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Do you have any recommendations as far as reading goes? I am planning on buying a few historical methodology books to get a better sense of the discipline. Are there any journal articles you could point me to?

Thanks for the replies guys! Currently I'm beginning to study for the GRE. I hate standardized tests (never been good at them) but Im going to put in a good amount of work in over the next 7 months;)

Awesome, thanks.

Yeah I hear ya. My SOP will be solid along with the LOR's. The writing sample will be political science. The MA program I am currently at puts great emphasis on methodological Research design. I am a good writer and can make strong clear arguments, will submitting a polisci MA thesis paper be sufficient as a writing sample, or will I have to write a new one?

Because I am more interested in doing Political history and studying cultural aspects of society in Russia and the USSR, nationalist sentiment, etc. Rather then doing statistics based research and building models methodologically.

Hey guys, I majored in Politics at 1 of the UC's (University of California) ended with a 3.5 gpa. Currently I am getting my MA at a top Political Science program in England. I hope to finish with high marks here. However, after meeting with my professors, and some other professors from the Hist department we all seem to agree that getting my Doctorate in History will be a better fit for my interests. I am fluent in Russian and would like to study Russian history, Soviet history, Political history, as well as the transition of the 1990's. In addition, I would like to study Eurasia as a whole. I have excellent writing and analytical skills. Given I receive 3 excellent recommendations from Professors here at grad school, do decently well on the GRE, will I have a shot at getting into some good programs such as the following? Boston College (Hist PHD) Carnegie Melon (Hist PHD) University of Miami (Hist PHD) Washington University in St. Louis (Hist PHD)