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  1. Contacting professors had me totally traumatized last year, but I honestly think it is crucial. I wrote to at least one professor at each university I applied to and got into 6 top 10 schools for US. The only thing I can say is be yourself!!! I don't think writing a stiff form letter gets you anywhere. I was surprised to find many of these scholars I looked up to were so down to earth and had a wonderful sense of humor. Yes, it's somewhat of a business e-mail, but hopefully if you stay in this field, you'll be making a new friend as you obviously can't work with all of the people you contact. I would approach it that way. That being said, only contact a professor if you know their work and there is a strong intellectual connection. If you wrote a thesis about ancient Rome and a potential student kept e-mailing you about 19th cen. L.A. you would ignore the e-mail too. Good luck!
  2. WashU isn't even in the top 5 for Modern US? That surprised me.
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