humblemumblings

We totally had the same tester - she asked me the same question (for Russian also). What city are you going to?

I just got the thumbs-up call from Javits. Actually it came yesterday, but I missed it and then time zones conspired against getting any news until this morning. So I guess they're notifying people.

I'm at Berkeley and love it - the atmosphere is as you describe, and it's a great place to live. Feel free to PM me if you have questions.

It depends on the UC - Berkeley's department has it's own endowment, for example, so they're not cutting cohorts or stipends or faculty. But UCLA has zero money. It's worth asking faculty you're in touch with about the situation.

I let my recommenders know when I'd heard from all schools, and was trying to decide where to go since they had good advice to offer. Of course if you're in class with one of them or something go ahead and tell!

I heard today (I'm currently at Berkeley) and I remember how awful the waiting was last year when the notification schedule seemed so opaque.

If there's anyone here waiting on Berkeley, they'll be sending out notifications by mid-February.

So back in January, one of the professors at UNC gave me a call

I'm glad to know I'm not the only person feeling nervous (heading toward terrified) at the thought of campus visits. I haven't been in the US - let alone on a campus - for almost two years and my first stop is... Princeton. I'm afraid I'm going to be wild-eyed, wrongly dressed and, since I don't speak much English here, totally incoherent. Joy.

I was the UMich admit yesterday. My potential adviser sent me an email, although I think they usually call. I wish I could share some of these!

mia11 - I think we might have gotten into the same school based on those stats . I think that the package is good for a state school. I've seen more from private (28k plus tuition, health and maybe more for summer travel). I've also talked to grad students in CA and they seem to be living pretty well on the 17k deal.

redwine - Thanks for the recommendations. I am in Moldova, where the bookstore situation... isn't, at least where the English language is concerned. So my all-suffering parents mule me books from the states. AndI'm going back to visit schools, so I should be in contact with a real live English bookstore again...and half.com. Without JSTOR, I never would have been able to apply .

I did not have a history major as an undergrad, and my school didn't offer minors - although I took quite a few history classes. Only one of my LORs came from a history professor - the others were in anthro or comp lit. My thesis was a mishmash of history and anthro methodologies. And so far so good - I have experienced no questions about my preparedness to study history at a graduate level, and have gotten encouraging responses from schools. I think it's the languages and the passion for it that they really want to see.

It is my field... now. I was much more of a western Europe and US anthro (it made sense then, somehow) person in college and feel the need to brush up. Plus my current gig gives me ample time to read...

Or actually that was Princeton calling with good news. Yay!

Anyone have a must read in recent Russian history?

Princeton wants to interview today - so they must be getting close to decision-phase... I wish Michigan would make some sort of sign too!

Speaking of Stanford, has anyone heard anything? Or are there just not many people applying there this year? The results page is oddly quiet...

I'm also applying from overseas, and wasn't invited to NYU weekend. NYU did send me an email saying something about "strongly favoring" my application or something and inviting me to contact faculty that I think are interesting. I also got a call from one of the faculty I'd be working with there... I'm fairly sure it's what they do for us across-the-pond peoples.

Yikes, I was just accepted to Berkeley after reading on the results page that I really should check my spam. Am breathless! It's been my dream school for years, and I've been applying from overseas as a Peace Corps volunteer so this whole process has been done in a total vacuum (not to mention was fraught with the logistics of applying from a country with a dreadful postal system). Now I'm hoping I can manage a visit... I've not been in the states for over a year and a half, so it'll be some serious re-entry shock!