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I agree with this and I don't think that Hogs' intent was the creation of a formulaic list of categories to be taken as gospel. I think that it would be helpful, especially for people with somewhat 'esoteric' subfields, to have some idea of what departments have different strengths in different areas. Maybe a list could be organized along those lines.
This is pretty accurate. I was looking to create a "Place to start" and have people collect information based on their experiences. What I am 100% NOT intending is a rating system or an end-all, be-all list. I was looking to create a living document that WE could work with/on together.
- Hogs of War and alpheratz
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Plan for this thread: List Sub-Fields and then list within those subfields the best schools to study that field and why. Additionally, feel free to leave requests for sub-field information. (To be honest, this idea came to me when I was thinking about my subfield, and realized I didn't really know where I should be applying for my Ph.D in a few years)
Medieval History
- School 1 (Reason why School 1 is good, a professor who is awesome to work with)
- School 2 (Reason why School 2 is good, a professor who is awesome to work with)
- School 3 (Reason why School 3 is good, a professor who is awesome to work with)
Modern American History- School 1 (Reason why School 1 is good, a professor who is awesome to work with)
- School 2 (Reason why School 2 is good, a professor who is awesome to work with)
- School 3 (Reason why School 3 is good, a professor who is awesome to work with)
Above is just a temporary Template. Feel free to fill it in, expand on it, change it, whatever you want.
- School 1 (Reason why School 1 is good, a professor who is awesome to work with)
- Eigen and Hogs of War
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- School 1 (Reason why School 1 is good, a professor who is awesome to work with)
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American History
- R_Escobar (20th century, American Indian),
- crazedandinfused (antebellum, intellectual),
- hopin'-n-prayin' (southern, religious),
- stevemcn (transnational),
- Simple Twist of Fate (early American),
- zb642 (20th century, labor/working-class culture),
- BCEmory08 (19th-20th century Catholicism, labor),
- irvinchiva10 (20th century, immigration/immigration reform)
European History- Kelkel (Modern Germany, political),
- goldielocks (Britain),
- SapperDaddy (Eastern and Central Europe),
- kotov (Modern Romania, Holocaust, labor),
- RevolutionBlues (Modern Western Europe/France labor and leftist politics),
- theregalrenegade (18th/19th cent British Empire/environment),
- jrah822 (19th century Britain; emphasis on colonial relationship to India),
- grlu0701 (Intellectual & cultural history,fin de siecle Germany and Italy),
- naturalog (modern European [mostly German] intellectual and cultural/sexuality and gender/political radicalism),
- runaway (Eastern/Central, memorialization & visual culture),
- Sequi001 (Modern France, gender and sexuality, colonialism/imperialism)
African History- Oseirus (precolonial/early colonial West Africa),
- Singwaya18 (20th century East Africa),
- Safferz (20th century Horn/Northeast Africa),
- The People's Scholar (Spanish colonialim in Africa- i.e. middle/West Africa)
Latin American History- teachgrad (20th century, Southern Cone),
- BH-history,
- The People's Scholar (18th-19th century Colombia)
East Asian History- alleykat (Modern China),
- kyjin (Pre-Modern Japan)
Near/Middle Eastern History- uhohlemonster,
- oswic (modern Egypt, gender)
Atlantic World- sandyvanb
Global/World History
[*]cooperstreet (Cold War)
Jewish History
[*]uhohlemonster,
[*]hopin'-n-'prayin,
[*]kotov (Holocaust),
[*]naturalog (sometimes modern European/Holocaust),
[*]runaway (memorialization & visual culture),
[*]ticklemepink (20th c. Germany/U.S)
Science/Technology
[*]shaxmaty1848 (Cold War)
Social
[*]annieca (Cold War and Post-Cold War East and Central Europe)
Classical and Medieval
[*]Hogs of War (Monastic Studies and Conflicts in Authority)
- sandyvanb
- uhohlemonster,
- alleykat (Modern China),
- teachgrad (20th century, Southern Cone),
- Oseirus (precolonial/early colonial West Africa),
- Kelkel (Modern Germany, political),
- R_Escobar (20th century, American Indian),
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Wow, I wasn't expecting unanimity like that. Thanks for your responses. I've been engaging in some extensive email correspondence this weekend. I hope to have a talk with my advisor and a few other people whose opinions I trust this week, and will hopefully narrow my choices down to one (plus W&M) as soon as Wednesday.
