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I applied to history Ph.D. programs along with a few student personnel programs in order to weigh my options. I have a good offer to go to Kent State but I also have a potential assistantship at Ohio University. The GA at Kent is a much better package, though, so I think OU might be off the table. Right now, I'm still in the wait-and-see mode because I'm not going to make a decision until I hear back from the history programs.

You and I both!

My status is still "in review" as well. I just found a typo in my writing sample, too, so that's pretty cool.

Add my UM rejection to the pile. I'm down to two doctoral programs and one masters program.

OSU, Michigan, and Case Western (Social/Policy History) here. It's agonizing.

Form letters shouldn't contain apologies/words of consolation because the reader will never perceive those as being sincere. A simple "best wishes in all your endeavors" would suffice instead of "hopefully another program accepts you [because we sure didn't want to]."

Yeah, my letter was the same. I'm glad to know that UPenn believes that I, [applicant], have what it takes to succeed at [university of applicant's choice].

I'm an Americanist so the news from Michigan is disheartening, but who knows what's going on at this point, I suppose.