ciistai
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Hey @terraaurea - as someone who was in a v similar situation (no money, parents in huge debt, recently lost our home, etc) I agree - go where the money is, go where there is funding. You won't regret that in the slightest. It will allow you to concentrate on your work much better as well. There might be people out there who tell you that education is priceless and, sure, I guess so in some ways, but people who make this claim usually don't know what it's like to be poor/ in debt/ have terrible credit. Do what you can to keep yourself in the best position. Plus, FSU is a fantastic program! This sounds like a great option
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Did someone say MAGNA GRAECIA/ PRE-ROMAN SOUTHERN ITALY and IPCAA in the same sentence? That's like my biography! Definitely apply to IPCAA if you just go for the MA this time around! We should chat sometime about your interests. It's rare I find someone else who's interested specifically in pre-Roman southern Italy so I'm very excited to read that about you! My personal favourite region is Lucania (I've worked both in eastern and western Lucania) but I have also worked in Apulia. I am going to PM you about your original question anyway...
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Congratulations! Great program and a great city
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I was the one who posted that my POI called me (in last year's app cycle). POI was interim director of the program, which I didn't know when I posted that, since the current director was on leave for that term. It's always the director who reaches out and not the POI. Three years previously I'd also been contacted for an interview by the director at the time, not by my POI.
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IPGRH meets separately from IPCAA when it comes to deciding whom to invite, though our prospectives weekend is always the same weekend. Sometimes they meet earlier, other times they meet later. As pro Augustis mentioned, he had an interview prior to prospectives weekend which seems to mean two rounds of interviews; IPCAA does not do this.
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I'm honestly quite convinced they only skim those anyway, so don't feel too bad Though, at the same time, I can't confirm this, it's just a suspicion...
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Will send you a private msg later this evening to answer the second question (the short answer is that it's actually awesome). As to the first - I rec'd an email on January 14th last year about my interview which was for the following month. From what I understand, many rejections were mailed out in late January. Can elaborate more in my private message later
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I don't know anything about that one sadly! However the MPhil is a great step before the PhD (especially an American PhD) and I very seriously recommend it. I applied to PhDs while still doing my BA and my top choice school told me to go do my Master's and reapply. Did my MPhil, reapplied a few years later, and got in! #happyendings
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Good luck and do not worry about the publications (most don't have any as undergrads) or the Latin - you seem very qualified. Your modern language experience is a serious asset as is your fieldwork experience. Let me know if you have any Qs about IPCAA!
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Fire away! Always glad to see another archaeologist on the board!
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I did my MPhil at Oxford and have a few friends who have done Classics MAs elsewhere in the UK (Birmingham, Cardiff) - let me know if you have any questions! I'm a Classical Archaeologist rather than a Classicist so I won't be tons of help with the nitty-gritty personally, but happy to answer any questions you have/ ask my friends for you. I could especially help out if you have any Qs about going from a North American university to a British one.
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Just popping in to say good luck to all you new applicants! ~good vibes~
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I gave myself a massive crash-course on red figure and black gloss pottery in S. Italy - then taught for three weeks at a field school (where we barely even found pottery at all!!)
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I'm up in Canada though not TOO far from Ann Arbor but was worried about this as well. I found a roomie on the Off-Campus Housing site and she happened to be going to Ann Arbor the following week anyway - I did a lot of the Internet footwork in skimming through hundreds of listings to find apartments that suited our needs. She arranged and attended viewings and took photos, then we decided together. If you're okay with roommates and you can find someone already with a lease, or someone who is closer to AA than you, this could work!
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Congratulations again! Though, wow, that's really crappy??? I've never heard of that being the situation before :/
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Congratulations!!!! Hope to see you there of course, but either way I trust you will make the best decision for yourself!
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Texas can be notorious delayers on contacting those they've waitlisted/ rejected. I hadn't heard from them by this time 3 years ago so withdrew my application entirely. I had emailed them earlier in March to ask what was up and they said something like, "please let us keep your name in consideration." Was I on a waitlist? No idea, kinda vague. In any case this is definitely not uncharacteristic of them. Tangentially related - Duke finally rejected me! Feels weird to be celebrating a rejection but this is the much-awaited official end of my app season (besides the final response from Stanford which I'm sure will be a rejection). I also just signed a contract on an apartment in Ann Arbor. Woohoo. Wishing everyone the best of luck with final decision-making!
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Wow - congratulations!!! Such exciting news! I hope you enjoy the visit!
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Oh trust me - after Toronto and Oxford, A2 is very fairly priced!! It's all about perspective
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AAMW waitlistees - I rejected my offer officially over the weekend. Good luck!!
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I managed to keep it really moderate, I think. One response was just a one-liner but two other profs were very touched by my email and one actually wrote me quite a lengthy one in return! Makes me feel even guiltier actually... but I'm glad I got it over with.
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Hahaha yes!!! Well, I'm glad I won't be the only person who was there who will be turning down an offer from them. Such a hard decision, they really impressed me.
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Thanks everyone - this is really helpful! I think I will muster the strength to send these emails today.
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WAIT... did we meet??? Were you at Penn Prospie weekend? I was the lone AAMW candidate with the blue dress haha. (Why did I not make this connection before... so much travel must have got to me.)
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I met with four archaeology professors individually, but there was another (an historian) who set up an impromptu meeting with me when he learned of my research interests - and that one was quite early in the morning!! So I am grateful to him as well.
