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bedlamsbardStill worrying about grad school (this should be a recurring theme for, oh, the next ten years or so), at least partially because I wandered over to the academic advising website and they have a whole PAGE about how the junior year is the most important year of university and how these are the last grades that anyone will see on you transcripts when you apply to grad school and OH MY GOD I HAVE TO TAKE THE GRE THIS YEAR I DID NOT REALIZE THAT. *breathes*
I am so sick of traveling cross-country several times a year, you have no idea (it's an all-day affair, made worse by the fact that no, I don't live near the airport; I live in another county on the other side of a mountain range two hours away from the airport, so I usually spend two to six hours sitting in the airport waiting for the shuttle besides the two hours to get from SEA to Ellensburg and the seven to nine hours it takes to get from SEA to MSY (or vice versa) and the hour it takes to get from Tulane to MSY plus the two or three hours waiting in MSY), so I'm looking pretty seriously at going to graduate school closer to home. The slight problem comes in the fact that of the universities in the Pacific Northwest, the only one that offers my program is the University of Washington. Or the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada; I am not that keen on going to Canada for grad school, especially since UBC isn't the top school in the program, but it's still less hassle than going somewhere in the South or on the East Coast. The University of Oregon offers a PhD in history, but not in ancient history, and their classics program only goes to a MA. As far as I can tell, none of the other universities (Seattle U, Idaho, Washington State, etc.) in the region even go that far. Stanford's an option; I'm not that certain of my ability to get in. (And perusal of the U-Dub's faculty pages proves that none of the ancient history professors are military historians! And they're not accepting anyone with a first field in medieval history, wtf, UW.)
Most of the schools in the field I want (right now, ancient history, I'm leaning towards Roman and I'm still leaning towards military, but I could go Late Antiquity and I still really like medieval England, but so many people do medieval England!) are back East. UNC is probably the best fit, period, because it has ancient history AND military history (so many schools don't have military history, I didn't think it was that uncommon, but apparently so), although the two ancient military history professors are both Greek, but the Roman (non-military) professor's work seems pretty interesting! ("Greek and Roman spatial perceptions (physical and cultural) and on mapping the classical world." COOL.) UNC's classics department is also apparently very good -- they do offer a degree in Classics with Historical Emphasis, but I'm reasonably certain I'd have to do the post-bacc program first; I don't have the language background otherwise. Oooh, there's a professor whose field is Roman religion; I could be into that.
Oooh, University of Virginia; I am not immediately entranced by the history program, but the classics faculty seem interesting. Also, this professor's work seems really interesting. (And I may be in love with that picture. HALLO THAR ATHENA.) I...huh, on the basis of a few minutes looking at the UVa Classics website, I could be into that. Where in Virginia is UVa again? Charlottesville. Do they have actual seasons in Charlottesville? (The seasons in New Orleans are hurricanes, hot, cold, caterpillars, and really freaking hot.) Aww, Charlottesville hosts the Virginia Festival of the Book! That's adorable. Oh, Monticello is Charlottesville. I -- did not realize that. Uh. Well, there's an airport. Small airport. Very small. Would have to take a connecting flight, or fly into Richmond and take a train? Or possibly a Greyhound. Gah, trouble. But, I really like the classics program.
I am so sick of traveling cross-country several times a year, you have no idea (it's an all-day affair, made worse by the fact that no, I don't live near the airport; I live in another county on the other side of a mountain range two hours away from the airport, so I usually spend two to six hours sitting in the airport waiting for the shuttle besides the two hours to get from SEA to Ellensburg and the seven to nine hours it takes to get from SEA to MSY (or vice versa) and the hour it takes to get from Tulane to MSY plus the two or three hours waiting in MSY), so I'm looking pretty seriously at going to graduate school closer to home. The slight problem comes in the fact that of the universities in the Pacific Northwest, the only one that offers my program is the University of Washington. Or the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada; I am not that keen on going to Canada for grad school, especially since UBC isn't the top school in the program, but it's still less hassle than going somewhere in the South or on the East Coast. The University of Oregon offers a PhD in history, but not in ancient history, and their classics program only goes to a MA. As far as I can tell, none of the other universities (Seattle U, Idaho, Washington State, etc.) in the region even go that far. Stanford's an option; I'm not that certain of my ability to get in. (And perusal of the U-Dub's faculty pages proves that none of the ancient history professors are military historians! And they're not accepting anyone with a first field in medieval history, wtf, UW.)
Most of the schools in the field I want (right now, ancient history, I'm leaning towards Roman and I'm still leaning towards military, but I could go Late Antiquity and I still really like medieval England, but so many people do medieval England!) are back East. UNC is probably the best fit, period, because it has ancient history AND military history (so many schools don't have military history, I didn't think it was that uncommon, but apparently so), although the two ancient military history professors are both Greek, but the Roman (non-military) professor's work seems pretty interesting! ("Greek and Roman spatial perceptions (physical and cultural) and on mapping the classical world." COOL.) UNC's classics department is also apparently very good -- they do offer a degree in Classics with Historical Emphasis, but I'm reasonably certain I'd have to do the post-bacc program first; I don't have the language background otherwise. Oooh, there's a professor whose field is Roman religion; I could be into that.
Oooh, University of Virginia; I am not immediately entranced by the history program, but the classics faculty seem interesting. Also, this professor's work seems really interesting. (And I may be in love with that picture. HALLO THAR ATHENA.) I...huh, on the basis of a few minutes looking at the UVa Classics website, I could be into that. Where in Virginia is UVa again? Charlottesville. Do they have actual seasons in Charlottesville? (The seasons in New Orleans are hurricanes, hot, cold, caterpillars, and really freaking hot.) Aww, Charlottesville hosts the Virginia Festival of the Book! That's adorable. Oh, Monticello is Charlottesville. I -- did not realize that. Uh. Well, there's an airport. Small airport. Very small. Would have to take a connecting flight, or fly into Richmond and take a train? Or possibly a Greyhound. Gah, trouble. But, I really like the classics program.
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Date: 2010-08-17 08:32 pm (UTC)I hope you can find a grad school that suits you, and is not too far away from home!
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Date: 2010-08-18 05:21 am (UTC)