phlegmaticmedievalist Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 Hello all - am new here. Applied for both History and Medieval Studies PhDs at Notre Dame. Haven't heard anything back from either of those yet, and going a bit crazy. How much of a goner am I? ladydobz 1
butthoughtfullywhose Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 3:56 PM, CheckYesJules said: Still waiting, and losing my mind over it! Expand Same here...
1003128 Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 Hello Hello, new here. I applied for Global/Transnational History at UNC Chapel Hill, Princeton, and Rutgers. UNC was a bust, Princeton the acceptances seem to have come out already, and we're waiting on Rutgers. Maybe I picked too small number of schools, but I'm only coming out of a BA, so I got time. The waiting game goes ham
CheckYesJules Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 9:14 PM, 1003128 said: Hello Hello, new here. I applied for Global/Transnational History at UNC Chapel Hill, Princeton, and Rutgers. UNC was a bust, Princeton the acceptances seem to have come out already, and we're waiting on Rutgers. Maybe I picked too small number of schools, but I'm only coming out of a BA, so I got time. The waiting game goes ham Expand Welcome to the party! I am also waiting on Rutgers and stressing out about it
RabbitHistorian Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 8:56 PM, phlegmaticmedievalist said: Hello all - am new here. Applied for both History and Medieval Studies PhDs at Notre Dame. Haven't heard anything back from either of those yet, and going a bit crazy. How much of a goner am I? Expand I received an interview request for History at Notre Dame two weeks ago and interviewed last week. I believe they said they were meeting this week to decide and would notify applicants even later than that... Probably mid-Feb.
nightiey Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 8:40 PM, ladydobz said: I'm waiting to hear back as well... I know that Purdue *should* release around 2/15 based on prior years, so, I'm hoping they're running on the same schedule. Just out of curiosity, what is your area of focus? (I completely understand if you don't want to say) Expand No worries! I applied for the dual MA in History/MLS in Library Science program. For history I want to focus on medieval religious women, mental health, and asceticism. What about you if you don't mind my asking? ladydobz 1
ladydobz Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 11:04 PM, nightiey said: No worries! I applied for the dual MA in History/MLS in Library Science program. For history I want to focus on medieval religious women, mental health, and asceticism. What about you if you don't mind my asking? Expand I applied to the PhD program, Womens and Gender studies. My focus is history of medicine, specifically focusing on women in medicine and women's health history. I hope you get in! nightiey 1
lm56 Posted February 6, 2023 Posted February 6, 2023 Congrats to Columbia admits..do you mind sharing your subfields? Ty!
greatdivergence Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 11:27 PM, lm56 said: Congrats to Columbia admits..do you mind sharing your subfields? Ty! Expand Just to follow up - anyone received a rejection from Columbia? Seems only admissions are posted...
RabbitHistorian Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 1:12 AM, greatdivergence said: Just to follow up - anyone received a rejection from Columbia? Seems only admissions are posted... Expand No, I have not received a reject yet either and checked the portal to see if there were any updates...
Donna Matthews Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Hello everyone. My husband applied for History at Boston University. We are losing our minds over this cycle of applications. Anyone applied to BU also? Heard anything ?
samohaya Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Update—— counting Berkeley, this should be my fifth rejection; I do not think any of my applications would be accepted this year. I felt I screwed up big time, but I don't even have the slightest idea of exactly what happened.
AmramtheAgronomist Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Soooo... Are we expecting Harvard today?
waitingforresults Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 10:54 AM, AmramtheAgronomist said: Soooo... Are we expecting Harvard today? Expand Check the portal. I received all formal admission and funding information without receiving any mail; I simply decided to checked the portal ater 5 PM EST yesterday. historyneaonnim and ladydobz 2
AmramtheAgronomist Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 12:30 PM, waitingforresults said: Check the portal. I received all formal admission and funding information without receiving any mail; I simply decided to checked the portal ater 5 PM EST yesterday. Expand I don't have anything there and I didn't receive any mail so far. I hope it doesn't mean it's completely over...
waitingforresults Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 12:49 PM, AmramtheAgronomist said: I don't have anything there and I didn't receive any mail so far. I hope it doesn't mean it's completely over... Expand Probably. I received emails from the POIs and the chair of admissions committee 2 weeks ago informing me of the descicion, and the admission letter is available in the portal as of February 6.
