ellieanth

Hello, You say you're lost, but reading what you go on to say, it seems like you're very well-placed to go on to a graduate programme. Unless I've wildly misunderstood the marking, your GRE scores are excellent, you have an anthropology degree, a solid GPA (especially for your major) and are proficient in the language where you will (presumably) go on to do your fieldwork, with a further year planned to perfect it. That really would be a great profile to bring to an admissions board, from what I can tell from the whole process. You really would be a strong candidate. Now would be the time to focus in on what you are particularly interested in, scout out the different programmes and find the ones that match you. Funding differs between departments, so just have a look on each website. Good luck.

Thanks for posting, that was a really worthwhile and encouraging read! Anyone for some therapeutic conversations?!

Thanks for sharing this, really useful! I first read it a couple of months ago when I was starting to prepare my apps - now that I'm almost out of the SoP haze I can finally get around to thanking you!

In the UK, there's Goldsmiths, Oxford and Manchester as well as UCL. In the US, as mentioned, NYU and Harvard, also USC, Temple, UBC. Really depends on what in particular you're interested in...there are also people working all over in it who would be great to work with, even if the department doesn't have a specific program. Hadn't heard of Brown's program, Palmyra, looks good, thanks for sharing.