that goal about not crying in anyone's office: COMPLETE.

[bedlamsbard]

GUYS. THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT DID NOT MAKE ME CRY AND OR MAKE ME FEEL INCOMPETENT. (Which is really impressive considering I went in there saying, "I don't know if I want to do medieval or early modern or what part of Europe, this is my second choice because I want to do ancient and the classics department thinks I'm not qualified to do anything. Also, I'm not a history major.")

He said that I have a really strong background in European history, and a background in classics and English lit won't hurt, and that having Latin and a little bit of Greek is obviously good, and I think this is the first time I've actually mentioned that I took high school German. And then we talked about programs and people in both medieval and early modern. He does not know much about programs in the UK, or at least he didn't mention it, but he said it would be really good to study medieval history in England.

FOR A CHANGE I FEEL LIKE I MIGHT ACTUALLY BE QUALIFIED TO GET INTO GRADUATE SCHOOL.

(I mean, I guess it might help if I narrowed down my interests to a time and a place, but HEY WHO CARES. A PROFESSOR SAID I WAS QUALIFIED.)

Comments

[highlyeccentric]

YAY

[bedlamsbard]

DEFINITE PLUS, I feel.

[cursor_mundi]

he said it would be really good to study medieval history in England YES, YES IT WOULD BE! Ahem. Particularly if you do an MA in medieval history or lit -- the really strong candidates here have come in with those degrees, and have been able to focus their PhD programs very fruitfully. If you edge yourself closer and closer to the classics end of the spectrum over the course of that degree, you may find yourself qualified to be that rarest of creatures who can bridge periods with ease and dignity.

[bedlamsbard]

Yeah, that's what I've been thinking -- my idea right now is not to do an MA that feeds into a PhD program at the same school just because I'm still not entirely certain what I want to do. And then I can pick up more background. ALSO ENGLAND I LOVE ENGLAND AND THE SITES ARE RIGHT THERE. *cough*

[juniperphoenix]

Yay! I'm glad someone finally gave you a sensible (and encouraging!) answer.

[bedlamsbard]

So am I!

[snacky]

That is much better news than previous!

[bedlamsbard]

I think so. :)