Daisy123

But, how is it possible that no one has even CONFIRMED an acceptance. I mean, if the school is a 1st choice for those admited, they would have surely said YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS a 10000 times by now??/

generally speaking, do you have to be ENROLLED in an institution to be able to apply to most of these.

i cant believe they are not answering your emails! i also emailed my POI and i told her again that i am still interested, thank you, and just like you all, NO ANsWER!!! WHAT THE HELL!!! i cant buy tickets to BG this summer because of this, and every day i wait the price goes up and up and up cuz these things fill up months in advance

ohh goddddddd they forgot us didnt they.............

Hope every one had a good and relaxed weekend DId anyone from the program contact any of you since you wrote to them?

your way works too i guess ahaha. funny. I just hope all this anxiety ends on a positive note

ohhh i thought you were just like "hey am i on the waitlist still"

dont email a lady, email the director.

hahah you can be like ..." so................what's up with that wait-list." But you guys that are contacting, dont worry, i think that you have NOT been contacted could only mean that you have not been taken off at this point.

did anyone who wrote to the department hear back at all?

thank you ,but i genuinely wish/hope we ALLLLLLL get off the waitlist, because i think that each and everyone here deeply desires to be in this field

You make alot of great points- i do know you are right, its just that i currently know i will feel empty inside (i know how dramatic this sounds, but trust me, i have ALOT more where that came from ) if i was to end up doing something else. I am sure that over the years, after i disconnected from archaeology, i will get over it...but thats how i feel right now. Did you guys end up receiving an answer? I was thinking about this the other day too- by now, if everyone who was going to accept has accpted, then they should know and tell us that there are no spaces. Should i be hopeful and take this as a sign that maybe spaces will open up? I had a dream the other day that everyone from this waitlist and this forum got in, and we all met each other the first day of class....and instead of faces, you all had your user ID as a head. And the school was like first grade, we had assigned seating and they gave us crayons ( i am pretty sure that that last part came because my 3 year old just started preschool )

Congratulations! I hope this will give you everything you want! If you peruse special ed and this makes you feel fulfilled then you have to go for it! I wish i can find my path like you and be happy with something other than archaeology. I am sure you will hear back, the director of the program is really good about answering emails

I am happy that you have created a plan that works for you! what does your new path entail? Is it the museum work we talked about? HOld on to chance, a miracle might happen, who knows!

I was thinking about that " march" deadline too.....i want to contact and ask but i really have maxed out my "not annoying" email cards ....if any other brave soul wants to inquire, please do so. Thank you Melian for being so considerate.

yeah i agree with you- i mean....they must have something in mind with that strategy but for us hopeful wait-ers it makes the chances seem never in favor of you

from what i understood , there are a few people on the list, and as people reject their acceptances, the list is reviewed AGAIN- i am guessing probably by area/ specialty, for it is not a list in order where people are offered a place based on what place they hold- so it is not a line.

thank you for sharing this with us! Good job on your acceptances ! I wish you the best!

congratulations!!!! your wait is finally over and you can fly freeeeee

thats good news!!! i will take "" still making decisions" over a rejection any day Sarab, did you decide where you are going to go yet?

I think it is TOTALLY acceptable to contact,even over phone and ask what the status is. If you want, you can ask first "have all decisions been made' and if they say yes, then you can ask about what happened to your application

Thank you for all of your advise! I did run into the problem of the POIs thinking- how will she go there if none of our faculty works there? so, this is something i will have to make loud and clear the second time around. From your advise, i think i will go with your first example- the methods. I am interested in mortuary analysis , pathologist, and dentition markers, all with the effort to trace the evolution of social complexity and how that led to urbanization in the EBA -MBA. Also, i will focus on factors such as long distance relations and metallurgy.

Thank you for your advise! So, do you think most students that were accepted have not and will not give an answer until the deadline?

thank you! I just saw the call for papers for SAA, but i totally missed the deadline on that one. i dont have an institution to affiliate with so i am just playing it by ear.

how do you guys get involved with with conferences or poster presentations