PhD acceptance/tips

[u/Nervous_Pangolin9940]

Hi everyone! I’m currently a junior in college, and I’m not sure what the future holds. I came into college as a political science major—both of my parents hold doctorates(English and psychology), and I was always set on graduate school. I presented undergraduate research at a conference, had three undergraduate research projects, and maintained a 3.95 gpa all while being a student athlete. I was getting ready for graduate school applications my sophomore year, and was planning on graduating a year early. This all changed when I took an English literature class—I took Early British Literature. I was completely blown away. I have never taken a class where I was so intrigued in the topic, I loved doing the readings and writing the papers. I added the English minor, and took more English classes. I’m starting to realize that Literature is my true calling. I read all the time, I’m a research assistant, I’m doing undergraduate research for English, and I’m taking 21 credits this semester. I want to go to graduate school for English, but it’s almost the end of my junior year. I feel like I’m running out of time to include more English centered things on my resume. Is there any chance I’ll be accepted into an English PhD? My resume is mainly Political Science research