ArchaeoNoms

No matter what happens in the morning, guys, we all deserve to react like this: Good luck!

Ah, good to know, Archphdeurasia. I don't expect anyone to reject Harvard's acceptance, but thought I'd hang on the waitlist for the "just in case". At the moment I have 1 acceptance, which luckily is at a school I'll have a really good fit-- just waiting to hear about funding.

Hiya kphd! I was also placed on the wait list. The wait list is just a holding place in case the accepted applicants refuse Harvard. As I have understood it, the wait list gives you a little wiggle room. Traditionally, only those who have/will accept another offer will forgo the wait list. -No idea what the odds are for getting placed on the acceptance from the wait list. I believe that the archaeology side of it (don't know about cultural/bio) will be accepting 3 students-- to be accepted at least one of those 3 have to go somewhere else. I don't know how large the waitlist is. We just have to hope that those accepted students make their decisions sooner rather than later! -I've seen on other forums on gradcafe that you can ask for an extention on your decision to other schools if you are still waiting for full decisions from other places (i.e. Harvard). -I don't know what the protocol is for redacting acceptances in case you hear back from somewhere late-- I'd rather ask for an extention to decide than have to try and pull out of a different acceptance. -Marianne Fritz (Graduate Program Administrator) seems to be the person to direct any questions to. Once I hear back from all of my schools so that I know my options, I will probably contact her to see how many of their applicants have confirmed their attendance so that I know my odds a little better. If Harvard is your first choice, it may be worth it to wait it out, but there's no way of telling if you'll get in or not. When the incoming class is so small, each decision is wonderfully/terribly idosyncratic. Hope that helps, and best of luck!

Glad to see all of the support on this thread! My S.O. (now-husband) and I had a long discussion before even getting engaged about graduate school and our career goals. We're both highly driven individuals with completely different career interests. We decided to take a year after getting married (right after I graduated undergrad) to live together as I applied to graduate school. It was a great decision to really break-in getting used to being married and allowed me space to develop more career skills before I applied. Similar to other posters, we went over my applications together to make sure that the only far places (i.e. airplane required) that I applied to were worth the separation. He's been wonderfully supportive of my goals and I'm proud of him sticking to his own guns about getting his own business started. I've thankfully been accepted to the closest school (3 hours away), which seems like a really great fit, but I haven't heard about funding yet. (Eek!) For those who have gone before, I have a few questions: -Since we'll be living 3 hours apart, I'll be in an apartment while he keeps down the fort at home. We're planning on seeing each other 2 or 3 weekends/month (is that too much to expect?), one driving out to the other depending on schedules. I prefer having a roommate, but would it be wierd considering that I'm married (and that he'll be a regular visitor)? -What kind of groundrules helped you in maintaining a strong relationship despite crazy schedules? (E.g. when it's alright to be working on career stuff on visits versus just relationship time, skype schedules, should you maintain a shared calendar, ect.) We've done stints of long distance relationship, but I want to get on the right foot because the PhD program I'd be going into would be about 6 years. The first year will be very critical for me to continue to ensure funding and I want to make sure I'm not too busy missing him! Thanks in advance for any advice!

I'm also gonna de-lurk as another archaeologist on here. My research focus is (proto)historical US - hopefully doing foodways. Shout-out to fellow Americanists! I'm sitting at an uncomfortable 1a/1w/1r-- still waiting on funding info from my one acceptance. Has anyone heard what is going on with UT Austin / College of William and Mary / Northwestern ? Also, anyone apply for NSF GRFP? #lookingtoactualizemyanxietybecausemailonlycomesonceaday

That's me, been lurking in the background. Sorry for the lack of details- I'm archaeology. Don't really expect many people to turn down the offer since there are 3/4 spots and they straight-up asked me in an interview to confirm that I would accept an offer if extended. I assume they did the same to the accepted few.