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Thanks M'selle le monster ... seems I might be the only person on here going for the program this year but I know they get at least 200 people applying for the 20 or so seats so it is going to be just as tough as their PhD program

Congrats CandI! So happy for you :-)

Congrats or as they say in Spanish ... Que Hora Es?

speaking of Caesars ... the title of Caesar didn't come into vogue until the first non-Julio-Claudian, Galba, became emperor and took the name even though he had no relation w/the Julio-Claudian family

I am guessing once you go the PhD route however, this would almost be impossible?

Maybe mom doesn't want to see you move so far away, from the loving embrace of family?

speaking of mariners, the United States Marine Corps hymn's opening line discusses two of the USMC's first major international conflicts, the Barbary wars (to the shores of Tripoli) and the Mexican-American war (from the halls of Montezuma)

dumb question but doesn't the AHA do a listing as well?

I am not a Spanish leaning historian so I was offended by this video not having a translation for those of us who can't sprechen ze Spanish

Also is anyone applying for the March deadline?

Alright well it is almost 4PM on the west coast so time to put away the worry faces & put on the weekend faces friends

Tell her not to worry and that you're on gradcafe & you'll score you a harvard man yet!

YAY Goldie is still here w/us

Congrats monster! BTW did Goldie ever check in on her visit?

Good morning fellow disseminators of things passed! We're getting closer & closer

Crazies make the world a more entertaining place

You aren't alone (in not knowing) so one thing I suggest is to keep an open mind in all the inputs you're going to get on here but @ the end of the day, the advice that makes you most comfortable is what you go wwith.

Cato the Elder was a one track record fella ... Carthage must be destroyed ... he stayed on message ... and eventually he got his wish ... just saying

What school, if I maybe so nosy as to ask?

You watch your tone! StrangeLight is GOSPEL, you hear me? He/She is a divine prophet/ess, sent down from the holy temple of Delphi to act as an oracle for us! You should have stopped with "StrangeLight usually gives spot-on advice" ... now for your sins of questioning StrangeLight, go purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka

Don't use the US News & World rankings ... that's a better guide for undergrad than anything ... also certain schools don't offer African-American studies PhD but have excellent masters programs so if you don't find a fit for you in AA history that is a direction you can look towards

Funding is key

This seems like a Yakov Smirnoff joke waiting to be written

You should stroll behind some of the students, look @ their papers and gravely shake your head as they've written utter nonsense. Then walk back to your desk & look in their direction and just sigh loudly. I only suggest this b/c it seems mean spirited, missplaced, and utterly devoid of rational, kind of like ....

Taking notes here