I posted about a month ago with some questions about choosing an art history grad program that would be suitable to my area of interest and to my goal to someday work as a curator. I'm back at my undergrad campus now, and just had a phone conversation with a friend who graduated in May 2008 and is now going for her Ph.D. at Princeton. She mentioned
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What I would do is do the intro email asap, and ask if you can arrange a visit for november (hopefully early) instead of typical october because of prior engagements. I think what gets on most profs nerves is that people will email in october to arrange these things in just a few weeks instead of plenty of time ahead. Lemme know if you have any more questions, I'm an art history major. :)
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Absolutely. I get nervous in interview-type situations, and I'm pretty sure that of the 3 schools I visited and 4 I didn't last year, whether I visited made no difference to whether I got in. I feel like unless an interview really lets you show yourself in a different and better light, it's more useful to look at as information gathering for your own good (nothing wrong with that!) than to look at it as something that'll help your application.
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