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Who is the Yellow King though??????
My dollar wager is on the guv-nah! Also, Carcosa: what all even? What an awesome show!
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It's not unheard of for students to get assistantships to different departments. There are a few threads in the Teaching forum about people studying one language who end up being told to TA for another language's intro class, etc.; also, some people in my program are in, say, archaeology, but got TA positions for forensics classes.
What respective fields are the two professors in? It may not be a total mistake on the department's part. Either way, you should call or email your program's chair to ask about it.
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Thank you!! I will be working with her if i get accepted, because i am going to do bioarchaeology and mortuary analysis in Neolithic-Bronze Age Anatolia . I just never heard about the school before...and i cannot find its ranking ...thats why i am assuming it is not well known. But i really dooooo like the program.
If you would be working with Dr. Martin, that is NOT a "low" tier school. She has a very good reputation! I'm actually making a point of seeing her talk at a conference in the spring. Just because it's not a "name brand" program doesn't mean attending isn't worth it. Grad school is what you make of it, anyhow.
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hollaaa at my fellow INFJs. i sometimes test as an INFP, but that's when i'm being moody & mother nature/estrogen is winning. -__-
Edit: does anyone know their OCEAN/Big 5 scores? i know i score moderately high on openness, & rather high on conscientiousness, but i can't remember the rest.
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At least Subarus have a pretty good reputation! Especially in MA; I did my undergrad there, and we always relied on friends with Suburas for weekend trips up to NH, VA, and ME in the wintertime. I've also made trips in CA (north Sierras) in the winter, and they handle nicely in the black ice over there, too. I imagine you'll get more money out of selling it now, even at 207k miles, than fixing it again… and again… and again… although you may want to get quoted on the current fix, at least. Also, AAA is totally worth the investments. Discounts on all the things! And the reliable car help is nice, too, I guess.
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Well, not anthro, but I got accepted to Georgetown's Latin American and Caribbean Studies program, funding pending. Hopefully...
I ran out of upvotes, dangit! Congrats
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Something to understand is that every paper you read is part of a conversation. So, opening that article up? That's you walking into the middle of a conversation. I can't remember who wrote this, so, can't cite, but imagine you've arrived late to a dinner party where small groups of people are standing around in deep conversations that may or may not be related to the conversations other groups are having. This party has been going on for a long time, and will continue long after you leave. You find a group speaking about something that interests you, listen in until you feel you have the gist, and begin to offer your own opinions. Some people leave, others arrive, some change groups. Eventually, you leave for a while, until you have time to come back later and join in the conversation.
A scholarly article is a fragment of one of those conversations. Some of it you simply will not get because it's replying to others that you have not read. You can't read everything in your field. You will be a bit lost.
The key is to figure out the argument the writer(s) are adding to the conversation, and how that argument fits into the parts of the conversation you already know.
Very well said! "Orienting myself" to readings is probably my most commonly encountered issue, in terms of both orienting myself with regards to the "conversation"(who said what, and when? Has anyone responded?) and orienting myself to the "jargon" and relevant terms (what does a [insert mouthful of a theory name here] perspective entail? How is/isn't it compatible with [other theoretical perspective]?). Google is my best friend when it comes to dense readings.
Also, if I'm seriously struggling, I'll shut myself in a quiet room and read the piece out loud as slowly as possible, sometimes scribbling notes along the way in the margins. When the most opaque, dense, borderline illegible papers are getting the best of me, I "translate" them from oldoverlyscholarlybritishguyinthe1970s-ese to the way I would try to paraphrase it if someone wanted a play-by-play of each sentence.
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I've heard of "safety schools" rejecting "ivy candidates" because it wasn't worth the effort to recruit the candidate when they clearly were qualified/going to accept an offer elsewhere. I have no idea how real that is.
I doubt it. Being rejected on a lack of research fit is the more likely reason.
I think it's probably a mix of these. No sense in investing all the effort (plus time and money) to recruit, set up funding packages, etc., for a candidate who will likely not commit. I also wouldn't be surprised if people who regard any graduate program as a "safety school" — if there even is such a thing! — have a tendency to rub interviewers and POIs the wrong way, i.e., seem self absorbed or overly confident in a way that would make them a poor fit for a given cohort, lab, department, or professor. Not that I have any real experience in this sort of thing, but if I had the option of being extremely selective when picking candidates, admitting someone who came off as cocky would give me pause, especially if there were other applicants with more pleasant personalities, even if they had, say, one fewer publication.
