also, happy Mardi Gras!

[bedlamsbard]

Question: if I am e-mailing an application (to this program, specifically) as an attachment, what do I put in the body of the e-mail? Would it just be "Dear ACE Foundation, Attached is my application for admission into the British Archaeology Summer School. Thank you for your consideration, [Bedlam]"?

The "How to Apply" bit on the webpage just says, "Please click the following document: [link] and mail it to [e-mail address," and I'm a little anxious that there's some e-mail application etiquette I'm not aware of.

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In other news, I am still on spring break and I did not go to the parades today, but I finally got into the Tudors, although at this point (about five eps in) I have very little emotional attachment to any of the characters involved. They are not dramatic enough for me! There is no great doom or dirty politics! Also I already know how it ends. I did like Princess Margaret, who is an amalgam of the real Henry VIII's two sisters. I expect doom and gloom from the show, although I see that the real Princess Mary had a happy ending. GOOD I SAY. Also I am watching S1 of The Sopranos, although sadly the library only has S1 and I'll have to stop then. Alas.

Still reading about the Borgias, although at this point I have determined that all the secondary sources are biased and/or disagree with each other and now I really want to go to the primary sources, which hopefully my uni library shall have in translation. This is a good sign, as the Borgias are my honors thesis mark two idea. (Also, Strathern, in The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior, is really obsessed with talking about how Cesare Borgia had syphilis; I haven't reached the chapter on Borgia yet (the first two are about Leondardo da Vinci, the artist of the title, and Niccolo Machiavelli, the philosopher of the same), but every time I flip through it's, "LOOK AT THE OOZING PUSTULES ON HIS ONCE BEAUTIFUL FACE." Although perhaps it's just those few pages. He also has to keep reminding us that Cesare Borgia is the Pope's son, and, like, I THINK WE FIGURED THAT OUT FIFTY PAGES AGO THE FIRST TIME YOU TOLD US, DUDE. ALSO THE OTHER FIVE TIMES. Am going to the library tomorrow to get more books, because it won't hurt.)

In conclusion, have a pretty, pretty wallpaper from Showtime (link goes to Showtime site), which I am strangely fond of. (Cair Paravel's still the background on my computer, though.) Also, links to more videos on that same page! One of my favorite bits is where the actor who plays Michelotto, one of Cesare's assassins, gets really intense and goes, "You're working for the Pope...which is like working for God...so it's like you're God's assassin. On Earth."

Comments

[sara]

I have no idea what their application forms do and don't cover, but as someone who is, even now, taking students' internship applications in a related field, what I am looking for in my correspondence from applicants is:

(1) Did you follow the directions? E.g. when I said "submit by postal mail or as PDFs using this web form," is that how you sent the materials;

(2) Have you explained at some point in your application why I want to give you access to my irreplaceable material culture collection, rather than the next person (you have some related education or experience or something -- I kid you not, one applicant could not be bothered to tell me what her major was, but gave me a long list of service-industry jobs she'd held, which might be relevant if the internship were "run the gift shop" but which is not as relevant for "catalog this collection" as, say, telling me that she's a double major in history and Asian languages);

(3) Have you given me accurate contact information for accounts (phone, email, Skype, whatever) such that I can reach you with any questions?

In an email cover letter, what I'd like is something amiable enough that I wouldn't think you'd be unpleasant to spend three months with in an attic/trench/basement/other physically demanding and irritation-producing workspace.

[bedlamsbard]

They don't ask for a cover letter, which is why I'm not sure. The application form is the various basic "name, school, major, GPA, contact info, dates of attendance and graduation" -- no personal essay or recommendations (unless I'm applying for the scholarship, which I'm not). I think, just because of how basic the form is, that the program is first-come, first-serve. But otherwise the directions just say "e-mail this form to [e-mail address]", nothing about a cover letter or other info. (I mean, they don't even want my transcripts, so...)

Thank you!