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it's a fit thing too. Most of these people are best friends or at least good colleagues; if School A knows School X, which is a perfect fit for you, is going to make you an offer, School A is unlikely to pursue you.

That is to say, if you don't hear after the second email, assume the faculty member in question is being deliberate.

Two emails sounds like a good number. As a lowly grad student I've definitely missed/overlooked emails the first time people sent them.

I'm pretty great work is pretty great things are pretty great 12/10

2/10 topic

It's a rule of thumb tho, like I break it often but it works for 95% of students so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Generally speaking, if your faculty are telling you to send an excerpt, you should send an excerpt. This isn't a truism; you'll have many moments as a student where your advisor is giving you advice and other people are saying things that go against it. A general rule of thumb: your advisor knows more about you than anyone else, and their advice should be weighted as such.

I also want to say that like, I totally get wanting to revive interests and try different things. But also recognize that this isn't a light hobby for everyone involved in the process: many of us are trying to get a first career off the ground for amounts of money so low that they would be illegal if we were considered "employees." Upon receiving a first tenure track job, many people feel pressure to sit down and shut up until they attain tenure, and even after that, until they've landed jobs in cities or regions they'd actually like to live. And then, maybe after all that, enjoy the small amount of recognition they've been able to hobble together. Having worked with some older students and networked with some people in the finance sector, I find that when I say I do history, they have an imagined sense of a glorious life I live, full of cushy armchairs, old documents, and untold amounts of truth. While I feel very lucky to have the position I do currently (and good about my prospects down the road), I'm trying to tell you guys that this isn't a hobby. It's a job. And with a job comes job stress and frustration and anger. Best of luck in the process~

Why? Honestly the job market's crowded enough as is. What is pulling you to do history at this point in your life?

Have you spoken to your advisors from undergrad? Depending on how long you've been out, they might have some useful advice about what programs should be on your radar. Reputation only goes so far as the quality of your instructors and their networks are involved.

plus like I've seen professors "working" on a book for some two decades do you really want to wait for that book to come out? Obviously this is more dependent on the topic of the book/professor involved but I think you should let your POIs evaluate this for you since they know the field and people better.

dw about it. Are you guys the same person? I don't think there's much chance you guys will produce the exact same thing

So it begins! If any of y'all have questions about Brown feel free to message me ~~First year going on second

I'll be at Yale working on Native language work, then back to my archive in Providence.

As an addendum: don't feel like you ned to use the same part for each school. My interest in certain schools was somewhat different than my interest in other ones, and I gave them writing samples that reflected the best parts for those interests.