And now New Orleans IS ON FIRE. Or, well, the marsh is, anyway. It's been supremely smoky on and off since -- well, I got in Sunday, and it was fine then, but it was terrible yesterday around two and it's been extremely smoky today.
Meanwhile, I am running around in the classics department talking to people about graduate school applications -- my advisor, Dr. B., yesterday, and today the undergraduate advisor, Dr. K., because he took a degree in England and thus knows the U.K. system (which Dr. B. doesn't even want to touch, because she doesn't know anything about it), and also because I want to ask him to look at an old paper I'll clean up and use as a writing sample. (Because it's my only significant piece of writing that's relevant, at least at this point in time.) I also need to e-mail various people in MEMS about my honors thesis, and probably also grad school apps -- I'm thinking I might hedge my bets slightly and apply mostly for programs in ancient history, but a few in medieval or early modern history as well, since I think I might have a better chance of getting into those universities then.
Man, I got all excited looking at the Cambridge classics page because they had a professor who specifically does Punic stuff (and as you know, I am a big Hannibal (BARCA NOT LECTOR) fangirl), but it turns out that page is slightly outdated and a Google search turns up that he's no longer at Cambridge, but at Sydney. Which is in Australia. I wonder if I should add the University of Sydney to my list of prospective graduate schools? (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
highlyeccentric, would I like Sydney for an M.A.?) *frowns at Sydney website* Why are all these names really familiar to me? (I mean, I guess that's a good sign, but I can't put my finger on the research they've done that I've read.)
(Also, note to self: Look at UBC and Toronto again.)
I guess what we can get out of this is that I'm not totally keen on staying in the U.S. for the M.A./MPhil, at least. (Plan is to do the PhD in the U.S. or in Canada, unless I decide that I don't care about teaching in the U.S. and am content with the job prospects in the U.K.)
Also, I brought a dysfunctional teapot with me. FAIL. (I mean, it brews, it pours, but it pours badly and it spills. Nearly as much tea went into the saucer (good thing I was using one) as into the teapot.)
ETA: Basically I broke down crying in Dr. K's office, I am unqualified for EVERYTHING, and I am never going to get into graduate school. Ever. In anything. (If I don't have enough classics background -- I have enough to get a DEGREE, but it's NOT ENOUGH? -- then there's no way in hell I have enough English or history background. *cries some more*)
Meanwhile, I am running around in the classics department talking to people about graduate school applications -- my advisor, Dr. B., yesterday, and today the undergraduate advisor, Dr. K., because he took a degree in England and thus knows the U.K. system (which Dr. B. doesn't even want to touch, because she doesn't know anything about it), and also because I want to ask him to look at an old paper I'll clean up and use as a writing sample. (Because it's my only significant piece of writing that's relevant, at least at this point in time.) I also need to e-mail various people in MEMS about my honors thesis, and probably also grad school apps -- I'm thinking I might hedge my bets slightly and apply mostly for programs in ancient history, but a few in medieval or early modern history as well, since I think I might have a better chance of getting into those universities then.
Man, I got all excited looking at the Cambridge classics page because they had a professor who specifically does Punic stuff (and as you know, I am a big Hannibal (BARCA NOT LECTOR) fangirl), but it turns out that page is slightly outdated and a Google search turns up that he's no longer at Cambridge, but at Sydney. Which is in Australia. I wonder if I should add the University of Sydney to my list of prospective graduate schools? (
highlyeccentric, would I like Sydney for an M.A.?) *frowns at Sydney website* Why are all these names really familiar to me? (I mean, I guess that's a good sign, but I can't put my finger on the research they've done that I've read.)(Also, note to self: Look at UBC and Toronto again.)
I guess what we can get out of this is that I'm not totally keen on staying in the U.S. for the M.A./MPhil, at least. (Plan is to do the PhD in the U.S. or in Canada, unless I decide that I don't care about teaching in the U.S. and am content with the job prospects in the U.K.)
Also, I brought a dysfunctional teapot with me. FAIL. (I mean, it brews, it pours, but it pours badly and it spills. Nearly as much tea went into the saucer (good thing I was using one) as into the teapot.)
ETA: Basically I broke down crying in Dr. K's office, I am unqualified for EVERYTHING, and I am never going to get into graduate school. Ever. In anything. (If I don't have enough classics background -- I have enough to get a DEGREE, but it's NOT ENOUGH? -- then there's no way in hell I have enough English or history background. *cries some more*)