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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?

I applied but haven't heard back from them yet.

I'm in the same boat as you! Waitlisted by PhD programs last year but really hoping the post bacc year I'm doing turns everything around into offers!

Aside from Duke, I haven't heard anything from the other 5 schools I applied to. Definitely starting on the freak out spiral. But a lot of my professors keep telling me that no two schools are the same, they don't always release info to everyone at the same time and until you get a definite no, you are still in the running. I will say though that I'm at the point where I'm starting to look for jobs so that I can stay in the USA for another year before potentially applying again. This is my second round with PhD applications and am starting to feel quite defeated.

No idea. I applied for the Ancient Mediterranean World track of the Classics program.

I hope not. Still waiting on Cincinnati, Chicago, Bryn Mawr, Princeton and Yale.

I was wondering the same thing. Haven't heard anything yet from them either.