Westmore

Hi everyone, this is my first post but I've been lurking the threads here for the last few months. I'd really appreciate some honest feedback and pointers on my stats for graduate programs in sociocultural anthropology. I would love your advice on a few topics: should I only be looking at MA programs or direct stream PhD programs? Should I retake my GRE? Take another degree? Or just refine my research interests? My long term goal is to pursue a PhD in sociocultural anthropology. BG: I'm an American studying in Canada. I'm open to applying to programs in the US, Canada, and the UK Topic(s) of Interest: Very general interests in anthropology of globalization, technology, multinational corporations in East Asia. Because I lack a degree in anthropology, I lack a clear idea for a research project. (Probably indicates that I should be looking only at MA programs.) Programs of Interest: University of Toronto, University of Calgary, University of Hawaii. The pipe dream is UC Berkeley. GPA: My degree is in General Business with a minor in Anthropology. My undergrad CGPA is 3.30 (I did not fair too well in finance, accounting, calculus) but my final two year GPA is 3.6. Anthropology Minor GPA is 3.93. I have a pretty strong upward trend in my grades after struggling my first year as a double major in Comp Sci and Business haha... GRE: V-159 | Q-155 | AW-5.0 Misc Experience: I work as a Teaching Assistant for a capstone Management Studies course in the business school and I'm a Research Assistant for an organizational psychology project. The project involves coding and indexing workplace ethnographies produced by sociologists and anthropologists. I'll also be second author on the publication. I'm planning on taking a gap year as I'll be working as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan through the JET Program. After a year in Japan I'd like to work on grad school applications and/or be making steps in the right direction to get admitted to my top choices. Pointers and guidance welcome!