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I feel ya! Although we don't see eye to eye on many things — seriously, it's funny how different 2 people who share the same age, gender, and life status (read: grad school/lolwut/help/20-something flailing) can be — you seem like a good person, so good things are bound to come your way.
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DigDeep just about said it all — maybe it's an archaeo thing?
Personally, I've always had horrible outcomes with long distance relationships.. until my present one. Previously, issues were mostly borne out of my own naïve optimism, poor to nonexistent communication, and a lack of openness and honesty that made trust virtually impossible. What has made my present relationship much, much healthier, regardless of distance, is the fact that we have always been extremely open with each other about everything. Seriously, not even bodily functions get held back when we have meals at home. Not much goes unmentioned between us.
But, for me, trust is a tricky thing; it does or doesn't exist from the start, and it's a finicky thing. I've never felt judged, nor remorseful for having shared something with my S.O. He's a levelheaded guy, and although I vent at him sometimes, I always want to hear what he has to say: if I'm being ridiculous, he'll say so, without coming off as flippant. In short, whether near or far, the keys to success are indeed "respect, honesty, trust, [and] communication" as DigDeep said.Basically, communication. Communication. More communication. ALL of the communication! Skyping and calling or texting regularly is helpful, of course, but don't be afraid to talk out the good, the bad, and the ugly about being far apart while you're still cohabitating. Sitting down and planning when you'll see each other in person, and for how long each time, is extremely important; otherwise, things will likely feel even more uncertain. A very real perk of taking the time to plan visits is that it's a good exercise in discussing budgets, scheduling, and traveling together in a productive and fair manner, if any/all of those are unfamiliar territory. When you're apart, surrounding yourself with friends — regardless of whether some, all, or non are also in LDRs — is really important; it's easy to slip into the abyss of "holy ****, I really miss them a lot," and making a point of hanging out with other people at least once a week outside of school, be it for drinks or the gym or something else entirely, lightens the blues.
Wishing you all kinds of luck and happiness. Hopefully it all goes smoothly
I'll be in the same boat for a while, too, so feel free to PM me if you ever want to vent!- rising_star and hector6420
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Just being single in this world is so hard. I realized that with my new job so many of them are in relationships/married. It is just annoying to me. I wanted a valentine gift, candy, flowers... My dad got me flowers but so not the same. I'm just over hearing about all these happy people in relationships when I'm over here hating life
You have a father who cares enough to send you a gift, and you got accepted by every program to which you applied (and, holy whoa, that is an accomplishment worth being proud of). Happiness is a perspective and a state of mind, not a fact or state of being. I'll leave you with this:
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DigDeep - This is my biggest concern about dressing for grad school/professional stuff. The weather. I've lived on the East Coast and Midwest most of my life, so I'm used to being able to wear cardigans and scarves and boots. I am going to school in California, and I have no idea how to look professional when it's hot outside.
Layers are your friend! You'll probably be spending a fair bit of time indoors with A/C, so you can get away with early fall or springtime East Coast clothes no problem-o (speaking from experience), as long as you have a cardigan or somesuch that's easily removed when going from point A to point B outside. Forever 21, H&M, and similar shops have really nice sleeveless and short-sleeved chiffon shirts that I wear for teaching, and would consider to be appropriate for academic and office settings. You can dress them up easily with nice earrings and a longer necklace; the latter is especially nice if you're worried about the chiffon seeming immodest. Depending on the shirt, a high-waisted skirt might be a nice option, or dark jeans with flats. Cotton dresses that fall about knee-high are also nice with flats or low heels.
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I've heard good things about Mint, although I don't use it myself; it's a free app for keeping track of your personal finances.
Savings: if you're near a bigger city or a university with a pleasantly plump funding pocket for all things psychology, nutrition, medical, etc., there are almost always paid research studies happening. Also, focus groups are the greatest. When I was an undergrad in Boston, I could make anywhere between fifty and a few hundred dollars extra monthly. Donating plasma is another option that pays nicely.
Social life: potlucks. Potlucks are excellent! Tell guests to bring a six-pack of their favorite beer to do a beer exchange. If you're inviting mostly underfunded students, it's nice to add a regional or ingredient theme, so you feel like you're eating fancy food.
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Undergrad: 0. I "paid" for half with a 4-year scholarship; my parents each paid the remaining two quarters.
