captain_dawdle

damn, I just checked the mail and no letter. it has got to come on Monday, any news on your front?

I totally understand that, I live three hours from TAMU, and would much prefer to stay in the states. As much as I want to be on the more 'academic side/reasearch side' of nautical archaeology, I've done a field school for 6 weeks in England and absolutely loved it. I went to make sure I could handle the physical work demanded by the field and found out that not only could I handle the work, but that even those people who were 'stronger' then me would sometimes complain because they couldn't handle the mental exhaustion that comes from digging all day in the hot sun with nothing to show for it but some Roman cookware. That whole experience taught me that I could handle the more field intensive side of nautical archaeology, which is exactly what those other schools concentrate on. Especially Denmark and Australia. Also for any 'elitist' out there, I don't care if you look down on me for getting my hands dirty, or wet as it may be in this case, but try to be respectful of the fact that not everybody has a perfect GPA and GRE and may not be admitted to the 'elitist' schools. Yes I understand your point was about teaching research in the US, but thats only one option for someone in our field. Also I just noticed i can't access AIS, maybe it's down for maintenance? Ans I can't wait till we can both join this group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10150142386140217&v=wall I have to stay positive for right now and believe that we'll be meeting each other in the fall!

So I got a letter today and freaked out because it was so small, but it was just a letter confirming the receipt of my FAFSA form. You should have seen my freak out pre-opening, it was hilarious. Here are some other programs if your interested, all international, all applications still open: University of Bristol-England University of Southampton- England Bournemouth University- England Flinders University- Australia, starts in Jan. per the AUS academic year University of Southern Denmark- program in ALL English, free tuition if your an EU citizen You should apply to these too! (if your okay with going abroad of course)

No sorry, I wished I has asked that too, because I think I've been updating AIS every ten mins since I got that first email. It's making me so nervous, because on the results page of this website the only rejection from TAMU was sent via the postal service, all the acceptances got it through AIS or Email first, then got their letters. Maybe I'm just being paranoid, but I can't help it. I really hope we both get in!!

Nautical Archaeology, you?

Hey, I just got an email response from Texas a&m anthropology department that they voted TODAY (Wed. March 9th) and that we should all receive letters in the next couple of days. This email was from Valadez, the academic admin for the anthro. department so I this is fact not guessing.