terraaurea
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1 hour ago, ciistai said:
Will send you a private msg later this evening to answer the second question (the short answer is that it's actually awesome). As to the first - I rec'd an email on January 14th last year about my interview which was for the following month. From what I understand, many rejections were mailed out in late January. Can elaborate more in my private message later
Awesome, thank you! The sooner the better with some of these apps--it's more nervewracking waiting than anything.
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5 minutes ago, bioarch_fan said:
I was also an anthropology major, but only minored in classics. I have many friends who did the double major of the two and they loved it. I just didn't have the time to do that sadly. So I had a major and double minor. Lol. My interest is still in Ancient Rome though...so I still plan on doing research later on with the Roman Empire.
I do have a friend that got into UC-Boulder for Classics and he loves it there. His girlfriend his looking into graduate programs in both classics and anthropology because she can stretch across the two disciplines pretty easily. But I think the main reason there aren't as many classical archaeologists on this forum is because anthropological archaeology is drastically different than classical archaeology. Their methodologies are slightly similar, but their theoretical frameworks are different. But it is nice to have a classical archaeologist on here too.
I think you'll do fine honestly with your programs that you applied to. Many of them are very competitive schools to gain admittance to, but you'll never know if you can get in until you try!!!
Viel Glück für diese Saison!
I definitely feel that. My first major was anthro, and I've had such heavy influence from it that I sometimes have difficulty understanding some theoretical aspects of classical arch. It all depends, but I feel very holistic having added anthropology. It is just difficult applying to places, because sometimes there is a sense of animosity toward one discipline or the other. I'm happy that the programs I'm applying to are very heavy on interdisciplinary work among several departments, because I don't want to feel overly uncomfortable having anthropological background in a Classics program. I wouldn't be worried if it weren't for the fact that a few European classical archaeologists have said to my face that they think anthropology is a waste of time and space...either way I'm glad that the programs I'm applying to maintain happy ties between Classics and Anthro.
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@ciistai and @likeavirgil I'm glad to hear about that for publications. I thought about entering a linguistic anthropology paper for publication at my university's Anthropology organization, but this semester got way too hectic with applying to graduate programs. I want the first thing I publish (someday!) to be as good as it can be, and something that's a little more conducive to what I am researching in the long-run. I have my hands full enough as it is with this Honors senior thesis that I need to finish this spring.
@ciistai I do have a quick question about IPCAA. Do you know when people start to hear back, and in what way? Looking at gradcafe I see a variety of things from phonecalls, to emails, to mail, etc. Also, what is the prospective student weekend like? I'm super curious and can't find any info on it anywhere.
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@Thyestes76Hello Thyestes76! Where in Cyprus are you from? I've dug in Athienou and spent a little time at the Larnaca museum. I've visited all around the island though and have been to CAARI in Nicosia a handful of times. I'm afraid my experience in Roman law is limited to reading about half of Pro Caelio (Cicero).
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(Sorry if you've seen this post before--I've posted it in Art History and Classics--but it looks like this Anthro forum is lacking in Archaeology, so I'm posting it here too!)
Hello everyone! I just joined, and I'm also so, so anxious about applications. I'm an undergraduate senior double-majoring in Anthropology and Classical Civilization. I'm applying to MA and PhD programs in Classical Archaeology. Some are in Classics, others are purely Archaeology. I'm shocked that there aren't many in Anthro--but at the same time I'm not. I'm happy for some Interdepartmental programs that are heavy on interdisciplinary work, because I want to be able to use my training in the other Anthro subfields!
So far I've applied/will apply to: Umich-Ann Arbor (IPCAA, PhD), UCLA (Cotsen Institute, PhD), University of Cincinnati (Classics, PhD), Cornell (Classics, PhD; second choice CIAMS MA), UTexas-Austin (Classics, PhD), Brown (Joukowsky, PhD), Florida State (Classics, MA), Colorado-Boulder (Classics, MA), Boston University (Archaeology, MA), and maybe University of Arizona (depends on if I hear back from anyone before the Feb 15th deadline).
All of the programs are so selective, and there are so many wonderful applicants, so I feel really overwhelmed. I have a double-minor in French and Latin, will have 4 semesters of Greek by the time I graduate, and will have 2 semesters of German. I've done a field school over a summer in Cyprus, and came back to Cyprus this past summer for a study season. Even then I feel so anxious because I don't have any publications and I only have 5 semesters of Latin total (it seems like many people have studied it since they were in the womb and I am jealous!). I know my profs will write me wonderful letters because I've gotten to know them well, but they are realistic with me and don't lie when they say that even very competitive applicants get turned down or waitlisted...