Grad: $19,000 this year. I have about $10,000 available for use, although that's mostly going toward rent and food right now, since my summer wages are all but drained. If I get a paid TAship for next year, I should end up with another $5000, tops.
All in all, not too bad, although it puts a major damper on my ability to attend a PhD program within the few years after I finish up my MA.
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Not quite an acronym, but my alma mater, Tufts, was quite good at poking fun at itself, either for its apparent lack of fight songs (academics took precedence over sportsing our sportsiest) or the ridiculous ones that it had. The chant I heard/sang most often, typically under the influence of adult beverages: "T is for the T in Tuuu-uuufts, U is for the U in Tuuu-uuufts…"
I always get the UC acronyms confused! I thought "UCR" was a school in the UK that I was just unaware of until I realized people were using it interchangeably with Riverside. Derp.
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As someone who has attended schools where football/sports are a huge deal, I think it's the students who care that suffer more than the athletes who don't do shit. Academics are marginalized at the expense of athletic events, along with classes being dumbed down. Need to study on the day of a big game? You're not gonna do it in the library, because it'll be closed. Meanwhile, athletes are completely pampered with forgiving teachers and free 'tutors' who do their homework for them. I say all this despite being a huge college football fan. I just find it hard to find sympathy for apathetic college athletes.
I agree. My grad program is at a big football school, but the team's golden years are in the rearview, and the players are notorious for their.. questionable interpersonal behavior. In the same week that we received campus-wide emails about how enrollment is down which means that strategic plans are being implemented to reduce spending (no mention of cutting the salaries of overpaid higher-ups, of course), the school celebrated newly-committed high school football players who will likely be receiving scholarships to attend. Our TAs are among the lowest paid in the entire nation, yet we can somehow afford to pay dozens of students $10/hr or more to be "mentors" and "tutors" for student-athletes. I find it disgusting how much these students are coddled and treated with special consideration, even the ones charged with very serious crimes, while teaching students are barely paid enough to scrape by — if they even receive any of the competitive funding! — and academic posts are left abandoned. I grew up watching and loving college and professional football, and I still do, but this school's priorities are all in the wrong places.
Anyway, personal bitter rant aside, it bothers me that athletes are expected to attend a university, if only for one year, in order to advance their athletic career. I'd rather see them save time and money for all parties involved and immediately go into the draft. Obviously, it's beneficial to have relatively young athletes play with and against potential future competitors and teammates, especially when they're all consolidated into college teams that play each other on a regular basis... but it would also be beneficial to test your mettle against seasoned professionals, and immerse yourself in the most skilled level of play ASAP. Plus, if you do end up actually caring about school and really wanting to pursue a degree, you have an enormous salary to make use of for tuition in the future. I mostly think of college athletics as a money maker for respective institutions, but a toxic one, in that the revenue is rarely used to actually enhance anything besides athletic programs and higher-ups' salaries.
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Can you survive with 20k/year in Boston? As if we're admitted! I just needed to ask.
Khannnn pretty much hit the nail on the head: it's possible; you just need to be smart about it. I did my undergrad at a school in Boston, but not downtown proper. My neighborhood was close to my school; I probably paid $800-$850/month after utilities, but that was for a house that was a P.O.S. and comically overpriced. I never needed a car; I had in-house laundry, free meals when I worked in the cafeteria, and could easily reach a big supermarket on the T without having to haul groceries very far. Skipping the car-gas-parking trifecta of misery left me with some extra fun money, which is key! Boston has epic food and music and events and sports all. The. Time. !!!.
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I have to deal with an individual who is incompetent. I didn't know it was possible for one individual to be this utterly useless.
And what really sucks? Incompetent people tend to react badly when you carefully itemise their uselessness for them...so I'm left being polite and indirect about it.
Ugh, I had a coworker like once. Unfortunately, they were my supervisor. I wouldn't wish the misery of a wildly incompetent person on anyone. I'm sorry you have to deal with that.
I'm sad to say I need to use this thread to rant again.
