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Congrats as well to ereissoup! Anxiously hoping it was not Concordia or UBC (blink once for yes twice for no) Oh and have we all seen this = http://www.mit.edu/~ruchill/lazycurator.submit.html

Three deer came to my house this morning (and I live 5 minutes from the city centre), and I am sure it is a portent. Of what, I can not say. But meanwhile my UBC file status was just switched to "File Complete", and my Concordia app is still missing one lor.............(over two weeks after it was posted and faxed, frantically calling my referee) http://hipster-avannaaniippoq.tumblr.com/post/74263310312/hjortene-pa-bes-k

Oh yes, very expensive. But at least they allowed digital lor submissions, unlike Concordia, leading to my current state of panic.

art history, UBC and Concordia, plus unis in Denmark and Norway. frantically hoping my late documents, all international (like me), will be excused if they can make it there by next week...

Ah that's good to know! I was just worried, because my UK transcript has many fancy graphics complex formatting, plus 4 pages of explanation of the education and grading systems. Also one school wanted the recs to be faxed and then for the originals to be posted, no online submission at all - fax machines? Have we gone ten years back in time?!

Just complaining about how unexpectedly obnoxious it was to arrange sending my transcripts to Canadian schools from Europe. Did anyone have similar experiences? At my current university in Norway, there is a very different culture to graduate school compared to North America (at least in the humanities). Trying to convince my department of the necessity of the transcripts arriving in good time was like asking a cow why it wouldn't shovel the snow. They also insisted that they could only be sent via online forms, and that I could not confirm with any live person if/when they were processed. When the copy I ordered to myself finally arrived, in English so I could see how it looks, it is TOTALLY not official-looking: in black and white, Times New Roman font, with no description of the higher education system here/how grades are composed D: Hopefully the copies the universities receive are different, but I don't have too high hopes for that... For my second set of transcripts from a uni in the UK, I also could not get confirmation that they were sendt (but saw when they charged my credit card...). It's almost two months since they charged me and none of the schools I applied to have received the transcripts. Same frustration when schools require hard-copy letters of recommendation, and letter writers are late and/or insist on sending the letter through the super-slow university mailroom instead of just accepting the pre-paid, two-day envelope I am offering them! Thankfully all of the schools I applied to accepted scanned, unofficial transcripts until the originals arrived. But still- madness right now!

May not be relevant at all to the specific topic you are interested in, but the McCord Museum has the Notman Photographic Archives (a collection of 1,3 million photos very important to recent Canadian history)

Not to open up a can of worms....(and not directly related to the name. As a white person, I will not speculate on the in- or -appropriateness of such things) ....but we could talk about the legitimate concerns about the disproportionately disreputable means by which not-white babies wind up in the adoption process, and acknowledge that this broader issue is not at all uncomplicated (with special understanding that this is a very public family who, even indirectly, risk being associated with racism [with regard to the party as a whole and the vitriol displayed by Republicans during that election]). http://the-toast.net/2013/10/04/adopting-baby-veronica/ http://mybrownbaby.com/2011/08/transracial-families-why-white-people-adopt-black-children/ http://www.newsweek.com/what-adopting-white-girl-taught-one-black-family-77335 Edit: not that I know anything about Kieran or his birth parents. Just pointing out that the situation itself is not necessarily so simple, broadly put.

As someone not in STEM nor (yet?) admitted to a graduate program, so speaking only from a place of support, I don't think TakeruK and m-ttl are saying you can't get into a phd program at all, just that exactly now it may be a little chancy, but do not give up hope! As we all recognize, things like grades and test scores do not represent even 1/2 of the whole applicant and are adjustable, so do not let yourself start thinking it is impossible! (I don't know how registration in US universities works) but maybe you could register for just one extra semester in your undergrad program, provided you do very well in the coming semester, and either apply for the winter semester in 2015 or plan to work for that time? (I don't know your field) but maybe you could ask some of the professors you have good relationships with if there are additional research projects you could participate in and zone in on publishing? As a fellow poor person, I empathize with you about the heinous costs of applying to graduate school. As a fellow 'not the highest GPA in the world'-holder, I join with you in wanting to punch and break things when people complain about 3,6 GPAs. I saw someone saying their GPA was "not so hot - 3,9." I mean, everyone has their own journey, I'm sure that 3,8-person with five publications is legitimately stressed-out and unhappy, but...UGH. Anyway. Don't you fret. Just look to the future and take in all of your options, and follow the others' advice

Am in a similar situation. I just contacted both the universities and departments, asked them if the uploaded, unofficial copies would be acceptable until the originals arrive, and they all said yes. If possible, it may be a good idea to upload a note explaining this with your application, so that the explanation will accompany the uploaded copies and there will be no confusion for anyone who reviews it later. It's incredibly frustrating for me, as the university (and basically my whole country...) has been closed since the 19. and only reopens on January 7!

All I got from this was: "I. Am. Rich."

I hope so. My lord. I just can not get past the repulsion of imagining a person harboring those beliefs counseling those people, and building their future life on the well-intended internet support of this corner of the nets. Am struggling to keep my repulsion-attraction to this thread lighthearted. Good christmas everyone...

Ask your registrar, if they send out a description of your school's grading system along with your transcripts (some places do, not many, but would make sense since this is quite irregular). If not, if nothing else they should have some official statement describing their system. Ask the registrar to give you one and sign it, then ask the unis you're applying to if you may send it. Mention your concerns with your registrar/department - my guess is they have had to deal with this before. I'm facing a similar problem (apologies for hijacking this). At my school there are no + or - either, and none of the coursework is included in the grade, only the exam grade. I'm sending unofficial transcripts first (both schools advise this, in Europe and this semester's grades will not be ready in time for them to be delivered by deadline). I'm wondering, if it would be appropriate to also send print-outs of the class average charts for my most recent semester courses, to give some context for my grades in a non-North American system. This is all publicly available information. But I don't want to bog down the adcomm with paper also. (Thanks for any ideas and sorry again for jumping in with my own problem!)

