Dreams Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Kinda sorta. I am applying to a joint program with Anthropology.
sunshine6 Posted January 14, 2009 Author Posted January 14, 2009 nice to sort of meet you both! Any news so far? None for me, yet. Starting to get a bit antsy...even though I know it will most likely be another month.
Tonights Posted January 14, 2009 Posted January 14, 2009 Anthropology here. I'm playing my subfield close to the vest because it's an obscure specialty that almost nobody is in, so I'm not going to divulge anything until all the chips are down. There's always the off, off chance that someone from an adcom could recognize me online. :shock: The fact that my specialty is obscure made my applications very difficult, as almost no programs have anyone who deals with it. I had to apply to several schools that *almost* fit and compensate in my statements about why I wanted to go there. Just got my last one in yesterday. Now I'm terrified.
miratrix Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 Hi everyone! I feel similar about having a really specific subfield...we'll find out when acceptances come in if it was the same one Haven't heard anything yet, in fact I still have one application to finish (due Feb. 1). Good luck!
Tonights Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I applied to eight schools. I keep feeling like that wasn't enough.
anythingtwice Posted January 15, 2009 Posted January 15, 2009 I also applied to 8, that was plenty for me! It's what I came up with after my research and budgeting. I couldn't afford more if I wanted to.
erudite crudite Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 ooh, me too! applying to 9. 2 MA, 7 PhD. my last app was due today and i'm officially freaking out. it's good to see other anthro folks are alive on this board!
sunshine6 Posted January 16, 2009 Author Posted January 16, 2009 hey erudite, I applied at some of the same, good luck! Also, UT is my undergrad, let me know if you have any questions about Austin...
erudite crudite Posted January 21, 2009 Posted January 21, 2009 thanks sunshine6, you too! it's nice to have someone else to wait it out with. what's your sub-discipline? i'm physical. you wouldn't happen to know of any good tattoo shops in austin? i might be visiting (pleasure, not business) in the next month or so. i heard (kind of, extremely vague) about funding at one of my schools, but not admissions? seems a little backwards to me, but at this point i'm over analyzing everything.
Dubya Posted January 24, 2009 Posted January 24, 2009 Hi all, Like everyone else I haven't heard anything yet and I'm not holding my breath. My subfield is physical and I actually applied to a few of the same places you did erudite.
sunshine6 Posted January 27, 2009 Author Posted January 27, 2009 erudite, sorry it took me so long to reply, there are tons of shops in town,,,what kind of work do you want done? That can narrow it down considerably. I got a teaser email from ASU titled "PhD in Anthropology Application" telling me that "currently we are missing the following materials: none " and that they plan on making decisions in March. March. It is going to be a long couple of months. sigh... I applied for mainly bio-archaeology and a few forensic anth programs. fyi
Tonights Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Oh lord, March. This is when I start wishing I was in a hard science so I'd hear this week. :wink:
erudite crudite Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 erudite, sorry it took me so long to reply, there are tons of shops in town,,,what kind of work do you want done? That can narrow it down considerably. I got a teaser email from ASU titled "PhD in Anthropology Application" telling me that "currently we are missing the following materials: none " and that they plan on making decisions in March. March. It is going to be a long couple of months. sigh... I applied for mainly bio-archaeology and a few forensic anth programs. fyi I'm working on a traditional half sleeve, but I've heard there are great places for trad work in Austin. I got that same letter at work and was all kinds of worked up about it before I opened the email, those jerks. Although I've heard that a few of the faculty have been calling around and asking recommenders about candidates. I'm looking to do paleoanthropology, btw.
sunshine6 Posted February 1, 2009 Author Posted February 1, 2009 I would check out John Reed of True Blue Tattoo, on Red River. The ONLY place I would go that is downtown. Also I have been very impressed by the work coming out of Rock Of Ages on South Lamar, I have some work from Tony, but Jason is very good as well. I hope I hear something soon... let me rephrase, I hope I hear something positive soon!
Fritzie Posted February 8, 2009 Posted February 8, 2009 Another anthropologist here - cultural/linguistic, though, so it doesn't sound like I'm actually competing for spots with most of you. Sunshine, erudite, I applied to ASU as well, and got that same stupid email. That subject line really freaked me out, I thought they'd already decided to flat-out reject me, maybe my application was so bad they just burst out laughing and chucked it in the trash can......... Anyhow, I only applied to four programs - not many fit well, and I'm already in a MA program so finances are tight - and I'm not expecting to hear anything until at least the end of this month. So I'm trying my best to keep the mailbox-refreshing and mailman-stalking to a minimum for the moment. Hopefully the anthropology gods will smile on my efforts!
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