I always say go with your gut. There is always 'The Right Way' to do things, and you'll find that more often than not, that is the direction your gut will lead you. But don't be afraid to do something that strays from conventional wisdom just because it strays from conventional wisdom.
There is no worse feeling in the world than doing something 'The Right Way', and then failing in some capacity, when right from the beginning you felt like you should go a different path.
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I'm so glad to be on the "waiting to hear about funding" stage of Grad School admissions.
UMass has a pretty easy requirement to get all Fees + Tuition + Health Insurance for free, but it does require at a minimum a small amount of funding. (About 8k per year will get all those other things waived).
God I hope I get the 8k marker. It will really make all the difference in the world.
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I'm headed to Stony Brook. I'm quite happy about it - their program is really, really funky in the good sense of the word.
I'm just worried about jobs. But that's not my problem until friggin 6 years from now. I'm going to learn the two languages that I like to pretend I know - French and Portuguese - and write the killer dissertation that has been fermenting in my mind for the last year, and it will have 5, yes 5, funded years to beautifully age. What am I talking about? Agh, whatever. Back to my monstrous reading list.
congrats!
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Heard from W&M about the wait list. I'm second on their list, and there are two offers that are still undecided. My reaction:
I LOVE that scene in Dumb and Dumber
Last week looking at the MegaMillions. . .that was my same reaction before I paid my $10 in stupid tax. . . .opps. . . I mean bought $10 worth of tickets.
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Congrats. Glad the twigs didn't have a chance to snap.
To Amherst?
Congratulations, Hogs of War!
WOO HOGS!
Thanks all, and yes, it is UMass at Amherst.
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I just got an e-mail from the chair of the AdComm. I've been accepted. :-D
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Random change of subject: I still haven't heard from UMass and I'm about ready to jump off a metaphorical bridge. My brain is seriously at the point where I can feel it starting to snap. It like holding a bunch of twigs and small branches horizontally in your two hands, and then you start to try and break them in half. . . They start to crack and bend, and you can hear a few of them creaking. The cluster is still mostly intact, but just a little more pressure and I think they will all just break in one giant SNAP!
Any-who, how is everyone else doing?
Also, is sanity relative? I've felt sane my whole life, but the grad school application process has made me feel crazy. Am I crazy? Or am I normal for someone in my situation, but I just seem crazy?
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Is it wrong that everytime I imagine 20th and 21st century bombings (think Vietnam circa 1960's), I replay this Scrubs scene in my head.
I know how horrible it is, but it makes me laugh every time, and I have little to no regrets.
- oseirus, Hogs of War and crazedandinfused
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I'm hoping to go there for my MA, waiting on funding decisions. What is your concentration?
So have you heard about funding from UMass (and you're waiting to hear from UMaine) or are you waiting to hear from UMass as well?
I only ask because I'm somewhere on the waiting list, so obviously if I get accepted I'll be pretty low on the funding priority, BUT I wasn't sure if they've already told their MA applicants who they accepted what type of funding they're in line for.
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Bah! Why didn't you?! From henceforth always ask ... "what would Sterling Malory Archer do?"
Archer would be too busy being awesome to even consider anything else. . . And if for some reason he didn't get into grad school. . . We'll it'd be time for the sequel to "Terms of Enrampagement"
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So in other news, I managed to annoy my favorite professor of all time, who also happens to be my POI for grad school, and who also happened to have wrote my best LOR, and who also happens to be my 'inside connection' with AdComm. . . Apparently 1 e-mail per month is too much.
In all serious though, I don't think she was that upset. . . but she did seem ever so slightly annoyed, and finished the e-mail with "If you put this much energy into the work when you are actually in grad school, that should put you in good standing."
I was tempted to respond with "When I'm actually IN grad school??? So you're saying I'm in!?"
But I didn't. . .because I'm not 100% socially stupid.
