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  1. So, I have decided to go with Doree Bonner. They have a £100 discount on USA removals right now http://www.doreebonner.co.uk/special-offers/view/122/100-off-removals-to-usa Andrew Boyd is the man to talk to there. Including the discount, their quote (door to door) was by far the lowest I saw including packing and delivery - less, in fact, than port-to-port rates (plus hiring vans both sides) from EuroUSA. Oh and to be clear, the author has no conflicts of interest to declare.
  2. Who's going to that strange thing in the desert before classes start? Bonus points for F-1 holders
  3. Well, I'm heading to Davis (near San Francisco), and I'm planning to ship about 4 cubic metres, which will cost ± £500 port-port (quote from EuroUSA). There's no way I could replace stuff for close to that. Though that's for a PhD, not a year! I've used T-Mobile PostPay when I've been there before. It's kinda pricey compared to the UK, but about the only non-contract data service that will work with a decent phone - the Virgin network is freaky, and you're pretty much tied to their (awful) phones. Also, I'd highly recommend using Caxton or one of the other FX card/transfer companies, and *not* using the ATM card and SWIFT service from your bank!!
  4. AFAIK, you can't ship on most of the reputable services without insurance (and I probably wouldn't trust any which allowed you to). And yes, packing lists (better yet pictures) are essential! As is checking whether the insurance will actually cover replacement... If by freight shipping, you mean container (well, part of, aka groupage shipment), and if by super slow, you mean 6-12 weeks, and if by slightly dodgy you mean do things occasionally "happen at sea," then yes, that's what I'm talking about! Runonsentence, you brought back images of the river boats on the Ucayali, replete with riberenos lounging in hammocks next to barrels of gasoline...
  5. Hi, I hope this is the right forum for this thread - mods please move it if not!! Has anyone had any experience with shipping their stuff to California - or the US in general - from the UK? I'm looking at paying Euro-USA about £100/m3, for about 4-5 cubic metres from London to their depot near Long Beach. A normal-sized Transit van is about 5.5m3, for reference - so if you have remotely nice stuff it's surprisingly economical, IF you pack and possibly drive to the depot yourself. Another firm quoted £275/m3 door to door. Uhaul hire for a van to take it, plus gas, looks like being about $4-500 for the 400-odd mile ride to Davis. Has anyone had a better deal than this? And if anyone else is starting at Davis (or any other schools around the Bay), will have a shipment coming into LB/Garden Grove this fall, and fancies sharing a larger truck, PM me!
  6. People with more than one acceptance, and who know which school they're going to accept, have you already formally rejected the others?
  7. I have too; however, I was told I'd been admitted, informally, on 3rd Feb. I'm about to call to ask them if this decision will include funding (still "in a holding pattern" last week); I will try to get a word on whether there are any more admits. That said, I was told they make the decisions early in order to get fellowship apps processed; deadline for these is ±5 Feb, so sadly I doubt there will be.
  8. If I had seen the grad handbook notes on committees (2 area, 2 topic specialists), I'd have been significantly less confident from the outset. OTOH there seem to be grad students whose projects are far enough from anything faculty are working on to suggest they interpret this quite flexibly...
  9. Is anyone remotely optimistic about Stanford, FWIW? Since getting another offer from a department that's just a perfect fit for me, I've revised my estimate of how well I'd actually fit with Stanford's faculty. Downwards. Which means that personally I'm not optimistic, and not bothered. It's kinda weird that there are no mentions of UCSC admits - usually they admit quite a large number of people (tho few with funding, and a lot go elsewhere). I suspect they're taking very few grad students this year - I may ask a friend there to enquire...
  10. I hope they are...you know...reading this thread
  11. From https://www.stanford.edu/dept/anthropology/cgi-bin/web/?q=node/11 Graduate Admissions season for applications received in 2010 - 2011 academic year is now closed. Decision status will be announced via email to each applicant before 28 February 2011. Applicants offered admission must accept the offer by 15 April 2011. Offers not accepted by 15 April 2011 are voided. So, anyone hear anything yet?
  12. UCSC rejections are out, and very to the point. They were honest about not having funding for internationals when I visited; still a little surprised (good fit, positive meetings with 2 faculty).
  13. There are so few Stanford stats on here you'd think they never took anyone (not true; I visited and they really do have grad students). I was actually wondering if they ask people NOT to post admits here?!?!
  14. Congratulations on making an impression on 'em! I shied away from Columbia at the last moment - the only faculty member who really drew me was Taussig, anyhow. Seriously, I wouldn't hesitate to ask for clarification before taking the call. I think it's perfectly fair to ask straight up if they have already made a decision. That said, it really does look like an interview, I can't see why they wouldn't tell you if it was a "yes" right there. I hope I'm wrong about that, though Good luck either way!
  15. http://forum.thegradcafe.com/user/44232-stevensactown/ Obvious troll was obvious, even before seeing all its other posts. 2/10 b&?
  16. This. I contacted about 3-4 faculty there; one answered, to say she couldn't meet but good luck (this was via an introduction from one of her grad students). I then met her, and another two, at a seminar there; they subsequently didn't answer emails. Honestly, I think they just don't interact that much with applicants.
  17. Congratulations to you too! I'd give either JoAnna or the International Office a call - you're probably better aligned to some of the diversity/regional funding than I am, and it's definitely worth checking out extramurals. That said I also hear it's a good year for international applicants to the department; YMMV. I certainly don't think they're in the business of making offers which are obviously going to be financially unviable - if nothing else, having large numbers of refused places makes the department look bad There's a lot of variation between UC campuses, FWIW - UCSC basically told me the dept. couldn't fund out-of-state fees from block grant; Cal (Berkeley) don't make offers without 5 yrs guaranteed. I know people who took unfunded places at Davis and then got funding during the year; they were California residents, though, which really is a different deal. Good luck!
  18. Hello to the other two UC Davis admits who posted results - I can't believe how fast they're notifying us this year! Has anyone heard anything from Stanford?
  19. I was going to call him today...but reading that, maybe better to wait. Was cautiously optimistic (I did get 800V/6A on the GRE), but I've kinda warmed to California Institute of Integral Studies now, anyhow...
  20. Could the successful international @ Berkeley post some stats? I'm guessing it's pretty unlikely there will be more acceptances, but after reading http://savageminds.org/2010/02/08/receivership-berkley-anthro-or-ddr/ I kinda mind less...
  21. ...or perhaps not - commiserations to the person who was just rejected, can you tell us if the PoI was specific that all decisions had been made?
  22. Fridays are an administrative closure (furlough) day for the Berkeley anthro offices (including Ned, unless things have changed since fall, which is unlikely). So I guess it's going to be Monday before anything gets announced...
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