History Admissions 2008

[el217]

There are 2 Berkeley acceptances over on ApplyCorner, and both are domestic students. With the international student who posted here, that means 3--still a "trickle," but a scary one. Does anyone know how many UCB accepts?

[dubitocogito]

Has anyone heard from Boston University? I know they mailed notification letters for their first round of decisions earlier this week, but I'm wondering if anyone received a personal call/e-mail. It seems that most previous posters received decisions solely by snail mail, but the website states that admits receive additional notification directly from the department.

[Cornell07]

It better be via snail mail as there is definately nothing in my inbox (re:UCB). According to petersons.com, Berkeley history takes roughly 19% of 384 apps. Seems a bit high.

[cso162]

"The department receives 350 to 400 applications and selects a class of around 26 students each year. " I'd say they have a 50% yield at least so no more than 50 applicants are accepted.....but if you dont know or werent paying attention Berkeley had alot of recent turnover--retirees and departure so they may not "yield" alot of top applicants who dont want to work with junior faculty or may not want to overload their junior faculty with grad students so early--so it may fluctuate wildly.

[NSGoddessQ]

Just wanted to let people know that I received a letter from a professor at at Indiana University (Bloomington) with whom I had corresponded earlier in the process, telling me that I had been accepted to their MA/Ph.D program, with 5-year funding. No word on what sources exactly or how much though.

FYI, I'm into Gilded Age and Progressive Era American history, with a social/cultural bent and an interest in women's history. Also, I'm impressed as anything by all the Russianists, Latin American studies, Chinese history, etc that I see on these boards! It's awesome to know that there are so many brilliant people going through this process with me.

This is my first acceptance, so it's nice to know that at least one school wants me for sure. Good luck to everyone else watching and waiting, and I hope that everyone else gets good news ASAP!

[el217]

CONGRATS, NSGoddessQ!!! That's wonderful!

[Minnesotan]

Just wanted to let people know that I received a letter from a professor at at Indiana University (Bloomington) with whom I had corresponded earlier in the process, telling me that I had been accepted to their MA/Ph.D program, with 5-year funding. No word on what sources exactly or how much though.

FYI, I'm into Gilded Age and Progressive Era American history, with a social/cultural bent and an interest in women's history. Also, I'm impressed as anything by all the Russianists, Latin American studies, Chinese history, etc that I see on these boards! It's awesome to know that there are so many brilliant people going through this process with me.

This is my first acceptance, so it's nice to know that at least one school wants me for sure. Good luck to everyone else watching and waiting, and I hope that everyone else gets good news ASAP!

Congrats, NS. Which professor are you working with?

[AMC]

There was an acceptance for Duke history today. Congratulations to the person who was accepted!

General Question: do the schools release decision notifications on the same day? Or does not hearing mean they're still deliberating or that your rejection is in the mail??? :cry:

[NSGoddessQ]

Congrats, NS. Which professor are you working with?

I got the email from Wendy Gamber, but I was interested in Judith Allen, Ellen Dwyer, and Michael McGerr's work too.

And a big thanks to el217 for the kind words, too.

[Cornell07]

There was an acceptance for Duke history today. Congratulations to the person who was accepted!

General Question: do the schools release decision notifications on the same day? Or does not hearing mean they're still deliberating or that your rejection is in the mail??? :cry:

Good question. I applied to Duke and Berkeley which seem to have started to send out acceptances. I am, like everyone else, dieing to know if I actually made it in anywhere.

[nomadism]

General Question: do the schools release decision notifications on the same day? Or does not hearing mean they're still deliberating or that your rejection is in the mail??? :cry:

I've been accepted by UCLA, but it was only an informal contact from a Prof. I had been contacting with. I guess there is still time to the official decisions, so keep hope! Good luck to all, as I'll need it also.

[Minnesotan]

I wouldn't get too upset yet (he said, as he calmly checked his email for the fifth time this minute). It seems like a lot of the people reporting for humanities programs either got contacted directly by a potential adviser, or are the first of a much larger group of acceptees.

[AMC]

I wouldn't get too upset yet (he said, as he calmly checked his email for the fifth time this minute). It seems like a lot of the people reporting for humanities programs either got contacted directly by a potential adviser, or are the first of a much larger group of acceptees.

Ok, thanks for the insight....

...it's Friday. I used to LOVE Fridays but now all they mean is that I'll have to wait two whole days for the possibly of hearing something. Unless of course you get a wayward letter in the mail.

Sign... I can't wait to reclaim my weekends!

[nomadism]

...it's Friday. I used to LOVE Fridays but now all they mean is that I'll have to wait two whole days for the possibly of hearing something. Unless of course you get a wayward letter in the mail.

Sign... I can't wait to reclaim my weekends!

