genesisy

Did any of you all apply to interdisciplinary PhD programs? And if so how are you ranking/comparing them to traditional History departments? For example, my interest are Amerasians, U.S. militarism, Asian American history, modern Korean History, Ethnic Studies, critical theory, critical mixed race studies, race, gender, transnationalism etc. I really like the idea of Cultural or Ethnic Studies and so far have been accepted to Irvine and Davis. I was accepted to Northwestern History as well. Really love the idea of working with my POI @ NU, as her book was really what first got me into the field of Asian American Studies. BUT their Asian American Studies program overall is very tiny compared to some of the California schools I have gotten into. I just don't even know (at this point) which would be better for me. I guess what I'm comparing is History versus interdisciplinary, small Asian American Studies program versus a large one with many relevant faculty members, ranking, and placement statistics. I think overall I would fit better in some of the Cultural Studies programs I got into - my research is more interdisciplinary and I feel that I will really thrive in an environment of Asian Americanists. But, at the same time, my POI @ NU and I share research interests, and it's an amazing program with a good history of placement post-PhD -- I would undoubtedly find my place there as well, although I'm not sure if I would grow as much. Any thoughts? :/ Sorry if this sounds silly, I'm still an undergraduate (graduating Spring 2012), so I don't have the experience of having been in a Masters program to gauge now what might be best for the next 5-7 years of my life (and then beyond that of course, the rest of my career).

I was accepted to Northwestern as well. Can't believe it! Waiting to hear details about funding, but their website says that they are very good about funding their students. Yay!

I posted the acceptance. PM me if you have any questions. From what I understood all admits were contacted on Friday. I missed the call on Friday so I believe that I was one of the last ones contacted this morning.