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Wow, thank you. Thank was really helpful! I actually have another question: anecdotally Providence appears to be extremely cold in the winter. One website listed the winter average as -35 degrees celcius (I'm on the metric system). However when I looked at stats online, it didn't seem that cold (around -12 celcius). I'd like an individual opinion on this.

What are travel options from College Hill in Providence to Logan Airport in Boston, MA? I just spent about an hour googling routes and it seems like there are a lot of transfers and walking involved. Specifically, are there any buses going into Providence Train Station?

I'll be starting at Brown in September. It's no secret that the stipend is $19,000 annual. What I am confused about is whether students are required to pay any tuition, or whether the Graduate School and/or department pay this on their behalf. I was just looking through my Brown financial account statement and am a bit perplexed.

Michigan seems to have notified successful applicants earlier this week as someone posted an acceptance on 17 February...which saddens me as I had high hopes.

Your credentials certainly are impressive, rebeccafav! I'm a medievalist too, but I fall far short of your language abilities, etc. What are your research interests? I notice that Toronto is one of your possibilities. It's my alma mater, and I must say, an excellent school especially for medieval history. Should you be accepted at UofT, I hope that it will be a strong contender among the choices you'll have to make.

Has anyone heard anything from Michigan??

That's a good way of looking at things! I've been making good progress in that regard, but in the meantime, I drink lots of tea and climb lots of walls at the gym. By the way, I'm not sure how familiar you all are with Jamie Cullum, but I absolutely LOVE his song twentysomething. Look it up on youtube sometime!

Someone posted an acceptance to WUSTL. Although I'm disappointed for myself, congratulations to that applicant!

I applied for early modern history. I was informed unofficially by a prof who asked where else I'd applied, saying that he supported my application to the ad com, but it was mighty tough and they decided to go another way. I doubt you should start worrying, given the response dates in the past, although my JHU rejection from last year was also dated 5 Feb. What are you applying for? Thanks for the sentiment. It's honestly a relief to know (and I didn't really expect to get in anyway). I can move forward with other plans now.

I'm a repeat applicant (this is my second year applying to PhD programs). I was unsuccessful last year but was encouraged to reapply after some graduate training at the Masters level. My question is this: how many times would you, personally, reapply to a program? I subscribe to the "three tries" rule for most things, but twice is enough for me when it comes to graduate school applications. I will likely find another career after my Masters program ends. How about you? How many tries?

Sorry to hear about Duke. 8 spots is really very few. I hope you get into Chapel Hill.

ARGH! Climbing the walls here. Literally. I've taken up rock climbing to ward off application anxiety. I really hope, for everyone's sake, that we hear from our respective schools soon.

Congratulations to the Wisconsin-Madison acceptance posted up! Hope the rest of us hear back soon...

John Coltrane.

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