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Grad school. Grad school.
I am not sure that I can finish my applications. I can't write a personal statement to save my life. Everything is trite and boring and not good enough. I was supposed to finish my statement on Friday so that I could spend Saturday and today writing a kick-ass writing sample, since I am suspicious of my old work. I haven't even had a classical archaeology class in three years and I haven't had one specific to Greek archaeology in 4 years. That is crazy. I can't believe it was that long ago. How did this happen? I thought I'd finally be a good candidate but I am terrified that I am going to waste a bunch of money applying not get in again. Part of the problem is that there really aren't any middle of the road programs. There are the great programs and then there are the programs that are hardly worth applying to because they will leave you with no means to get a job in the end. Even the people at the top 5 schools have a hard time finding jobs. There just aren't any positions open. So why am I doing this? I love digging and research, but man, this is horrible.
I am not sure that I can finish my applications. I can't write a personal statement to save my life. Everything is trite and boring and not good enough. I was supposed to finish my statement on Friday so that I could spend Saturday and today writing a kick-ass writing sample, since I am suspicious of my old work. I haven't even had a classical archaeology class in three years and I haven't had one specific to Greek archaeology in 4 years. That is crazy. I can't believe it was that long ago. How did this happen? I thought I'd finally be a good candidate but I am terrified that I am going to waste a bunch of money applying not get in again. Part of the problem is that there really aren't any middle of the road programs. There are the great programs and then there are the programs that are hardly worth applying to because they will leave you with no means to get a job in the end. Even the people at the top 5 schools have a hard time finding jobs. There just aren't any positions open. So why am I doing this? I love digging and research, but man, this is horrible.