<p>underwater archeology sounds cool.</p>
<p>as for medieval history… do you have 3 years of latin and/or greek? and a year or two of french and german? because if not, you’ll have to put medieval history on hold while you get all those languages or cross it off your list. the language requirements for medieval history are massive and it’s a highly competitive subfield, so you won’t get in to PhD programs without them.</p>
<p>atlantic/maritime history is still wide open for you, though. for any history program, you’ll need reading fluency in one language mostly under your belt by the time you apply for an MA/PhD program, and you’ll need to secure a second language by the time you’re in the PhD phase. so if you have NO language training, get on it now! french, spanish, or portuguese would be obvious choices.</p>
<p>sounds like a lot of your interests relate to maritime/atlantic stuff. maybe focus in on that. you’re running the risk of being a dabbler. grad students are not dabblers, they’re specialists. they spend their lives learning a lot about one thing (of course this is a generalization, but it holds up for the most part). you’re going from egypt to america to underwater, from early modern to medieval, it’s all over the place. if this is the path you want to go, you need to really sit and think about what you want the rest of your life to be.</p>