Summer P.
@summerperritt.bsky.social
History PhD candidate at Rice University• University of Edinburgh 🏴 and Mercer University Alum• Historian of the 19th/20th C American South, Public & Oral Historian• Activist• Partner, Dog Mom, Travel Enthusiast, and lover of all things beachy•
Reposted by Summer P.
🗃️ If you or someone you know is preparing for Comps, be sure to check out this ongoing series @cliocontemporary.bsky.social is putting together.
In the first piece of our "Comps Series" Summer Perritt explains just what comps are: "'Comps,' can be confusing and intimidating for graduate students, the first step to conquering Comps, and the fear they elicit, is to understand what they are, what they are designed to test, and how they work."
What are Comps?
Comprehensive Exams, or ‘Comps,’ can be confusing and intimidating for graduate students, but the first step to conquering Comps, and the fear they elicit, is to understand what they ar…
clioandthecontemporary.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🗃️ If you or someone you know is preparing for Comps, be sure to check out this ongoing series @cliocontemporary.bsky.social is putting together.
Reposted by Summer P.
Let this help demystify this rite of grad school passage. We called it quals at UF, and whew, it was one of the toughest periods of my professional life.
In the first piece of our "Comps Series" Summer Perritt explains just what comps are: "'Comps,' can be confusing and intimidating for graduate students, the first step to conquering Comps, and the fear they elicit, is to understand what they are, what they are designed to test, and how they work."
What are Comps?
Comprehensive Exams, or ‘Comps,’ can be confusing and intimidating for graduate students, but the first step to conquering Comps, and the fear they elicit, is to understand what they ar…
clioandthecontemporary.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Let this help demystify this rite of grad school passage. We called it quals at UF, and whew, it was one of the toughest periods of my professional life.
Reposted by Summer P.
In the first piece of our "Comps Series" Summer Perritt explains just what comps are: "'Comps,' can be confusing and intimidating for graduate students, the first step to conquering Comps, and the fear they elicit, is to understand what they are, what they are designed to test, and how they work."
What are Comps?
Comprehensive Exams, or ‘Comps,’ can be confusing and intimidating for graduate students, but the first step to conquering Comps, and the fear they elicit, is to understand what they ar…
clioandthecontemporary.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In the first piece of our "Comps Series" Summer Perritt explains just what comps are: "'Comps,' can be confusing and intimidating for graduate students, the first step to conquering Comps, and the fear they elicit, is to understand what they are, what they are designed to test, and how they work."