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I'm waiting to hear one way or the other from UNC for History. I noticed on Friday that one person posted that they had been notified via email that they were accepted, and then saw one person a couple days ago post that they received a rejection via post. Haven't seen any more people posting one way or the other since then. I've heard from various sources that UNC should notify at the end of March/beginning of April, within two or three weeks, and the beginning of March. As it is the beginning of March and I'm getting very antsy about this, what do y'all recommend? Should I shoot off an email to the department politely asking what's up? Or should I sit on my hands and hope that I can keep from freaking out while I wait for something in the mail?

I'm down here in South Carolina. Gonna be very antsy over the next few days waiting on that letter....

I posted in the thread on UNC, but thought I'd post over here, too. I've been in contact with Dr. Wayne Lee, the head of the military history department there. They had 440 applicants for 17 spots. Anyone who applied for military history--they had 50 applications for 4 slots, 2 of which have been filled already by military guys with military funding. That leaves the other 48 of us competing for the remaining two slots. Dr. Lee also said (yesterday) that, although he's not the one who writes the letters, they should be sending out notifications very soon, so I would presume that's within the next week or so.

One more update. I emailed Dr. Lee again and he said that, although he's not the one who writes the letters, it should be very soon. I would assume that means in the next week or so, or at the very least, before the end of March.

When I spoke to Dr. Lee two and a half weeks ago, he had said that they'd be making their final decisions over the next few weeks. I had also been told by the department that they would notify at the beginning of March. I sure hope they don't wait another several weeks after that, til the end of March....

I've been in communication with Dr. Lee, the head of the Military History group. He said that the history department has had 440 applications, and look to only admit 17. That's a pretty substantial hit from what they normally admit. Doesn't look all that good for me, or the other 422 people out there.... Edit: Just heard back from him again. The military history program had 50 applications and they will admit 2--there are a few who are being funded by the military, but for everyone not in that situation, only 2 will be admitted.

Well, I'm gonna try to get a decent job for a year and then reapply to the same programs next year, in addition to a slew of other programs. During the down time, I'll try to boost my GRE scores and everything else I still have influence over at this stage of the process.

Hey everybody, Not sure who out there is waiting to hear back from UNC-Chapel Hill for history. Anyways, I've been in email contact with the head of the military history department there. He said that they are working on the final decisions over the next few weeks. My best guess would be that those of us who applied there will have to wait until March to hear anything back. Why can't Carolina let people know the same time every other school does?

Just heard from Duke. Got an email from them today--it's out. "Mr. XXXXXX, I'm sorry to say that you were not accepted into our program. We had a strong pool of over 200 applications and only 8 fellowships to offer." Bummer. As far as I know, I'm still in the running for UNC-Chapel Hill....

Those are the only two schools I applied to. I could only afford to apply to two schools and my academic adviser thought they were as good as any other to apply to, in my specific field, that is. I picked Duke because it has a military history program in conjunction with Carolina, so that works out pretty well if I get into Duke and not Carolina, for example. I already know I'm gonna be going to the area no matter what, either as a PhD student or as a seeker of full time employment. If I don't get in this year, I'm gonna work on raising my GRE scores and re-working my SoPs and writing sample. In addition, I will have the money by that point to be able to afford to apply to more than two schools.

In both SoPs, I mentioned the two or three faculty at both schools who I would want to work with. I'm hoping that suffices. Thanks!

Hey everybody, just thought I'd introduce myself and ask y'all's opinion on the status of my application. A friend just showed me this website today and I feel like smacking myself on the head with a 2x4 for not finding this earlier. Anyways, I am a senior at The Citadel, triple majoring in History, Political Science, and Criminal Justice. I have a 3.56 cumulative GPA and have a 3.71 in History, a 3.64 for Criminal Justice, and a 3.5 in Political Science. For the GRE, I got a 670 Verbal, 720 Quantitative, and a 5.0 on the Analytical Writing. I know I got three kick-ass letters of recommendation, as well. I worked closely with my academic adviser in preparing the SOPs and my writing sample. In my study of History, I have focused on military history, with a further emphasis on the Civil War. I have applied to the PhD programs at Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill. I'm really nervous, given that my cum GPA is a good bit lower than they say is the average (~3.7 - 3.8 ). Furthermore, I'm rather disappointed with my Verbal and Analytical Writing scores on the GRE. Anyone have an inkling how competitive I am for those two programs, if at all? In addition, anyone think I might be in the running for a fellowship or anything? I cannot attend either school without full aid, so I'm really keeping my fingers crossed on it. My academic adviser thought that I would be competitive to very competitive for fellowships at either school. Sorry about the long post. Thanks!