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Follow up on what I said as I cross posted this in both classics and art history and didn't realize which one I was replying too!! It was an archaeology program within an art history department so as long as you're not focusing on mediterranean archaeology, all's good!

Thank you! I really wish I could but I was asked not to publicly share as they are currently trying to figure out whether or not their current students will continue to receive funding and haven't disclosed that information to them yet. I can tell you that it isn't a program dealing with the literature or ancient history sides of the field and the program isn't within a classics department at the institution. I hope that info helps a bit!

Incoming rant: I'm officially done with Classics and academia. Got a phone call last night from a program director after receiving a rejection from their school. They told me I was absolutely perfect for their program and that they had been looking forward to supervising me given the similarity in research interests. I was rejected not because I'm not qualified or a good fit for the program but because of the current political situation in the USA. As they are a public institution coupled with the fact that I'm an international student, they have no way of guaranteeing funding for the entirety of the program or if they will even have the ability to fund the students they currently have in the program. Three years of trying to get into a PhD program has ended with this.

Incoming rant: I'm officially done with academia. Got a phone call last night from a program director after receiving a rejection from their school. They told me I was absolutely perfect for their program and that they had been looking forward to supervising me given the similarity in research interests. I was rejected not because I'm not qualified or a good fit for the program but because of the current political situation in the USA. As they are a public institution coupled with the fact that I'm an international student, they have no way of guaranteeing funding for the entirety of the program or if they will even have the ability to fund the students they currently have in the program. Three years of trying to get into a PhD program has ended with this.

Only school I've heard back from so far is Arizona. Applied for their Anthropology program (Mediterranean Archaeology) but they don't have funding for any archaeology positions. I've instead been asked if I would be willing to join their MA program which is in the Classics department. It is pretty well funded and includes tuition remissions. Struggling with the future decision since I do already have a masters. But I also know that if I don't get into a PhD program, this will be my only opportunity to stay in the field.🫠

Has anyone heard back from Art and Architectural History at UVA?

I feel very similarly about this being my last time going through the application process. If it doesn't work out this year, I'm not putting myself through this entire process again. It's too hard and mentally draining.

I guess I'll start this off! This will be my third round applying for PhD programs so hopefully third times the charm! My focus is on programs that are either Mediterranean Archaeology or Classics programs with Archaeology streams. I have about 10 schools on list so fingers crossed this year will be my year!

Has anyone else contacted Cincinnati to get some sort of official news and heard nothing back?

Went for a visit last week and found out I'm officially waitlisted for that program. Very disappointed as during the entire process, they kept making comments to people they introduced me to that they were trying to convince me to accept their offer. This is the only school I've heard semi-good news from, and, as an international student, might be the only way I can stay in the US. Frantically starting to look for jobs that are even remotely related to classics/archaeology/museums just in case I don't get off the waitlist. Second time applying for PhD programs and am really getting disheartened with this entire experience.

I'm in another program at Penn right now. If you'd like some inside info on the innerworkings of AAMW from someone outside the program, I'd be happy to provide it!

Still holding out for Cincinnati and Bryn Mawr. I'm at Penn right now and really hoping Bryn Mawr pulls through given the connection between the two schools🤞🍀

When I emailed the department last week, they told me they were still in the decision making process. Got to love the conflicting info😅

Has anyone heard from Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr or Classics at Cincinnati?

Has anyone heard back from the Archaeology department at Bryn Mawr?