argotiquely

Lexicon - Thanks for the information! That is good to know. (And some of those courses seem really kind of neat, so that sounds like they could be very interesting to TA.)

Hello everyone, and congrats to those who have been accepted places! I've been lurking for a while and thought I'd finally poke my head in with a question. I've just received an offer from UCSD, which I am very excited about. However, the email was from the Dean of Graduate Studies at UCSD, not anyone in the anthro department, and didn't mention anything about funding. I was wondering if anyone else who has been accepted heard anything about funding. Does that come separately? Or does the fact that it isn't mentioned in the admissions offer suggest there might not be any? I really like UCSD, but unfortunately don't have the resources to be able to consider it without any funding.

I am by no means particularly knowledgable about the relative reputations of specific programs. (Minus the obvious. Chicago and Harvard? I think they might be alright. ) However, when I was accepted into UVa, I spoke to one of my undergrad advisors about it and she seemed to think pretty highly of many of the people there and the department in general. I'm trying to make my decision about which offer to accept right now and it is definitely high up on my list.