So I went to the University of Chicago for my Master’s in History and I’m applying to Ivy League schools for my PhD, so I feel like I can speak to this lol. There are no interviews for top-tier Master’s programs in the US. You need to have consistently high grades (which, admittedly, Ruby has), a 30ish page research paper that’s original and well-grounded in the current scholarly dialogue (I don’t think Ruby has this), and a KILLER statement of purpose that clearly articulates what she wants to study, why she wants to study it, who she wants to study it with, and why she wants to study it THERE. I don’t think Ruby could write something like that. It’s brutal out here.