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    Shipping from the UK to CA

    in Officially Grads

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    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. ;)

    Relocating / Shipping

    in IHOG: International House of Grads

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    This. I'm planning to just pack my suitcases with my clothes, personal stuff, some books and laptop. I don't plan on taking anything else at all.

    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!!

    Shipping from the UK to CA

    in Officially Grads

    Posted

    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...

    Shipping from the UK to CA

    in Officially Grads

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    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!

    Anthropology 2011

    in Anthropology Forum

    Posted

    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.

    hey,

    just recieved an e-mail from uc davis saying that i can check the decision of my application on march 14. there have already been both acceptances and rejections on the results page, so i don´t know what to think of this. any thoughts?

    Anthropology 2011

    in Anthropology Forum

    Posted

    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...

    Me too. Stanford's faculty had probably the "stretchiest" fit of any school I applied to. Let me move on with my life, Stanford!

    Anthropology 2011

    in Anthropology Forum

    Posted

    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...

    Anthropology 2011

    in Anthropology Forum

    Posted

    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?!?!

    HA!!

    I couldn't agree more.

    Anthropology 2011

    in Anthropology Forum

    Posted

    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!

    Hey friend,

    I just heard from Columbia but I have no idea what it means. I'm so thrilled but quite nervous too.

    "The faculty of the Department of Anthropology are very impressed with

    your application. I am writing in the hope that I can talk to you

    tomorrow, Monday, by telephone"

    Please help me analyze this. Is it a sort of interview again? I'm getting tired of interviews without no definite reply. They usually ask for skype, ooVoo or something for interview. Anyone else heard anything from Columbia yet?

    P.S. Congrats on the UCLA admission. It's indeed an amazing department! Lucky you!

    Anthropology 2011

    in Anthropology Forum

    Posted

    I don't know why shouldn't you expect so? As far as I've checked the results page, Stanford has not started their notifications yet. I've not applied to Stanford but I do do hope you'd get in if that is your program of choice. Lucky you at least you have one good offer in hands already. Oxford is superb in sociocultural and bio. Are you a sociocultural anthro?

    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.

    Anthropology 2011

    in Anthropology Forum

    Posted

    Hey Goneneative, I've also been admitted to UC Davis. Great department! I am afraid tough the UC system has hardly any funding available, especially not for international students. We shall see. Congratulations for getting inn.

    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!

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