IuliaMaior

I just accepted at Berkeley, but for a different (related) field. Feel free to shoot me a PM!

I'm not moving there, but I have lived there recently, so if anyone has questions about Boulder or the Front Range, let me know!

Any hints on getting an August rental locked down before leaving for overseas work in June?

Not an Andeanist, but I have heard great things about Brown's Joukowsky Institute for Central/South American, and I know UCLA has some fantastic people for Andean archaeology.

I love PAT because it's an awesome place to meet people and be part of your discipline. Nuff said.

I have several strong candidates remaining as well after making a pile of rejections last week. Turning down good offers from faculty whose work I greatly respect is a dirty, nasty feeling! The ones I have left represent very different aspects of the archaeology subdiscipline and have very different strengths. They're also (mostly) in opposite corners of the country...

That's awesome, Pears!

Ciistai, check with the program if you are interested in doing your Ph.D. in the US after the MPhil. I have been hearing about a lot of people who defer their Ph.D. admission for the British MPhil!

I esteem Chapel Hill over Georgia just based upon my interactions with faculty, as well as the fact that many of my professors have much more complimentary things to say about UNC than UGA. Honestly, that's more for classics, though I think it may hold true throughout.

Just curious who has been accepted where, since most of the actual admissions processes are winding down, I believe. What are your final criteria going to be? Who are your front-runners?

I'm a real "dirt" archaeologist and I do Roman archaeology. Figure I will delurk over here.

The schools are going to arrange interviews in most cases. I wouldn't worry about missing the profs unless they're emeritus or on sabbatical.

Hey, no problem! I just noticed the University of Berkeley when you pointed it out. I really wish there was an edit feature... Also, to add to the above, I'm a compulsive status checker. On the plus side, Florida State's web system updated before I was officially notified of acceptance/check account...

The program is AHMA: http://ahma.berkeley.edu/. This post is mine -- sorry for the "University of Berkeley" -- I had entered another university result on my phone, and it did a fun mismatch of "UC-Berkeley" and "University of"... It is my understanding that there were two spots this year and that acceptances have been sent out. I do believe there is a wait-list?

Did anyone hear back from Michigan/IPCAA?