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[quote=Anonymous]Professor here with experience in PhD admissions in an ivy humanities program. The MOST important thing differentiator is coming from an undergrad school where several professors know you well and can write for you based on that. A close second is being very well advised about how and where to apply and by people who know the field you're interested in. In general, applicants from SLACs stand out because they tend to have taken more than one class with full-time faculty in their field, faculty who get to see a student's work evolve and can really guide them in choosing programs and advocate for them. It doesn't need to be a top-handful SLAC; it needs to be a place where students are in small classes and are taught by the permanent faculty. Larger universities with well-thought-out undergraduate programs can also offer this, as can smaller majors within the really huge universities. But SLACs specialize in it.[/quote]
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