jamc8383

Honestly, after receiving the Ohio State offer on Sunday---A FULL MONTH after their "wave," I would say, it's not over til it's over (i.e.: you've received an official rejection). That being said, I think there were five UMich acceptances posted on Friday and two on Saturday so I don't think it bodes well for those of us that are still in the wind, but don't give up hope.

Did anyone else get a completely out-of-the-blue acceptance from Ohio State today?! Didn't see that coming!

Michigan is killing me! It's my top pick and it feels like they're taking FOREVER. Last year they sent out admission notices Feb 18th-21st, so hopefully we're not in for much more of a wait.

How many more schools are you waiting on?

I got it too. Sad, but predictable. Well, this doesn't bode well for me. Thanks for sharing. Looks like I will likely be headed to Madison.

How did you find out that you were waitlisted?

Congrats Cats! I am in the same boat with Madison. Psyched about the admit, nervous about the funding. We'll see how it goes...

I think it's likely that we'll see another batch from Yale tomorrow (they sent out acceptances over two days, on the 5th and 6th, last year). After that though, I think we have to write it off. I feel sick.

I couldn't get an answer on when acceptances would go out, just how many there were (and that none of them are in African history, in the event that that affects anyone here). If they go out this week, factor in transit time for USPS. Ugh.

Stop yelling at me For U-W Madison applicants, I have word that they're extending 54 offers of admission. Sizable group; makes me kind of concerned for funding

I don't understand why something like this is done over the course of a couple of days. I mean, if DGS is just hitting the "send" button on a few emails, why the delay? On a related note, I had a dream last night that I got a rejection from Yale. I woke up nauseous and began obsessively checking my email. I'm not enjoying this process.

UW-Madison does snail mail as well. Seems cruel at this stage in the game. If last year is any indication, three of the six programs to which I've applied could drop acceptances this week. I. am. freaking. out.

Princeton sent out acceptances last year on the 7th and 8th of February (so you may still have a couple of weeks to go), though NEN might have a better sense of when you might expect to hear back.

Bean, I thought your app was still "pending" as well. Did you get an admission offer? RNG, what is your specialization within European history, out of curiosity?

Beyond what's been posted, I haven't heard anything one way or the other; but it's likely. I mean, last year people were posting acceptances for OSU through Weds of next week. It looks like what we might call "the second round" came on the 28th last year.

I can say this: one of the adcomm members at OSU informed my advisor that they wouldn't be doing a waitlist, so--for better or for worse--those of us who still have applications "pending" should know the deal by the end of next week.

Last year OSU acceptances were being reported up through the 29th.

Roughly, yes. Though, if last year is any indication, we could see some programs (Ohio State, Berkeley, Wisconsin, Duke, to name a few) start dropping acceptances in the last days of January. That's why everyone's getting super anxious.

Thought I'd start a separate thread (on zephyr's advice) for us to post/question admission results.

Good idea. I'll start a "Results" sub-forum.

I spotted that as well. Juno posted an old list and it went off the rails from there. So it goes. Here's the full (current) list with Juno and Calhoun added in. Can you tell I'm avoiding working on a paper? 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) natsteel (early American political culture and intellectual history) unforth (19th century US political and military history, US Civil War) hbeels (colonial, early national, 19th century, transappalachain west, historical memory of these eras/areas) thedig13 (20th century U.S.; built environment, modern consumer culture, race, and immigration) Weepsie (North American Mapping, Exploration and Trade, Anti-Communism/Socialism in Interwar period, bit of a mixed bag) lafayette (19th c. [with a dash of 20th], urban, intellectual) vtstevie (Revolutionary/Early Republic New England, infrastructure/economic) macmc (Feminist, gender, and LGBT history) HistThrift (early America, indigenous history) junotwest (19/20th century African-American, Cultural/Intellectual, Gender & Sexuality) calhoun&caffeine (19th cen. Southern [political]) 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) Abetheh (19th/early 20th century Germany and France, religious politics vs secularization) NeutralKate (Modern Russia, modern European economic history) Crackerjacktiming (Modern Germany, gender and sexuality) GloFish (USSR, Stalinism, Soviet-American Relations) jamc8383 (19th/20th century France, interwar culture, relationship between body, mind & place) Heimat Historian (19th/20th century Germany, migration, settler colonialism) 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) Jogatoronto (Psychiatry in early colonial West Africa) ronwill06(Social and political radical movements) Heimat Historian (German settlements in Southern Africa) Latin American History CageFree (20th century, Southern Cone), BH-history, The People's Scholar (18th-19th century Colombia) StrangeLight (20th century Central America) Heimat Historian (German settlements in Southern cone and Mexico) East Asian History alleykat (Modern China) getitlow (Modern China: Republican, Women, Gender and Sexuality) kyjin (Pre-Modern Japan) aec09g (Modern Japan) pudewen (Late Imperial China) kdavid (Modern China; focus on the Republican period) Near/Middle Eastern History uhohlemonster, (modern Israel, Iran, Palestine) oswic (modern Egypt, gender) Conmel (modern pan-Islamic thought/networks) Atlantic World sandyvanb crazedandinfused Global/World History cooperstreet (Cold War) melissarose8585 Heimat Historian (German settlements throughout world) Jewish History uhohlemonster, (modern Israel) hopin'-n-'prayin, kotov (Holocaust), naturalog (sometimes modern European/Holocaust), runaway (memorialization & visual culture), ticklemepink (20th c. Germany/U.S) Science/Technology/Environment shaxmaty1848 (Cold War) StrangeLight (environmental history, ecological distribution conflicts) Social annieca (Cold War and Post-Cold War East and Central Europe) Classical and Medieval Hogs of War (Monastic Studies and Conflicts in Authority) telkanuru (high Medieval intellectual and social history, Cistercian studies) Cultural StrangeLight (gender, race, ethnicity, and religion) hbeels (race/ethnicity, religious, masculinity/feminimity, print/literature) crazedandinfused (race, nationalism, performance, rhetoric) alleykat (religion, race/ethnicity, cultural relativism) Heimat Historian (German culture in transnational context) Canadian History truthfinder (New France, religious)

Have you been to Columbus? I did my undergrad at OSU (in business, though, not in history), and I can say that the city and the university are just great. The amenities and student life there are really amazing and the city is vibrant, lively but accessible. I hope you get a chance to go and experience it!

I am going to politely disagree. Recognizing the problem, acknowledging the problem is the first step to overcoming the problem. When someone wonders aloud if women steer clear of a discipline because they are "intimidated" or bemoans the fact that someone in a dress will be taken "less seriously" than someone in pants, that's (unacknowledged) internalized misogyny. In a blink of an eye, one is following a chain of signification that goes: dress signifies woman signifies emotional (read: not serious) that stands in contrast to an oppositional chain that goes: pant signifies man signifies rational (read: serious). One has to recognize and deconstruct these misogynistic associations for him/herself if we're ever to see an end (god, wouldn't it be amazing) of misogyny.

I also applied to OSU (to work with Alice Conklin and Stephen Kern). It's going to get interesting.

Agreed. Working during your MA is completely feasible; I know many people that do it, myself included. I took three courses a semester, worked 25-30 hours per week, managed multiple organizations (at one point, 3 simultaneously), presented at conferences (5), revised papers for publication (5) and maintained a 4.00. It can be done. My secret? I really have no life outside of my husband and dogs. These are the choices we make.