jrah822

PhD- History Arizona: dukelover50 Brown: Attia, Ganymede18 (partner), virmundi Cambridge: superfluousflo Columbia: Cpetersen, Safferz Harvard: Safferz Illinois-UC: Gene Parmesan, R_Escobar Illinois-Chicago: crazedandinfused Johns Hopkins: Pugsley87 Michigan State: Cranston Minnesota: remenis, WendyDarling Northwestern: Ganymede18 (partner), genesisy, goldielocks Nebraska: R_Escobar, grlu0701 NYU: Sequi001, uhohlemonster Ohio State: iamincontrolhere-haig, ticklemepink Oxford: alleykat Penn: Safferz, runner09, Pugsley87 Pitt: teachgrad/CageFree Princeton: easybreesy9, maeisenb, Roxelana, Safferz Rutgers: goldielocks SUNY-Binghamton: alleykat SUNY-Buffalo: goldielocks, Veilside1, wikichic SUNY- Stonybrook: abacab44, always sunny, crazedandinfused Temple University: crazedandinfused, alleykat, superrockr1 Virginia: cupoftea_andasitdown UC- Berkeley: Astarabadi, CPetersen, telemaque UC- Davis: teachgrad/CageFree UC-Riverside: teachgrad/CageFree UC- SB: virmundi University of Exeter: Lureynol University of Chicago: Attia, calamari19, Sequi001 University of Miami: sandyvanb UNC- CH: cupoftea_andasitdown USC: CPetersen, virmundi UT- Austin: emerald54 University of Washington: Gene Parmesan UW- Madison: Attia, emerald54, hopin’-n-prayin’, RevolutionBlues, sequi001, telemaque, ticklemepink Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL) : taybaxter, goldielocks Yale: Agora, Safferz, telemaque, virmundi, zb642 PhD- Other Harvard (AmCiv): CPetersen Kansas (AMST): Gene Parmesan Purdue (AMST): Gene Parmesan SUNY- Buffalo (AMST): R_Escobar UC- Davis (Cultural Studies): genesisy UC- Irvine (Culture & Theory): genesisy UC- SB (Classics): Attia MA- History Cambridge: Lureynol Chicago: uhohlemonster Fordham: qbluecheers Indiana: GloFish Louisiana State: grlu0701 Miami U.: Kelkel Northern Illinois: Cranston Tel Aviv University: uhohlemonster Texas Tech: grlu0701 UMass-Amherst: crazedandinfused SUNY-Binghamton: Kelkel UT- Dallas: Kelkel West Virginia: grlu0701 William and Mary: historyguy12485 University of Vermont: jrah822

I still haven't heard from them yet either, and they are also my last hope (for a PhD) =( Let's hope that they do rolling admissions, and that we'll be getting our letters soon! =)

Thank you to everyone who responded! I'm leaning towards Turkey--the experience just seems too good to pass up. I suppose I just have to wait and see what happens with my last three schools. This whole process has been such an emotional roller coaster... Good luck to everyone who is still waiting to hear back from schools! Keeping my fingers crossed for all of us!

A drink doesn't hurt, but then the trick is to strike up a conversation with the person sitting next to you on the plane. It'll distract you from take off. If the convo lasts into the plane ride, awesome! If the other person is...well, either boring or not your cup of tea, politely excuse yourself to partake in some headphones listening, and zone out for the rest of the flight. Falling asleep is great, especially if you can last through touchdown. If not, distract self with SkyMall. There is some neat yet useless (and also useful but odd) stuff in there! Good luck from a frequent flyer!

Hoping that today is the day I hear back from another school! It's been too long since I've heard anything! Keeping my fingers crossed for everyone!

I can't believe another week is over already! Looking forward to the weekend...and to hopefully hearing back from the rest of my schools next week!

Hello Grad-cafe-ers! =) I'm currently in the market for some advice, and I thought I would turn to those of you who know best. {sorry in advance for the long question...} This year, I applied to 8 grad schools--6 PhD programs and 2 master's programs. Within two weeks, I was rejected from my "top five" and am currently waiting to hear back from the last 3--the 2 MA programs and 1 PhD program. After expressing my concerns about all of my rejections to my professors, a new development has arisen. I have been offered an opportunity to teach abroad. My mentor's father is a professor in Istanbul, and is willing to help set me up as an English teacher there. I traveled to Istanbul last summer; I loved it there, and would go back in a heartbeat, no questions asked... ...But of course, no decision is ever easy. I still have 3 programs to hear from, and the research interest I've been "selling" to my grad schools has nothing to do with Turkey or the Ottoman Empire. However, nearly all of my mentors/LOR writers are pushing for me to take this opportunity and live/teach abroad. Only one has told me that if I get in to grad school, I should go and put off travel. My question is this: if I did get in to a graduate school (I know, I know, it's a hypothetical...but I'm a planner, and I'm still optimistic about this whole process), would it be a mistake to decline the offer(s) and take a year to study and teach in Turkey? Would a guaranteed placement in grad school outweigh the cultural benefits of living in a foreign country, being able to learn the culture and language firsthand, and develop knowledge of the history outside of books and articles? Would a complete shift in research focus be a detriment, or could it possibly benefit me (many of my current professors are mentioning the "job market" while trying to advise me on this question)? I guess what it comes down to is this: I WANT NEED to go to grad school. It's a dream of mine. Becoming a professor and an academic historian is the ONLY career path I see for myself. I have been working on getting in to graduate school for the past year. I just don't want to regret passing on a fantastic opportunity, and the fact that I am not "tied down" (maybe committed is a better word?) to my research interests makes me wonder whether or not going to grad school at this point would be the right decision. I love the research I've done in the past year--but what if it's not enough to get me in to grad school and give me that opportunity to pursue my dream? Maybe I'm just looking for validation in the hopes that if an acceptance comes and I turn it down, it won't be a mistake...I am leaning towards taking this opportunity to teach abroad no matter what happens over the next month or two. Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself...I just would like to know what everyone thinks, because I feel a little lost right now. All responses are so very much appreciated... ~J

From my Dad [who never went to college]: "Don't you become one of those professional students who just goes to school all their life and never gets a job. That's the definition of LAZY." {FYI: "That's the definition of LAZY" is one of my Dad's favorite phrases} From my Mom [who has a M.Ed]: "That should take you--what, three years?" From my professors: "You know the job market's terrible, right?"

Happened to me too...now every time I walk into class at least ONE person asks me if I've heard anything yet...

If that's the case, you just made my weekend. No news is good news!

I use Outlook, and it does make a sound whenever I have a new email--the problem with that is, if I'm away from the computer and don't here the sound when it first goes off, I have to check anyway. So I'm in the business of constantly checking, over and over and over....

As much as I want to relax, knowing that people are receiving word from Washington is driving me crazy... REFRESH, inbox! REFRESH!

I haven't heard anything--not a rejection, but not an acceptance/waitlist either. That being said, I applied for the MA, not the PhD.

This may be a silly question with an obvious answer, but...does Washington notify those who applied for an MA after the PhD students? Or is it around the same time?

Okay! I'll keep an eye out for that new box. UCSB is the last PhD program I have to hear back from, but it probably was the best fit for me so I'm keeping my fingers crossed =) Thanks for the info! I heard something about how the snow threw their schedule off... Who knows what that means, or how that affected adcom committees, but I'd say we won't be hearing from them until next week at the earliest.