose I am just using Medieval as a qualifier to help narrow down choices. I have heard mixed things about the IFA but its true everyone at the Met seems to have only heard of IFA and Columbia...wish me luck as I try to ace the GRE in a month!

Hi all! I am looking at Master's programs right now and am a little overwhelmed as to where to start. My focus is Medieval art and I have been out of undergraduate a year interning (including the Met's medieval department and the Morgan Library), my GPA was high, over a 3.9 but from a CUNY school (saving my debt for grad school), I have been working on my German but frankly it is less than proficient and I have yet to take the GRE. Initially I was going to apply to Museum Studies programs since I am thinking of going a more museum professional rather than curatorial route but my internship at the Met made me feel as if an Art History Master's is more of a safe bet. That being said, I am rushing to revise my school list. I am thinking of Tufts, IFA, GWU, Williams, Johns Hopkins, Temple, CUNY Queens and Bank Street's Museum Education program but to be honest I am overwhelmed by the choices! I would like to get out of NYC but as a born and bred New Yorker I am not sure where to start. Does anyone have any good advice on narrowing down school choices or any other good programs with a strong Medieval/Museum studies bent? Given the state of my list and that I have yet to take the GRE Is it too late to apply for Fall 2012? Thank you all!

Hey all, Planning on applying to Georgetown's Museum Studies next winter and given that I have a year to prepare my application I was wondering if anyone had any insight into how competitive the program is. I have yet to take the GRE but I was an Art History major with a 4.0 in my major and a 3.9 overall. Did a couple of internships (one museum and one gallery) and hope to do a couple more as well as become reading proficient in german by application time. Does anyone who applied know my chances? This is my absolute dream school so any advice would be stellar! Thanks