Couldn't agree more -.- :cry: :cry: :cry:

[helenpaper07]

I'm the Minnesota acceptance from a few days ago. I was not expecting to hear anything that day so I was SHOCKED. Good luck to all of you, seriously.

For those who asked -- I study Modern Europe, specifically the socialist and communist movements in central Europe/Germany. My GRE scores were not good. (610v, 4.0 writing; a 4 writing score is 33 percentile, by the way, and was proof positive to me that the GRE is bullshit -- I currently write arguments for a living!)

[dubitocogito]

Rejected at Boston University by snail mail. This is terrible.

Better luck to everyone else who applied!

[polisciapp]

I'm the Minnesota acceptance from a few days ago. I was not expecting to hear anything that day so I was SHOCKED. Good luck to all of you, seriously.

For those who asked -- I study Modern Europe, specifically the socialist and communist movements in central Europe/Germany. My GRE scores were not good. (610v, 4.0 writing; a 4 writing score is 33 percentile, by the way, and was proof positive to me that the GRE is bullshit -- I currently write arguments for a living!)

I know someone who is applying to UMinn and has not heard yet. Do you think that means reject? This person had great numbers and an advanced degree.

[helenpaper07]

I know someone who is applying to UMinn and has not heard yet. Do you think that means reject? This person had great numbers and an advanced degree.

I really couldn't tell you. I received notice by email around 6:45 pm on Monday and was sent my funding package the next day. And I was mostly posting my GRE scores to give hope to others who also didn't do well. Everything else about my application was PhD-caliber.

[polisciapp]

I really couldn't tell you. I received notice by email around 6:45 pm on Monday and was sent my funding package the next day. And I was mostly posting my GRE scores to give hope to others who also didn't do well. Everything else about my application was PhD-caliber.

Ok. I didn't mean to insinuate your application was not "PhD-caliber," just to clear things up. Congratulations on your acceptance!

Also, who was the Upenn reject?

[nomadism]

Interviewed this morning from a Princeton Professor. Actually, I was sleeping late in the morning, and he just called me without any notification!

I posted the results as "East Asian Languages and Civilization", but actually Princeton has only a History Department and a East Asian Studies Department. When I contacted the Professor before I submitted my application (last december), he actually advised me to apply to the East Asian Studies department instead of the History department. I guess that's something normal at Princeton, cause I know a friend who was automatically transfered from History to EAS when he applied for Japanese history.

The questions were about "your English and background" - actually, that was words the Princeton Prof said when concluding the interview. "Classical questions", such as "why Princeton", "Have you read this book bla bla" were included, and I'm not sure how well I answered it.

As an international applicant, I've heard the Grad schools in US are greatly concerned of the English abilities of their applicants, definitely not placing too much credit on the TOEFL score (GRE also? don't know, my GRE scores weren't that good, to be honest). So I guess the Prof. was really wanted to know how good my English was, and maybe that's why he just called me without any notification.

Any other applicants to Princeton, with an interest in Chinese or Japanese history? Am I the only one here?

[jaw17]

I second the request for info from the UPenn reject! I'm desperately hoping that my husband is accepted there (or - even less likely - Princeton) so I can attend my own dream program in Philly...

Are they starting to notify everybody, or was this a one-off email from a specific professor?

[daydaydvd]

Interviewed this morning from a Princeton Professor. Actually, I was sleeping late in the morning, and he just called me without any notification!

I posted the results as "East Asian Languages and Civilization", but actually Princeton has only a History Department and a East Asian Studies Department. When I contacted the Professor before I submitted my application (last december), he actually advised me to apply to the East Asian Studies department instead of the History department. I guess that's something normal at Princeton, cause I know a friend who was automatically transfered from History to EAS when he applied for Japanese history.

The questions were about "your English and background" - actually, that was words the Princeton Prof said when concluding the interview. "Classical questions", such as "why Princeton", "Have you read this book bla bla" were included, and I'm not sure how well I answered it.

As an international applicant, I've heard the Grad schools in US are greatly concerned of the English abilities of their applicants, definitely not placing too much credit on the TOEFL score (GRE also? don't know, my GRE scores weren't that good, to be honest). So I guess the Prof. was really wanted to know how good my English was, and maybe that's why he just called me without any notification.

Any other applicants to Princeton, with an interest in Chinese or Japanese history? Am I the only one here?

Thank you for your post. Are you from Japan?

[nomadism]

Thank you for your post. Are you from Japan?

Korea, in fact

[cso162]

if you havent heard you've probably been rejected. all decisions (acceptances) have been made and rejection letters are forth coming....sorry to be the bearer of bad news

[polisciapp]

if you havent heard you've probably been rejected. all decisions (acceptances) have been made and rejection letters are forth coming....sorry to be the bearer of bad news

To whose post are you responding?