To become a professional archaeologist--that is, a person with a full time, year-round benefited job in the field--you have to get a graduate degree. Although there are excellent professional archaeologists who didn't find time in their schedules to get their MA, the plain fact of the matter is that people starting today in the field of archaeology need to get that MA or PhD if they plan a full time career.
But, making that decision and getting into a graduate department can be more than a little scary. According to a 2005 study by the Council of Graduate Schools, 2/3 of the applications to graduate school in the social sciences are not successful. Luckily, a lot of folks have successfully gone through the process, and some of them were willing to help me put together this advice for the prospective graduate student, called Getting into Graduate School.
But, making that decision and getting into a graduate department can be more than a little scary. According to a 2005 study by the Council of Graduate Schools, 2/3 of the applications to graduate school in the social sciences are not successful. Luckily, a lot of folks have successfully gone through the process, and some of them were willing to help me put together this advice for the prospective graduate student, called Getting into Graduate School.
- Getting into Graduate School: Introduction
- Making the Decision to Go
- Why I Went to Graduate School, John Dockall
- Why I Went to Graduate School, Hal Rager
- Choosing the Right Graduate School
- Why I Chose my School, Hal Rager
- Why I Chose my School, John Dockall
- Why I Chose my School, M.S. Forstadt
- Surviving the Application Process
- How I Got into Graduate School, John Dockall
- How I Got into Graduate School, Susan Duncan Neumeyer
- How I Got into Graduate School, M.S. Forstadt
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