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North Atlantic/Viking Age archaeology. Schools are as listed in my signature!

How have you approached this? Have you included it at all? I will, of course, be discussing how my research interests align with those of my POIs, etc., but is it necessary to mention that I have been in contact with them? However, a professor at one school has offered to be my advisor if I am accepted, and, DANG, I'd love to allude to that. Thoughts?

Thanks for your help and best of luck!

Hi pears, I've corresponded with Dr. McGovern and Dr. Perdikaris (Brooklyn)! They both seem incredibly nice and have been very helpful thus far. It sounds like Dr. McGovern has ongoing projects in the North Atlantic... man, I'd love to be a part of that. Did you go there for undergrad? The CUNY university system has me so confused. I see that some people are applying directly to particular locations (e.g., Hunter, Brooklyn, etc.), but I've started a general application through the Graduate Center. I'm under the impression that I would be able to work with professors from any of the CUNY locations. Any thoughts?

Hi everyone, I'm so happy to have you all to turn to during this process! This is my first time applying (see schools in signature, ranked by choice). I am interested in Viking Age/North Atlantic archaeology and a few specific topics: household archaeology, environmental adaptation, and culture contact. As for POIs: I've contacted two profs thus far. For both, I detailed my research interests, discussed how they paralleled with theirs, and actually asked what they thought. One POI responded very graciously and actually expressed interest; the other has not responded at all. I will probably go with something simpler for the rest of my POIs since these e-mails eat up a lot of time that I don't have! A past professor actually recommended that I do something along the lines of what mp429 suggested above.

I will be writing one (for Medieval Studies) because it may help with my apparent fit at Northwestern, therefore increasing my chances of admission.