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With everybody posting some or the other results each day, I have started to feel that maybe even I should become proactive and start enquiring from the departments. Any suggestions here? I am really scared now. Its just unbelievable as to how a complete application is rendered incomplete. And what is thing about not sending rejections and only sending acceptances? :cry: Hi Tonights, Can you please tell us as to which 5 programs you did apply, for which acceptances have been sent already?

Hi SlothofDoom, Thank you for replying. Its nice to know that I am not the only one who has applied to Anthropology program without having a background in the field. It is also encouraging to know that there is a lot of scope in archaeological quantitative work. But unlike you, I didn't have the opportunity to take any courses related to Anthropology (I took a few related to sociology) during my undergrad or to attend any field school. I learnt about field schools only a few months back, when I was researching about applying to Anthropology programs. I was very desperate then and I really wish I could attend a field school, that would have helped me a lot. As per my knowledge, I haven't seen any field school offerings in India and the numerous offered in the US etc. , have varied criteria for admission and are expensive too. I nevertheless decided to apply to schools which were open to students like me. Right now, all I can do is to wait and watch. I haven't thought of a plan -B yet, perhaps it would take a few rejections to be shaped. I would be grateful, if you could provide me with some information about field schools, like how do I look for field schools that can help me, how can I be funded and what does a typical field school comprise of? Thank you in advance.

Hello everyone, This is my first post in this thread. I am an international applicant (from India) and I have applied to MA and PhD programs in Archaeology (prehistoric/paleolithic) at 5 places. I am really anxious and stressed out waiting for the admission decisions because of my unique case :roll: . I hold a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering and have three years of experience working as a software engineer. I don't have any background in this field. I believe that my background in science should be helpful in research areas such as quantitative methods in archaeology. And so, driven by a strong desire to study archaeology, I quit my job earlier last year, in order to apply to graduate schools. Before applying I did a lot of search for the right schools (which accepted students without background), tried contacting professors and then I applied to places from where I got positive responses. With my case being not so strong, I know that my chances are quite low, even for being admitted as a provisional student. This is something which I really wished to do since a long time and so I wanted to give it a shot. Is there anyone like me out here? I have applied to these schools: Texas A&M, Washington State University, University of South Florida, University of Hawaii and University of Connecticut. Any idea as to when I should be hearing from them? All the deadlines ended by the second week of January.There has been no news yet except for application acknowledgments.

Thank you so much for the advice,FSIA. Archaeology is the subfield i am interested in. So, you imply that i can apply for MS/PhD in anthropology(with the relevant subfield) irrespective of my bachelors major? I understand that the criteria for admission in different universities must be different altogether, but as you have indicated, there must be universities which admit students with different bachelors majors in their Anthropology program? In that case how and where can i find the list of such universities or at least the list of universities which offer Anthropology with subfield archaeology? Can you please guide me in finding such resources? Only then i can proceed on choosing the ones which appear potentially fit to my expectations. Thank you in advance again.

Hi, I am new to this forum and this is my first post. I recently took the GRE and got a cumulative score of 1390. The scores for Analytical writing part are still awaited. I hold a bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering (from a premier institute) and i have been working for three years now. From quite a few months the desire to change my field has gathered momentum. I have been very much interested in the fields of anthropology and archaeology from my undergrad days, and so i wish to apply for masters program (fall 2009) and then subsequently for PhD in the field of anthropology. My dilemma is about my eligibility for applying to this particular field. I have no prior background and my undergraduate major was totally unrelated (with no relevant electives either). I therefore seek advice on whether i am eligible to apply or not. If not,then do i have to assume that this is the end of the road or is there a possibility of any other alternative? I would be really very grateful to anyone who can help me in my dilemma. Thank you in advance.