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    2017 Fall
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    Anthropology/Middle East Studies

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  1. Hey all, Hoping you can tell me if my ambitions are realistic. I'm getting my MA Anthropology at SOAS starting this fall, and applying for PhD programs in anthropology with a regional focus on the Middle East for entry in fall 2018. Here are my stats: * Graduated in 2014 with a BA in Arabic and History from The University of Edinburgh; spent a year abroad in Cairo; wrote two undergraduate theses of 10k words each. I got a 2:1 which is roughly equivalent to a 3.7/4.0 GPA. * GRE is 158V/152Q/4.0AW but I'm planning to take it again this summer to bump up my scores * No publications or teaching experience yet * Letters of recommendation I'm not sure of yet because I'd like to get them from professors in my MA program, but likely one of them will be a relatively strong one from undergrad (from a Middle East studies professor) The only two PhD programs that I KNOW I want to apply to so far are Columbia and Harvard because of certain faculty members there, and I'll probably also go for NYU, Oxbridge, and a few others. Obviously these schools are insanely competitive - from what I've done so far, do I have a chance? And what can I do in the next six months or so to make my application as strong as possible? Thanks in advance!
  2. I lived in Edinburgh until 2014 and paid between 350-400 quid/month in rent for a furnished bedroom in a relatively nice (shared) apartment in nice, student-y neighborhoods (Newington and Marchmont), but I know rent prices have gone up in the past few years so the poster above me is probably correct that you'll pay 400-500 per bedroom. It might be less if you and your wife plan to live by yourselves as you shouldn't need an HMO flat (essentially, if there will be people living in the flat that are unrelated, the flat needs to be HMO which I think costs the landlord extra and is sometimes factored into rent prices). Check out Gumtree to get an idea of prices. Utilities will depend heavily on how much heat and electricity you're using - apologies, I can't remember any useful figures! Water is free, though.
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