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Anyone going to the AAAs this week? Any panels you're excited about?!

From what I've read, departments really prefer LOR from professors who are anthropologists themselves. You don't need an extra letter, so I would avoid sending one that might not be as benefitial. Good luck!

Have you written substantial papers for the professor with the MA? What about for the one with a PhD? I'm choosing a lecturer as one of my recommenders (although she does have a PhD), and that's because I've written substantial papers for her classes, so she's gotten to know me pretty well and would be able to write a more thorough letter of recommendation than an associate professor who is not that familiar with my work. Take that into account when picking who you'll ask, but you can always talk to both to decide.

You apply through the graduate center, and yes, you are able to work with professors from other CUNY locations.

I think it's a really good way to get into their "radar" for when they actually take a look at the applications. Also, if you have someone you'd really like to work with, you should ask if they will be around (maybe they'll be out doing research and whatnot) or maybe they can't take in any new advisees. If that's the case then those schools might not even be worth applying to, but that's up to you.

Hi, sorry this is kind of a late response. Would something like this interest you? http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1548-1395.2012.01140.x/abstract If so, I recommend taking a look at Georgia State University. The author, my current advisor, does linguistic and cultural anthropology, so I think that's relevant to what you want.

I asked my thesis advisor, and he said it'd be good to wait two weeks before you send out and reminder email but that you definitely should! He explained that often times they get so busy with emails that they'll get lost, so don't worry too much. Once they get to know you, I'm sure they'll be better at replying.

Most are computer-based. but there is the option to take the paper one.

Research is important, so you might want to consider doing an honors thesis on something at least a bit related to what you want to pursue in grad school. Also, if your school offers field schools, you should participate if you can, this includes local projects as well as studying abroad. Studying abroad can give you that "cultural experience", so if you can afford it, go for it. I would also really start thinking about specific grad school plans: what area do you want to focus on? This can help you when deciding what graduate programs you want to apply to. Once you determine that, start looking for programs and getting acquainted with the research of the professors. The more time you have to research it and read it, the better. Also, establish good relationships with your professors. They will be the ones who will write out letters of recommendation, so start now. If you decide to do an honors thesis and/or participate in a field school, you can become close with the professors, and that's always a plus. The rest is basic, have a good GPA, start studying for the GRE if you want to, things like that. Good luck!

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Yeah, jmu is right. Definitely take into account the region the professors work at when choosing a department. Also, what kind of development? You could work with medical anthropologists, economic anthroplogists (like jmu said), anthropologists focusing on transnational populations, etc.

Hmm, I don't know about programs with developmental anthropology, but you should definitely check out universities with an applied approach or some that have applied anthro as a subfield.

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This just makes everything scarier. I guess we just have to hope to 1. be the best, and 2. be lucky. I know it doesn't always work this way, and different universities use different methods, but it's still discouraging to know that they may not even look at your application after all the work you put into it.

You should definitely list your cumulative GPA. I know my university breaks down the GPA as follows: Institutional GPA Transfer GPA Cumulative GPA

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Well, luckily, I have only heard positive things about the professors and programs, so talking to grad students has confirmed my choices in that sense. I've also talked to my thesis advisor who did his PhD at one of my choices, worked at another, and his wife (same field), who did her M.A at one of my choices and her PhD at another one (that covers all four!). So while I understand and appreciate what you're saying, I really do think that talking to other students has been helpful. I have my own research, of course, but this is something else that has helped.

Thank you for this. I've approached this by emailing grad students at the universities, and that's actually really helped me confirm my decisions.

Well, certain programs require that you have LOR specifically from someone in the field, but if the requirements don't say that then I don't see why you shouldn't request them from professors in political science and history. When you did your thesis, did you work with any sociology professors? Did you take any sociology classes? If so, you can have one letter from a sociologist and the other two from polisci and history professors. You could also hint at that on your personal statement and say your thesis was influenced by political sociology even though that wasn't your major. Good luck!

Can you consider maybe taking them as a post-bac without declaring a degree? Your university might also allow you to take graduate courses which could be useful when you apply to grad school.

Yeah, I just really don't even see myself going to the "safe places". I think I would prefer not to go and wait, so that definitely helps make a decision.

What's an addendum like? I looked some up on google, and I don't know if they look right... Also, acarol, I do remember the titles of the papers, so maybe I can include the ones relevant to my field.

In my senior seminar class, my professor advised us to include in the CV the title of all the research papers we had done for our classes if we could remember them. However, I have written so many papers that it makes my CV look longer than necessary for an undergraduate, specially since they haven't been published. So my question is: should I include all the titles, selected titles related to my subfield, or none? Also, should I include all the relevant courses? If so, should I list them line by line or just separate them by commas?