<p>Hello all, I am a student at CSU-Chico and I am considering a Ph. D in History. I posted this post in the graduate school forum and as some of may know, its pretty much dead so I am posting in hear to look for some answers.</p>
<p>1)Do graduate schools look at your major GPA or your Overall GPA? Currently In my major I have a 3.9, but overall I have a 3.0. Assuming this trend continues(which it probably will), what will graduate schools think? Also I just started another major(public relations) so will my major grade be an average of those two or will they remain seperate?</p>
<p>2)How much does graduate school cost, on average? Is it structured like an undergraduate school, where I take classes all the time or do I get to do more research/teaching type things?</p>
<p>3)What kinds of ECs would you suggest for me to do? Are ECs considered at all?</p>
<p>4)Would coming from an instituition with the infamy of CSU-Chico hurt me?</p>
<p>4)Finally, do you guys know of good history graduate schools that are good in economic history? Not modern econmic history, pre-industrial revolution. Close to or in a major city would be nice.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I will address several of your questions (the ones I know the answers to). First, graduate school tuition usually varies some from undergraduate tuition. However, many (most) Ph.D. programs offer assistantships that will pay at least part of your tuition and possibly a stipend. (Don’t think big stipend, but it’s better than nothing.) It is through these assistantships that you will often get the chance to do research and/or teaching. I had a research assistantship when I worked on my Ph.D. I worked 20 hours a work doing research and then took twelve hours of classes. (A full load in grad school is 9 hours). Several of my friends had teaching assistantships where they were responsible for teaching one or two courses a semester and then took their own classes.</p>
<p>Don’t count yourself out for any grad school based on your undergrad degree. If you excelled there and have a strong GRE then there’s no reason why you can’t gain admission where you choose. Your school might not have the immediate prestige recognition that some would give you, but it doesn’t mean you don’t have a chance.</p>
<p>Shagpin
Don’t know if this is allowed and I guess the Mods will delete if its not but when D was looking to apply to Grad School she used a Live Journal interest group called “applying to grad” that was extremely helpful…and its very active.
also, she posted a general info question on the student discussion board of the National Association for her major (in her case it was musicology) she got LOTS of great responses and recommendations,including one response that led her to the Grad School she is at today.
Good Luck in your search!Just know that they work on a tighter timetable than regular undergrad admissions.At this point in the year you would be looking for 2007 Fall admissions.</p>