One of my housemates has been driving me up a damn wall. He's a self-employed freelancer & has been out of school for a while, so he has a lot of free time & little to no memory of how stressful school can be. He takes up a ton of space/chairs in our living room in front of our fireplace to dry his ski gear every day, even though it's a nice place that everyone could use together to read, work, eat, etc. He plays his music — often, untzuntzuntz or emo— over the floor-wide speaker systems, both on the main floor and his lower floor of the house, even when my other housemate who is also a student and I are clearly doing work. (Apparently asking him to turn it down every other day or walking off to our rooms in a huff when he puts on music in an otherwise-silent room full of people reading & typing isn't enough of a hint.) He'll start boiling water, forget about it, mill around the house smoking an unnamed illicit substance (wouldn't bother me if we didn't have a "no smoking" clause in our lease), and just leave it boiling there for an hour... but if you forget to put your plate in the dishwasher 15 minutes after you finish a meal, he'll huffily wash it by hand or take it away when you're still at the table. Not worth getting into too much detail, but I think the combination of being a girl, not smoking/drinking/going out very often, & being a student has worked against me. I recently learned that my S.O., who uses the same amount of space & energy as I do in the house, doesn't even pay half as much as I do monthly in rent, which is overseen by that housemate. When I confronted my housemate about it, his excuse was that he talked to my S.O. (he did not), & then decided that, since my S.O. isn't on the lease & is only living here a few months, the arbitrary amount — 1/2 rent monthly, no utilities — was fair. Seems unfair at best, & borderline — or wholly? — illegal at worst. He'll chat his mouth off to all our male housemates, & introduce his visitors (always male) to them, but won't introduce me, even if I'm in the room; I don't think "you're working & I don't want to bother you" is a valid excuse, seeing as he interrupts my work every g-dang day. TL;DR: my housemate is extremely disrespectful towards me & plays favorites (I am clearly not a favorite), & I want to hate-barf on him the way seagulls throw up on things that make them angry. ARGH!
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Hey screencheck,
I've heard nothing from CUNY for archaeology. Their GC results history is a bit disjointed too. I don't know what to make of it!
If you're referring to Hunter, I received an email on March 21st last year, with "Your Decision is Available Online Now." I believe there was a big purple button that led to an acceptance letter somewhere on my online application profile, towards the top. If you mean the consortium, though, I'm not sure. :/ It seems most SUNY schools have decisions out by 2/15 or so, whereas CUNY had a bit of lag, & the consortium was all over the place.
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I want to learn how to build stuff
I'm planning to (in the not-so-near future) build one of those tiny, 200 sq ft houses. I don't know how though... Any ideas on where I can take classes or learn where to start?If you're in or near a city, try googling "(city's name)" + "makerspace": makerspaces are wonderful! They provide software, "hardware" (tools), a workspace, & knowledgeable staff that can help you from the initial design steps through the finishing touches of a project. My local one apparently offers a 3D printer, a lathe, a laser scanner, a vinyl cutter… among many other things. Your projects will be limited by what they can offer, but joining a makerspace is well worth the money.
I've mostly managed to get myself into situations where I either have to learn how to make something, or I'm surrounded by people who are super knowledgeable & friendly. So, besides makerspaces... work for the Forest Service or as an outdoor trip guide? - whirlpool4 and dat_nerd
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Here's an interesting point. I was just recently digging through data from a few Big 10 schools (the conference) and found that most Anthro MA graduates make more at entry level than PhDs do. I'm trying to wrap my brain around why this would be and Post Docs and Adjuncts were the only things I could think of. I'm guessing a MAs typically have a career path in mind, whereas PhDs have to take what they can, given the stagnation of the Academic job market.
I would say, though, if you're funded for a PhD, that's the way to go. Education should only make you more marketable. And particularly, if you have a clear career path ahead.
I agree with the post-doc & adjunct theory there. Also, part of why I'm getting a terminal MA is because an MA absolutely shatters the glass ceiling in CRM & federal archaeology. I'm talking "instantly doubles your salary & provides you job security with some benefits pretty quickly" ceiling-shattering; with a BA only, it's very difficult to make more than $11-$16/hr with no benefits & constant travel. Even if you've got great references & an endless skill set, it can take 5+ years just to get to that $16/hr point. So, getting an MA basically pays itself off very quickly, despite loans. Also, you don't always need a PhD to get to a managerial position in CRM; many excellent project managers got an MA for the boost, but worked their butts off for the skills & respect. The same applies to federal archaeology, although to a lesser degree.
The Waiting Game - Fall 2014
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totally agreed. if either of y'all have looked into the king in yellow connections, it makes me wonder whether the daughters are cassilda and camilla, the twin suns, or something else entirely. super stoked for tonight's episode! i wonder if what rust found was his own grave, someone else's, a whorl of a portal to carcosa…