Does MAPH recommend that students apply to PhD programs while completing MAPH?
In general we recommend that students DO NOT apply to PhD programs while completing MAPH. There are two reasons for this: (1) the application process may be so time-consuming as to negatively affect a student’s performance in her fall quarter courses and (2) most students need more than a month of graduate course work to make them competitive for top-tier PhD programs and funding because (a) the student has not yet had the time to build relationships with faculty for recommendation letters, (b) the student has not yet completed any graded graduate course work at the University of Chicago, and (c) the student has not yet written a master’s thesis or seminar paper, either of which can serve as a strong application writing sample.
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