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I know but for the past few weeks I have been insanely busy wrting my thesis and I just finished it last night and emailed it to my committee to look at before I defend and so they can come up with insanely impossible question (by department rules I have to allow them 18 days to review my thesis before i defend it). But now i get to just think about my applications such as the UT letter in the mail. Dont worry I am at school all day so I dont even know what my mailman/mailwomen looks like.

Honestly UTen should of posted what the answer was online AARRGH. I only applied there because it is the reason I got into my field but no biggie. Didn't get in for my masters because I applied when all the faculty was changing and they just didn't send any letters out that year or at least to me or the other 7 people i know applied that year but I know I am a much stronger candidate this time around since I will have my masters from a very respected program and I am in the process of getting my thesis publish (of course this is only possible since my advisor has agreed for me to include their name on it and they are very respected). I figure my letter will take 3-5 days. But I did have a friend who status changed yesterday so hopefully they sent them all out yesterday so this would be day 1 not to mention the other program I am seriously waiting for said it would let everyone know by end of march. So serious anxiety for the rest of the month. But then again I'm thinking about taking a year off since I have been in school the past 20 years without a year off. Im just getting nervouse since i have only heard back from one school so far and all 4 of my top choices have only said I should hear sometime this month besides UTen that i know is in the mail. Any idea how much it cost to bribe the mailman to insure its an acceptance?

With New Mexico, the program is you get your masters in first two years and then you get your phd after that but you are required to get both in the program even if you go into the program with a masters. I am assuming these people are undergrads asking about forensic anthropology? If so the field requires you to get your masters first then apply for your phd with execption of New Mexico who you get both and then UT actually has it set up that if your there for your masters and they want you for their phd you must go there and if they dont want you then you can apply to other programs. As for rankings University of Florida has actually passed UT as the top program since the faculty change at UT which happened a year ago. Plus in the field it all depends on what your interested in. Some schools specialize in one area. There are books out there that list all the types of programs every school has. I actually used that book when applying to phd programs since it list every field in anthropology. As for master programs for forensics theres also LSU which has the FACES lab and is an excellent program but they only have a MA program. Amhurst is also just a MA program. Also there is a couple canadian schools that offer forensic anthropology programs. And also Mizzouri will only take masters students even though they claim to have a phd program. But make sure they know that forensic anthropology is one of the toughest fields to get into grad schools. There is alot of interest in the field and very few programs that offer it. I know someone wo finally got into a school on her third time applying. For Bioarch- theres a ton of programs who specialize in different things. So after the person has determine what exactly interest them they can see what schools are best in their interest by doing some research. Like the post above, the AAA conferences can help. The conference generally rotates between DC, Seattle, Denver, and Chicago.And if they plan on going next year it is in Seattle and will be sometime in February.

Hate to tell you but the recession is tied to policies set up in 1997 and 1998 so in reality it wasn't bushes fault but clintons

I say make the visit about your SO since that is why you would be there. At least you will see the school and the town and know whether you could go there. Also, you should be able to find everything about a specific program online

Thats why I dont go on the results board people post everything and anything even if they dont actual have news

I am so sorry. They dont deserve wither one of us.

Coming from having an assistantahip currently tuition is waived but you can't deduct the tuition amount come taxes time but the monthly stipend gets taxes taken out.

Yeah it came on saturday. It was a really long letter I got which said I made it to the final round and had the test scores, grades, and everything. Pretty much it implied I lost in a coin flip is how I took the letter. But then again I wasn't to confident since my interest only marginal matched with one professor there. It was actually the ninth and last school I decided to Apply to. I am still holding out hope for one program in particular that fits me perfectly and I heard something very positive a couple days ago, but again nothing official by any means. But then again Ive only heard from two of my nine and got into one and rejected by one. I dont even know if I could of even afforded living in New York.

I didn't post that on the results board but I got a rejection by Syracuse too. Kinda sux but I really wasn't looking forward to living New York

I hope I only get into one of my top choices then the choice will be easy on me plus I know just getting one of those isn't guarenteed but my ranking look more like 1,1,1,1,5,5,5,8,9

At least something from a school you applied to wasn't posted like 3 weeks ago and you still haven't heard anything like it's going for me. Only satisfaction about it was it was like my least fav of all so to most likely be waistlisted at your last choice really isnt too nerve racking. As for something good I heard a great unofficial and could mean nothing from my one of my top teir of choices yesterday but lets just hope what i heard was true. Yes i have like 4 places all ranked number 1 in my mind and won't be able to decide if I got into them all or even two of them.

I just wish I could go to sleep wake up April 15th and have someone tell me where I am moving. Wouldn't that be nice?

Thanks. I really hoping for my first choice who said they would let everyone know at the same time whether they were accepted waitlisted or rejected and they would do so by the end of Feb so I'm bracing for a rejection because I am not very hopeful of my chances but had to apply anyways.

So I got accepted to UCSD PHD program yesterday. From the looks up it they let everyone know yesterday. Its the first program I heard back from and now let the good Karma continue. And lets hope I have finish up my masters. I have about 2 weeks to finish my writing up my thesis since im suppose to defend it in late March.