I'm looking forward to keeping up with this thread and seeing how everyone's grad app journeys go!! I'm going to go twiddle my thumbs anxiously a little more.
Following many of you, I can express my utter distaste for the GRE...I only got to take it once. I'm OK with my Verbal (160), not pleased with my Quant (149), but thrilled about the AW (5.5).
Good luck to you all!!!
P.S. my interests are in mainly Roman provincial archaeology and GIS/spatial analysis. I also still have a sweet-spot for Cypriot archaeology because I've grown attached to it over the last two years.
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Hello everyone! I just joined, and I'm also so, so anxious about applications. I'm an undergraduate senior double-majoring in Anthropology and Classical Civilization. I'm applying to MA and PhD programs in Classical Archaeology. Some are in Classics, others are purely Archaeology. I'm really surprised that none of my programs so far have been in Art History, but I think I can connect with a lot of you who are material-visual-culture-based.
So far I've applied/will apply to: Umich-Ann Arbor (IPCAA, PhD), UCLA (Cotsen Institute, PhD), University of Cincinnati (Classics, PhD), Cornell (Classics, PhD; second choice CIAMS MA), UTexas-Austin (Classics, PhD), Brown (Joukowsky, PhD), Florida State (Classics, MA), Colorado-Boulder (Classics, MA), Boston University (Archaeology, MA), and maybe University of Arizona (depends on if I hear back from anyone before the Feb 15th deadline).
All of the programs are so selective, and there are so many wonderful applicants, so I feel really overwhelmed. I have a double-minor in French and Latin, will have 4 semesters of Greek by the time I graduate, and will have 2 semesters of German. I've done a field school over a summer in Cyprus, and came back to Cyprus this past summer for a study season. Even then I feel so anxious because I don't have any publications and I only have 5 semesters of Latin total (it seems like many people have studied it since they were in the womb and I am jealous!). I know my profs will write me wonderful letters because I've gotten to know them well, but they are realistic with me and don't lie when they say that even very competitive applicants get turned down or waitlisted...
I'm looking forward to keeping up with this thread and seeing how everyone's grad app journeys go!! I'm going to go twiddle my thumbs anxiously a little more.
P.S. my interests are in mainly Roman provincial archaeology and GIS/spatial analysis. I also still have a sweet-spot for Cypriot archaeology because I've grown attached to it over the last two years.
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Hello everyone! I just joined, and I'm also so, so anxious about applications. I'm an undergraduate senior double-majoring in Anthropology and Classical Civilization. I'm applying to MA and PhD programs in Classical Archaeology. Some are in Classics, others are purely Archaeology.
So far I've applied/will apply to: Umich-Ann Arbor (IPCAA, PhD), UCLA (Cotsen Institute, PhD), University of Cincinnati (Classics, PhD), Cornell (Classics, PhD; second choice CIAMS MA), UTexas-Austin (Classics, PhD), Brown (Joukowsky, PhD), Florida State (Classics, MA), Colorado-Boulder (Classics, MA), Boston University (Archaeology, MA), and maybe University of Arizona (depends on if I hear back from anyone before the Feb 15th deadline).
All of the programs are so selective, and there are so many wonderful applicants, so I feel really overwhelmed. I have a double-minor in French and Latin, will have 4 semesters of Greek by the time I graduate, and will have 2 semesters of German. I've done a field school over a summer in Cyprus, and came back to Cyprus this past summer for a study season. Even then I feel so anxious because I don't have any publications and I only have 5 semesters of Latin total (it seems like many people have studied it since they were in the womb and I am jealous!). I know my profs will write me wonderful letters because I've gotten to know them well, but they are realistic with me and don't lie when they say that even very competitive applicants get turned down or waitlisted...
I'm looking forward to keeping up with this thread and seeing how everyone's grad app journeys go!! I'm going to go twiddle my thumbs anxiously a little more.
P.S. my interests are in mainly Roman provincial archaeology and GIS/spatial analysis. I also still have a sweet-spot for Cypriot archaeology because I've grown attached to it over the last two years.
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Awesome! I loved it both times I went! Nicosia was one of my favorite places to visit. Some of the programs I've applied to have people who work on Cyprus, so if I were to be lucky enough to go to any of those places I'd have an excuse to go back again for archaeology, which would be soooo amazing.