Dear History majors,
The History Club is sponsoring a History grad school boot camp on November 4 at free hour (12:15-1:30pm), in Powdermaker 108.
Former QC students Lawrence Cappello and Miriam Liebman, who now teach in the QC History department while pursuing their PhD at the CUNY Graduate Center, will share experience and tips. More info below.
If you're considering graduate school you don't want to miss this!
History Grad-School Boot Camp
What and Who: A frank discussion about the ins-and-outs of applying to History grad-school programs led by two former QC students, Lawrence Cappello and Miriam Liebman, who both won five-year Ph.D fellowships while QC undergraduates (“fellowships” = full scholarship, health insurance, monthly salary, and a teaching appointment).
When: Wednesday, November 4th, Free Hour
Where: PH108
Why: Because grad-school admissions is ridiculously competitive, your GPA has very little to do with whether or not you’ll get in, and many of the students you’ll be up against come from colleges that have well-funded centers dedicated to such things.
What Else: Topics will include personal statement writing, how to gather recommendations, how to find the right program for you, application timelines, basic networking, GRE advice, and help with writing sample topics.
Lawrence
Cappello has been a lecturer at QC for the last five years, and is presently
a Ph.D. candidate at the CUNY Graduate Center. His work centers on American
intellectual, political, and cultural history, particularly the history of
privacy in the United States.
Miriam
Liebman is a Graduate Teaching Fellow at Queens College and a history
Ph.D. student at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Her work centers on American and
French history, with a particular focus on women, gender, and transnationalism.