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  1. Glad to read that we have all "kept" our sense of humor. In all seriousness, not everyone had to pay for the application, Ned and the crew were all very forthcoming, and the process was everything it should have been; it was what it was. For all those who got in: What is your specialization? Where are you planning on doing your field work? What are you most thrilled about?
  2. There is much cause for celebration and sorrow. From personal phone calls bestowed on the winning applicants to terse and long awaited rejection letters. Here is a nice place to vent or wax poetic over Berkeley. Blame it on Kroeber.
  3. A friend in my department at U Hawaii Manoa just received a phone call. He was accepted. So it begins.
  4. Aloha all, So, I just took the GRE. Let me just say that I cried when I saw the scores. I have been taking the practice tests from ETS, Princeton Rwv., etc. and have consistently scored above 700 v&q. What gives with the discrepancy of 200+ points? I am thoroughly ashamed. I am taking the paper test in Oct. (I register tonight). :::I will write a paper about this later ::::: In the meanwhile, I am narrowing down schools, working on my SOP, and building up my CV. Anyone publish any papers recently? Anyone going to the AAA meeting? Anyone interested in the Pacific? Mahalo nui loa
  5. my best advise to you is: *narrow down what your interests are - what do most of your classes lean toward? (Include the ones you chose for GenEd AND liked) *read as much classic anth as possible, pepper it with some contemporary ethnography. Your professors can prob give you a sug. or two. *start using these theories, they will pop up in all of your Anth classes in one way or another. *get to know each of the 4 fields ALSO get experience in Methods/Theory/Area courses *set yourself up with an internship. Commitments count! 3 months during the summer is not enough! *set up some type of research proposal and apply for your schools undergrad research funding. *Go see your professors during their office hours. Find out about their research. * Work on another language. Have you already taken a ton of Spanish? Try a language from a part of the world you're interested in. then the obvious: research schools, network, raise your grades, gre. So, I'm at the University of Hawai'i and there is one thing that the department has a difficulty with. Applicants having no or little linguistic experience! Due to this the people who have linguistic classes would have otherwise looked similar to the rest of the applicants may have a slight edge. Other schools may have similar gripes. I know I have seen professors beam when you know ling anth. (in their eyes- you prepared well for grad school) It is worth investigating. Aloha!
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