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Yeah, I got that from my visit the other day -- especially the public history part.
Oh ya. . . Their Public history program is pretty darn good. . . So they've latched on. And the GPD has openly told other applicants I know (and have spoken to in person because they used to be co-workers of mine), that "If you're not applying to be a part of the PH program, UMass is probably not the right place for you."
I take that with a grain of salt, but there is a kernel of truth in it.
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It's becoming less and less likely that I will. I figured that if HogsOfWar was in my sub-field, maybe the 75% chance of me declining would help him. But we're literally worlds apart. Maybe it'll still help!
To be honest, the UMass History Department is typically (though I won't claim to have perfect understanding of this topic) more concerned with the number of funded students they can admit over the number of students per sub-field.
That being said, sub-fields are still important. . . They LOVE American History and Public History people.
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Medieval History (not UMass's wheelhouse, but I plan on mixing public history with it instead of the typical American History), and I have 3 professors I really want to work with (Barton, Olsen, and Taylor)
I 100% want to go to a different school for Ph.D., but I want to opportunity to get into a great Ph.D program, and my B.A. GPA will not allow that, so I figure my best bet is to work with professors I know, get on the right track, and then transition to a better program once I finish up my M.A.
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For the love of God/Science I just want to know if I got in UMass. . . Please leave me with the shred of sanity I have left. . . I'll need it when I'm kicking ass and taking names in your History Program.
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Just got back from my last campus visit, and my decision is made. Harvard it is!
Congrats!
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I have no idea what any of you are talking about, but I get the distinct feeling I should curl up in a ball in the corner and start muttering "I need an adult, I need an adult."
- Hogs of War, runner09 and oseirus
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My supervisor declared that PhD stands for "Phony Degree." He later initiated a debate* over whether or not Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code was historically accurate. Then he did what all conspiracy theorists do - implied that I was brainwashed or stupid, while only he is smart enough to know The Truth that THEY don't want you to know!
I can't waaait to quit this job.
*I use the term debate here loosely. He's my supervisor, so I mostly just gritted my teeth and politely provided a few counter-arguments before excusing myself and returning to work.
If you get forced into another debate like that with him, just burp in his face and say,
"I am drunk, or I wouldn't be talking to you."
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Anyone have any thoughts on Springfield? I went to Smitb undergrad, and love the 5 college area. I am seriously thinking of attending Springfield College, but my Springfield experience has been the bus station and my one visit to campus.
I would recommend living North of Springfield. . . Possibly between NoHo and Holyoke. If you go South you start getting into CT prices. . . and no one wants to pay those. If you live in Springfield or Holyoke proper, you'll maybe save money, but your crime rate will be higher and though they are doing their best to revive the area, it is still a very depressed area.
Of course if you go too far North (NoHo for example), your commute starts to get too long. I recommend looking for something between Exits 18 and 16 (on rt 91). Towns I would check are Easthampton, Southampton, and South Hadley. There are plenty of other good places, but if you're going to go to School in Springfield, and you went to Smith, I think you'll find it more comfortable in those areas.
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I am on the waiting list for my top choice (and honestly I only have 1 crappy back up). But I'm only applying to MA programs. . . No fancy PhD rejections.
I'm not sure exactly how good my chances are. I went to my top choice for Undergrad, and I have a professor on the AdComm who is 100% in my corner, along with a Prof who gave me a LoR who is using her political capital to try and help me get in, but it's an uphill battle. . . . My overall GPA is crap because of mistakes I made 10 years ago. . . .But my last two years (which I just finished last year) are pretty darn good.
Unfortunately, I get the feeling I'm going to be left waiting until April. This is going to drive me insane.
- glitzkrieg and Hogs of War
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18 people accepted to UMass MA/PhD program. . . About 3 of them have posted their "Accepted" results on this site. . . One of them sounds like they're going from the forums.
To the other 17 people. . . please don't go. UMass is a great place, but I want to go. The coming weeks on the wait list are going to slowly drive me insane.
- Hogs of War and Nordicllama
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Top Schools for a Particular Sub-Field
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Ok, sorry for the shitty idea. My bad.