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I was going to ask a similar question. So I did not want to start a new topic. I've been wondering if there are any History PhD program in the US known with its emphasis on Social and Economic History? By the way, I know those in the UK like Oxford, LSE and Cambridge which have even seperated Economic History PhDs. Anthropologeist, don't you want to study at an Economics department instead? As you might probabl know, UMass Amherst and Utah Economic Departments are home to Marxist Economic historians.

hey everyone, i've attempted to contact two professors by e-mail, but unfortunately have not received any replies to date. is it because they are not looking at their message box at this time of the year? should i send the same messages in september again?

TheDig13, my field is early modern Ottoman history. Turkish is my native language, and I can read Ottoman Turkish too. I have an advanced reading ability of Arabic and German, and intermediate of Persian.

I've just received an e-mail from a Stanford (my top choice) professor with whom I want to work due to the great fit. He is saying that the department accepts 16-18 students each year, only one /1/ of whom is in our field. This means I have a very little chance, even almost no chance, there I'll send another e-mail to the director of graduate studies to ask how my external funding may change this chance.

TheDig13, yes my M.A. is in History. "Generally-speaking, if a department accepts you without bothering to coordinate and make sure you're fully-funded, don't go, because it usually means they secretly don't think you're worth the time and money." This recommendadion is really interesting, I never thought that way. Thank you very much!

Hello all, I could not stop myself being a member here and starting this topic as I really need advice. I am an international student considering of applying to the PhD programs in History for Fall 2013. I got my B.A. degree in Economics with a 3.0 GPA. During my undergraduate years, however, I took 9 courses related to History with very good grades. I should emphasize that my grades in Econ courses were terrible enough to make members of an admission committee avoid voting in favor of me Afterward, I started my M.A. program where I got a 4.0 GPA. I have various degrees of knowledge in four languages other than English. The first question is how I can compensate this low GPA in my undergraduate school. By getting a good score on GRE and TOEFL, good letters? The second question: Due to my position at a state university in my country as a research assistant in Economic history, I have an oppurtunity to receive a grant for four years (and two more years without funding) to study abroad. However, if I can find funding by an American school, I will resign from my job, which will mean that I will lose that oppurtunity. Do you think this external funding increases my chances of being admitted at such schools as Stanford, Princeton, Harvard, UC Berkeley and Ohio State? What should my policy be in such a process? Should I inform the schools in their deadlines that I have an external funding or wait until they rejected me? It sounds a bit funny to me saying "hey, i've got my own funding" after a rejection Among these schools, only Stanford's website states that they rarely accept those applicants with their own funding. The reason why I don' want to tell it initially is I am scared that they may tend to accept me without funding even if they find me competent enough for their program. Thanks for any help.