SpiralJetty Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 Hi, I just got an interview request for a 30 minute interview with the CUNY graduate center. I saw the previous posts with advice for the Berkeley interviews, but am curious about how much I should prepare for this interview. Also is it standard for them to interview or is it likely because they need more information about me? Thanks for the advice!
nightiey Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/6/2023 at 11:22 PM, ladydobz said: I applied to the PhD program, Womens and Gender studies. My focus is history of medicine, specifically focusing on women in medicine and women's health history. I hope you get in! Expand Thank you, I hope you do as well!! ladydobz 1
RabbitHistorian Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 5:34 PM, SpiralJetty said: Hi, I just got an interview request for a 30 minute interview with the CUNY graduate center. I saw the previous posts with advice for the Berkeley interviews, but am curious about how much I should prepare for this interview. Also is it standard for them to interview or is it likely because they need more information about me? Thanks for the advice! Expand This isn't particular to CUNY, but I also had a 30-minute interview for another History PhD program. Because 30 minutes is so little time, I think they are mostly interested in your work. I overprepared by trying to know about all the work my POI had published and was ready to list out all the aspects of the program that I felt fit me. Instead, I was mainly asked to expand on my previous historical research (mainly my master's dissertation). I was also asked about methodologies and what I expected to do with my research at the PhD level, as in what about the topic interested me and how I would expand on it. Again, 30 minutes is actually very little time, and they are probably trying to stick to a schedule. I would suggest revisiting your previous work and practicing responses to summarize it as best as possible. This might not be the experience for everyone, but my interview was very specific to my particular historical topic and not much about the program itself. You can obviously demonstrate your knowledge of the program by asking questions yourself at the end. Hope this helps & Best of Luck!
RabbitHistorian Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 7:53 AM, samohaya said: Update—— counting Berkeley, this should be my fifth rejection; I do not think any of my applications would be accepted this year. I felt I screwed up big time, but I don't even have the slightest idea of exactly what happened. Expand I don't know how possible this is, but, if you spoke with potential supervisors before you applied, perhaps you could reach out to them again and ask for any feedback for your application? Since they probably sat in on the admissions committees, they probably have a good sense of what could be improved. But again, a lot of it is just luck and timing. Hoping for the best for you!
CheckYesJules Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 If the Northwestern acceptance is in here, can you please share your field and how you found out? ladydobz and orcinusorca 1 1
orcinusorca Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 9:07 PM, CheckYesJules said: If the Northwestern acceptance is in here, can you please share your field and how you found out? Expand Screaming, crying, throwing up over the possibility that Northwestern decisions might be out. Can the poster please share more info? CheckYesJules and ladydobz 2
stillwaitinggg Posted February 7, 2023 Posted February 7, 2023 (edited) Has anyone heard anything from NYU? I know one person was informally accepted in January, but its been crickets for me Edited February 7, 2023 by stillwaitinggg
butthoughtfullywhose Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/7/2023 at 9:07 PM, CheckYesJules said: If the Northwestern acceptance is in here, can you please share your field and how you found out? Expand Waitlisted. Field: China. Notified via email from the department (not portal). Anyone accepted but with better offers?
CheckYesJules Posted February 8, 2023 Posted February 8, 2023 On 2/8/2023 at 12:15 AM, 50CentParty said: Waitlisted. Field: China. Notified via email from the department (not portal). Anyone accepted but with better offers? Expand Congrats! I guess that means a rejection for me
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