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  • Birthday 09/02/1990

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    2014 Spring
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    Art History

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  1. Hi all! I just got into the Tufts MA program and I'm looking to move! I won't have a car so the Somerville or Medford area is preferable in terms of location. Any advice on better areas? Also, does anyone have any good advice on finding roommates before finding a place? I'm all the way in San Diego (opposite corner of the US, haha!) and in order to save as much money/work as long as possible I'll have to wait until about mid July to head to Boston. Plus I'd like to try and move into a new place with someone than move into an empty room in a pre-existing place if possible (I'm not ruling it out, I've just had a rough time in the past with that for various reasons) so I figured that I'd try to find at least one potential roommate so that we could find a place together, as opposed to finding a place and then trying to pay double or however much rent the first month while trying to find a roomie.
  2. Hey! I'm gonna be starting at Tufts University for the Art History Masters Program this Fall (2016). Anyone else on here starting at Tufts in the fall? Furthermore, anyone going there who is also looking for someone to house with? I'm gonna be there starting mid-July. Comment or private message me if you are!
  3. So I went through and read the Chicago Style formatting requirements and it does require double spacing, but it also simply puts the font size requirements as "no less than 10pt (preferably, 12pt)". I put the font size at 11pt and then double spaced it and got it down to 19 pages again. Does anyone think that that might be an issue? Or should I be okay, since the application's requirement doesn't give a font size and Chicago style seems to not dispute 11pt font size?
  4. Hi! So I am just about to turn in my application for the Art History PhD program at Stanford and I noticed that the writing sample page limit count includes images and bibliography. For an art history paper not only is this unusual but it's very frustrating since I literally have about 9 pages of images, and this pushes my page count over the limit (the max is 20 and my page count including images and bibliography is 25). I'm panicking a bit because I did all of my editing already and I really don't know what I could remove in the actual text, and I honestly don't want to compromise the content of my paper because of the image count. I can get it to come in at 19 by making the images smaller so that more are on one page, but also only if I have the spacing at 1.5 instead of double spaced. The thing is, the page requirements stress the margins and page count but don't say anything about the spacing requirement. Help??
  5. Hello, so I'm looking into art history masters programs for european art (mainly French and/or Italian Renaissance). Does anyone know which programs are best for those particular fields? Also, I intend to get into archival work, so I'd really like to go to a university that has good archives or maybe close relations to a museum where I could gain experience. Thanks!
  6. So, I've decided to take a break in between undergrad and grad (maybe about a year?) in order to work some internships. I've been told that it can even be viewed better to do this on applications, because they can see it as a sign of thinking things through and getting experience. However, this raises the problem of my letters of recommendation. What is the best way to go about this? I know that one would normally be asking professors near the end of senior year because they're applying then. But should I ask for them now, as well, and keep them until I apply? I'm not even completely positive on which programs I'm applying to, so I wouldn't be able to ask for them to be specific at this point. However, if I ask closer to when I'll be applying, then the professors probably won't remember me quite as well.
  7. Hi! I'm a senior art history major at UC Berkeley and I'm thinking that I'd really like to get into archival work. I have two questions on the matter: 1) Is there anyone here with any type of experience that might be able to tell me if they enjoy it/recommend it? 2) I know that a good deal of archives require people to have a masters degree in library sciences to be a full-fledged archivist. So, do people think that it would be worth it for me to get it? Do you think I should get my masters degree in art history first and work in some archives for a bit to be sure I enjoy it, and then maybe go back to get the library sciences degree in order to move onto full archivist? What do people think? Thanks!
  8. Thank you so much Packa! So far, chem 101 is pretty interesting, though it's pretty stressful for me. The only issue is I don't know if I'm struggling because I'm not suited for chem, or if it's because the course is pretty intensive. I'm taking it at Berkeley and they're known for making their intro science classes extra tough to weed out the non-pre-meds. It's good to hear someone from a similar background as me who's experiencing all of this. Thank you!
  9. Haha! It's good to know that I'm not alone out there, then! Thank you, and good luck to you as well!
  10. Hah, this actually answers my next question! I'm wondering about the benefits and drawbacks of having a PhD because I've heard the same things you have about it potentially making me seem overqualified. The only issue is that, if I do end up finding collections management not quite what I expected, I might end up being underqualified for a job I end up turning towards. And I imagine that a large break between schooling might make it more difficult to get accepted to a PhD program.
  11. Thank you so much for all the advice! Getting out there can be extremely overwhelming, so it's good to have some firsthand advice!
  12. I do have a question about becoming a collections manager. What is the typical sort of outlook for getting hired? I know that museum jobs in general have a saturated job market, so no matter what it'll be competitive, but from the sound of it, collections manager is often a sort of one person position within museums. So, in terms of having a sort of stability while trying to get hired as one, is there any way I could get a different museum job of some sort that might be slightly less competitive and work on my resume and such for potential advancement to collections manager? And if so, is there a specific job that might be best for gaining the experience necessary?
  13. Thank you guys, so much! @Chulianne: This is great, I knew that some labs may offer workshops from time to time, but it's great to know the programs might as well. @ArtHistoryandMuseum Thank you for so much detailed information! I hadn't know about the specific job of collections manager, and that sounds like it might be a really good fit. I ultimately liked the idea of being an art conservationist because I like the idea of being able to care for works directly, and, definitely correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like a collections manager gets to do a lot of that, but in different ways and with a bit less of an intensive science grounding.
  14. Hello, I'm an art history undergrad at UC Berkeley and I'm trying to explore my options for grad schools and future careers. I've been trying to get information online, but I've been getting a lot of mixed results, so I was hoping you all might have some better answers for me. First off, I've looked at art conservation, and it sounds very interesting; however, I haven't been able to get much information on the actual work aside from things like "maintaining art/museum pieces etc". It appeals to me because I obviously enjoy art history, and I enjoy having the manual tasks of maintaining things. For instance, I collect antique books and I occasionally to work to maintain their spines, pages, etc, and I quite enjoy it. The only problem is that I'm unsure how suited I am for it? I have a 4.0 in art history, and I already have a long personal history of studio work such as painting, drawing, ceramics, etc. However, I don't have much of a background in Chemistry. I'm more than willing to take the classes and apply myself as much as possible, but I don't quite know where I stand with it. Do you think that a weakness in chemistry would take conservation out of the running for me? Secondly, if I don't go with art conservation, I'm interested in a job as a museum technician/registrar. I've been getting mixed results about what type of degree I should try for and what job options are like. Sorry, I know this is a lot of stuff, but if you're able to answer even some of it then I would be extremely grateful! Thanks, Sara
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