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How many POIs should one have at a potential school? It's my understanding that dissertation committees in the humanities are roughly 4 professors, but is that correct?

Thanks for sharing that link!

Here's my two cents. I am in the middle of an unfunded two year terminal MA program. Yes, the debt bites. However, with PhD applications approaching, I actually wish I could spend more time building my CV and relationships with my profs. There is no way I could have squeezed in conferences or departmental service if I had a year to graduate.

Me too, user_name and wreckorthehope! I'm really hoping that my panel is approved. Good luck to both of you, too!

I second that. I may be there in October, too!

Hello, everyone. This is my first post here. Nice to meet (and suffer through admissions) with all of you. These forums are a great resource for advice and a place to vent about the stress of admissions. I took the GRE Lit this morning and I was certainly humbled by it. It illuminated the areas of literature that are my weakness. However, I didn't cancel my scores. Hoping for a decent grade. Good luck to all of you. I hope your scores are high!