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I think the changes threw people off for a bit

PS I don't care if that was SO 2011, we're historians dammit! We live for these things!

Is it too late to get you to do a Charlie Sheen-esque "winning!" post?

now as a heartless corporate stooge-type, option B would SCREAM at me all day long, however since this is academia one must balance those wonderful needs (Mr. Burns forgive me) versus passion. To me personally, option A is the smarter choice in academia because, from my narrow understanding, you need a solid foundation around you when you are writing your thesis and A seems to offer that more than B.

If there was a thread for "$*** people say on gradcafe" there would've been a strew of "OMG what's going on w/the site?!?!" and " I WANT MY GRADCAFE BACK!!!!" etc ... and I'm not going to say definitively who all were saying these things ... just know that it occurred

Have you been in touch w/the other schools this week to make sure they have all your paperwork, etc? Also that 1st school not having your paperwork isn't necessarily indicative that you won't gain admission ... I applied to one school who didn't even have all my letters of recommendation 2 weeks after the application deadline or my official transcripts. Had the DGS not been kind enough to email me, I would've never known, so take that info as you will .... just remember the unconquered spirit of the Seminoles!

did anyone get an acceptance?!?!

What's going on w/the new site?!?! aaarrrghhhhh

YES! FINALLY! Back-to-back months of 2nd place ends now! I want to thank my parents, my friends, my congressman, my bookies, my doctor, my postman, my garbageman, my enemies, my opponents, my bookies, my ex-wives, my ex-girlfriends, my ex-extra marital flings, the academy, my lawyer, my accountant, my analyst, Jim Caffegan from CMA, John Toney at William Morris Endeavor, Shlomo Anderson of Finkel, Anderson and Geary. I see I'm getting the green light to wrap it up now. I just want to say to all the little boys and girls out there, dreaming of the day that they too will be the #1 commenter for a month, anything is possible! WE DID IT BROOKLYN!!!!!

on the contrary, I've gone into the anti-Ivy camp since I came on this site ... seemed to be what all the other cool kids were doing

I'm assuming these were verbal commits and not signed commits?

If it's not a problem for the Tax Man then I can't imagine academia being too far behind

I am beginning to think you might have to bite the bullet and call someone

Yeah seems salacious if not to say the least! I want to learn more about that joint-PhD program now

Who wants to take that action? I have 12 signed undershirts ...granted I signed them ... but still! I am on the U-dub train

That's the dilemma I'm in w/my final school ... granted I know I didn't get in (wasn't invited to prospective weekend) but I never got an email or a phone call or a letter telling me I didn't get in still ... and here I'm waiting ... and this is a school that always sends out letters regardless ... I've called and been passed around 4 offices in the past week ... where is the justice!

Well you might want to check out Wilbert Jenkins from Temple, granted he does a lot of work focused on agency, but he is focused on 20th century African-American and the Civil Rights period.

I am pretty certain there are Af-Am Civil Rights historians ... but are you looking for ones that have expertise in the Black Power Movement?

I'm pretty certain we all know where I stand on this

Peace out academia! I'm off to find my plastic barbie sugar momma! Who needs funding!

darn ... I got all excited that there was a possible place that ivies weren't welcomed

The problem is that I live in the glorious state of Florida and these annoying amphibians are here, constantly remind me of the second coming of Christ and that mountebank St Urban Cryer ... BTW nice choice for a coach ... from one Tartuffe to another ... the irony

No I think the admissions office (or some of that ilk) will send you a "welcome you got in" etc, type email and I think you'll also get an automated email (regardless of admission or denial) that'll tell you to go to the portal page ... but then I could be wrong so don't take this to be gospel just going off the pieces of information I was told

Don't let the tales of the Long Island Lolita dissuade you either! Those days are LONG gone and transferred across the Hudson I hear

TMP will make the right choice (i.e., not the buckeyes ) therefore I see it as a win-win ... yes I too am not a fan of that institution not only because they let the sorry gators whoop em in 07 (thus helping stoke the horrible myth of Tebow) but they unleashed the decrepit body of 84 year old Greg Oden onto the NBA .... but seriously because whichever school TMP picks will be a WONDERFUL choice and everyone here not me if you pick OSU will be supportive and happy for you!