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Kniht

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  • Birthday 11/03/1988

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    Economic Anthropology, Historical Anthropology, property, value, inequality, neoliberalism, historical/dialectical materialism
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    2015 Fall

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  1. No offense taken, Im looking for these kinds of straight forward answers. Im applying to sociocultural programs, particularly those that have a historical/economic focus. I recognize and appreciate that I should probably both retake the GRE and shoot for less competitive programs. Do you have any suggestions?
  2. I took the GRE in May and scored a 161 V and 154 Q, putting me at a 315 combined score. I'm not entirely enthused by these marks but if what you all are saying is true, I suppose they will suffice. However, I am still worried by my 3.5 in the writing section. I knew that I had botched the analyze an issue essay as soon as it ended (setting a terrible mood for the rest of the test). Is this enough reason to retake the GRE? I'm really not as poor a writer as my score suggests, and my SOP and writing sample should attest to the adequacy of my writing ability. Though my 3.56 GPA is nothing special (I goofed off a bit as a young undergraduate), I did manage a 4.0 my last two semesters. Additionally, I have 6 graduate level credit hours from a field school that I have just completed and for which I am fairly certain that I will receive an A. Nevertheless, I am applying to relatively elite programs: NYU, Goldsmith's University of London, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor. In your opinion, are these elements of my application adequate enough to nullify a non-representative writing score, or should I go ahead and invest my time and effort into a retake?
  3. PP1: 167V/157Q PP2: 165V/156Q I appreciate you guys creating this topic, and I'm glad to hear that these scores may be at least somewhat indicative of what I will make on the test. I take the GRE next thursday and I'm definitely sweating it. I am planning on hitting the high frequency vocab words and going over the math review before then but, from my understanding, the anthropology programs I'm interested in won't mind these scores. However, I am most worried about the AWA (especially the Analyze an Issue task). As soon as it starts, I can just feel the clock ticking and its like instant writer's block. Besides that, the prompts are often so problematic or asumptive that I have a hard time figuring out where to start. By the time I get going, it's time to wrap up. Anyone else have trouble with this?
  4. Hey, thank you both! Sounds like solid advice
  5. Well... here is my story. Maybe other people can relate. I graduated from anthropology with mediocre grades at a mediocre school, a 3.5 from the University of North Texas, in December of 2012. Unfortunately, I made the mistake of thinking that because my grades were "decent", I was on track to continue on to graduate school. I took classes that I found interesting rather than developing a consistent regional, topical, or theoretical focus. Though I made A's on nearly all of term papers, including 2 ethnographic studies, the topics covered were fairly unrelated, none of them were published or received awards, and I'm no longer satisfied with their quality. As for extra-curricular activities, they are measly. I was one of the initial members of an interdisciplinary student group and I did help them organize and implement a student lead community garden project, but that was only during my senior year. I also got an accredited internship at Opening Doors for Immigration Services my last semester. Throughout school I was struggling financially to make ends meet while still maintaining my grades, even living out of my car for a semester. I don't include that to encourage your sympathy as much as to explicate why I didn't do much else, and felt that taking out more loans to go to a field school was out of the question. As of now, I have just completed a year long apprenticeship, living and working full time on an organic farm. I took this opportunity almost entirely because I assumed my community gardening experience would qualify me for the position. Also, and I admit this with embarrassment, I was naive and thought that perhaps the local food movement had some sort of larger reformative potential. Even still, I learned a lot. It was a great experience, and I never want to do it again. The point of this ramble is that my history of work and research isn't spectacular and doesn't really reflect my research interests. Anthropological works that I find most meaningful is those with political and economic foci. My favorite research project in undergrad was a political economic approach to Argentina's history. I have been looking into programs that list economic anthropology and Latin America as research interests. There are plenty. But does it suffice to admit in my application that I came across this interest late in my Academic career, taking opportunities that I found feasible rather than ones I was truly interested in? Can I make up for it with a solid plan for research in the future? Last point. I just acquired two jobs in order to save up for a Anthropology/Spanish field school in Peru this summer. It's with ECELA. Does anyone recognize it? Is it reputable? Good idea? Are there any better opportunities that you know of? Also, is there anything else I can be doing right now, without any university affiliation, while working 2 jobs, that could improve my chances in applying to grad school next fall? (Im still looking at schools, drafting my application essays, reading everything I can, reworking my term paper on Argentina, studying spanish, and maintaining contact through email with past professors.) Any advice would be greatly appreciated, and I hope that this thread helps others in a similar position.
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