Many thanks for the thoughts, all! Since making the original post I've become less frantic and, indeed, there's nothing more I can do except fine-tune my written work, which I feel confident about. Am only applying to a few schools with very relevant scholarship, and if I don't get into any of them I plan to take the next year or so to continue working. I have a good rapport with one poi who would be a dream to work with and is really leading in the areas with which I hope to work. Well, best wishes to all and many thanks again.

Many thanks for the sound advice, TakeruK! Those were exactly my concerns re: publication. And I just felt anxious, as this department is very small and they only list four "administrative contacts" (department head, graduate director, "department coordinator" and "department assistant") (and no more on any other parts of the school's website). I'll just go with the department assistant, she seems the logical and lowest-risk person and would just forward it to the appropriate contact if nothing else. I just wondered if others had experience with such a department, where maybe the graduate administration only goes through the "graduate director" (I'm told they only get between 40-50 MA applications per year) though this now seems unlikely. Many thanks again!

...except for the answer to the question I came here asking, but no worries, I'll just make a wild and crazy guess. It was a pretty simple question, which definitely didn't require that extra special paragraph on "reframing" based just upon some pretty out-there assumptions.

Somehow I don't think it would be appropriate to mention *submitted a manuscript that is not directly connected to coursework to open call for submissions* in my CV. I'm also developing an exhibition in partnership with a major artist, but don't think that would be appropriate to mention in my CV either as it (at the moment) is entirely up in the air with no funding or established partners/institutions. Maybe I am alone in this, but I feel listing things in my CV as 'potential' achievements when they have a 90% chance of not coming to fruition would be misleading. Glad to know it wouldn't seem inappropriate to send my POI a note about it. The application material.. is handled.. at the department.. level, and that.. is where.. my material.. currently.. resides.. according to.. the online application.. which says.. it has moved from admissions to my department's review.. (and these are the only people listed in the 'administrative' section of the department's 'faculty and staff page') In any case, thanks for the response, ellipses.

I just got notice of a paper I submitted being accepted for publication (!!!), and of course want to update my CV, but the deadline for one of my MA applications has already passed and I've submitted everything. I'm not quite sure who to contact about this, so my questions are: 1) Out of these assorted titles, who should I email asking to submit a revised CV: -Graduate program director for my department (also a core faculty member) -Department coordinator -Department assistant (I'm guessing this one) 2) Do you think they would even accept a revised cv, it being after the deadline and all? 3) And if not...would it be appropriate to mention it in an email to a possible POI (who is on the admissions committee) who I've been in extensive contact with? Bear in mind it won't be published until May. Many thanks!

This page is great. It should be resurrected. In phone call with POI: *tries not to talk about something I read on her twitter*

If you are able to look abroad I would suggest Sabine Wieber at the University of Glasgow (she isn't a superstar like Koerner, but an excellent researcher and very supportive advisor). She specializes (broadly) in 19th century exhibition practices, but has written extensively on Viennese and German art of the turn of the century.

I'm applying to a few Canadian universities for an MA in art history and am just becoming a nervous wreck looking at the student pages at some of these universities, so I wanted to know what others' experiences or perspectives are for an applicant with very average grades but some very good experience. I just don't know what more I can do and it's effecting my health and sleeping. Some insight/opinions would be much appreciated! My first time posting here, so thank you for bearing with me. I'm from the US, but started my BA in Scotland, but after the first two years I was unhappy with the department and city and decided to transfer, and am now finishing my degree in Norway. There is no GPA-equivalent at either uni, but I've gotten mostly high and middle B's in all courses (in Scotland the grade is composed as such: 60% exam, 10% visual test, 30% one semester essay. My transcript doesn't say this, but I've received A's on all of my essays and B's on my exams. In Norway the grade is 100% the exam, we write papers but they only *qualify* you to take the exam). I look at these student pages and they all say "graduated with honours...." But aside from that, my writing sample is extremely high quality and immediately related to what and how I intend to research, I have published two relevant papers, one of which in a catalogue to a Venice biennale exhibition, a couple of exhibition reviews, and think I have an ok CV. I worked full-time for a year at a small art gallery before university, for a private collector of modern and contemporary art for a short period and have now been working for a very internationally-established artist for nine months. I also worked a lot of smaller jobs, retail and odd things, just to earn money, should I mention these in my CV as well? And I have had fiction and poetry (which I actually like!) published, but only in online magazines, although relatively good ones. Should I mention these as well? I also have letters of reference from both universities, if that makes a difference I have been in contact with POI's at both universities, both responded positively. My research interests (contemporary global circumpolar Indigenous art) are extremely relevant to one potential adviser, and we have had some very positive exchanges, but I worry I may have messed it up in a phone conversation when I was just extremely nervous and unprepared (we have corresponded positively afterward, but she hasn't said anything about me being "an excellent candidate" like I have seen some people on this forum get, but she also hasn't seen my CV/writing). In addition I understand all of the Scandinavian languages, which allows me to more easily communicate with Saami and Greenlandic artists, curators etc. and access more and more recent writings, and I speak and read French moderately well. So I guess I'm asking, since my background isn't *exceptional* just *sort of good and interesting* and my grades are unexceptional, do you think somehow this could all come together positively? Or would it all seem disjointed, and in the end the odd academic history and poor grades would come back to bite me? Also, it looks like most MA students at at least one of the schools have done their BA at that university, what does this mean? Do uni's prioritize their own students for grad school positions, or conversely is it that no one other than their own graduates is interested in applying there?! Thank you so, so much for any thoughts you may have