BluRoze

I'm sure there is a university that'll fit your needs. One suggestion though, you should look into doing one or two field schools prior to applying to grad school. By doing that you get hands on experience which will give you a clue if that is really what you want to do. Also, most archaeology grad programs prefer students that have field school experience. Another good thing to do is volunteer in your school's archaeology lab, if it has one. One huge job that an archaeologist has to do is the tedious task of cataloging, sorting, cleaning and analyzing the artifacts after the field season is over. I don't think you'll have a problem finding a university that has only a masters program. A lot of archaeologists stop with a masters because that's all that's really needed. Unless you want to teach, then you'd have to get your PhD.

This is what they sent to me on May 30th. "The department is still reviewing applications. You should expect to receive email notification of their decision within the next 2-3 weeks. Thank you." Very informative hu? April 15th is coming up, I wonder if we'll all get emails on April 14th

Wow, I have -yet- to hear from Columbia! I emailed them last week and I got the “we’ll get to you in two to three weeks” response. WTF? I see here that a few people have been notified already. So I figure I’m rejected…so why not just tell me already? Oy.

Oh my word! Columbia is the last school that I have yet to hear from...has anyone heard from them yet?

If I don’t get in anywhere I plan on staying at the university I’m at, get my masters here and then reapply for phd. I’ll keep my job here, maybe pick up another or a TA position (if the department gives me one) to help pay for the tuition. By doing this I’ll be adding more conference papers, publications and so on to my application. But I’m still hoping for an acceptance…!

Has anyone heard back from Columbia University?