Anthropology Applicants 2012

Nice! What are you doing there?

Erm, it was Cambridge, but I just got a rejection! Erm, UCL or LSE probably. I'm gap yearing it though so I'll probs just apply again next year What about you?! And thats really douchey of them, they really should make it clear!

I got offers from Sussex (Twice!), Manchester, Birmingham and Kent but I think I'm gonna firm Sussex (after going to look again on an applicant day aha) and insure Manchester/Birmingham

Aaah, that sucks - UCL/LSE is still pretty amazing though!

I got offers from Sussex (Twice!), Manchester, Birmingham and Kent but I think I'm gonna firm Sussex (after going to look again on an applicant day aha) and insure Manchester/Birmingham

Aaah, that sucks - UCL/LSE is still pretty amazing though!

Aberdeen are good for anthropology

The benefit of the Scottish system is that you study 3 subjects in your first 2 years before committing yourself to the final subjects you'll graduate with honours in after 4th year. This means you can study additional things that are either related to anthropology (eg: development studies, specific area/regional studies, or another social science) or continue with another subject that you liked doing at school or alternatively, pick up something you've always thought looked interesting but have never had chance to study. Lots of people start language courses, which is useful for anthropology.

I'd ignore the lower offers given by Scottish universities - it isn't representative of the quality of the course or the standard of applicants. At Aberdeen (and Edinburgh) the offers are generally relatively low yet most applicants have generally achieved top grades at Higher/A level - for Scottish students, the sought after universities at the Ancients of Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews and Aberdeen. The lower offers are more a representation of the fact the Scottish universities are very into widening access and attracting the best applicants who they think have the most potential, even if they don't actually have the highest grades.

Its also a really nice city and university area - I love it. I don't actually live in Aberdeen and I didn't go to Aberdeen Uni either (I went to Edinburgh for anthropology but my boyfriend lives in Aberdeen) but I've spent a lot of time in the city and at the uni as a visiting student, because I can use their library/all facilities as normal as a postgraduate student. When I applied for anthropology six years ago Aberdeen was one of my options but I chose Edinburgh instead. If I were applying again, I'd definitely apply to Aberdeen again as I love it more now I've practically lived and studied there

Application was sent off earlier this week, got emails from Kent and Manchester acknowledging it today as well.
Went for:
LSE - Socail Anth
UCL - Anth w/ year abroad
Sussex - Anth
Kent - Social Anth w/ year in the Netherlands
Manchester - Social Anth.

Kent/Manc look like my first choices atm, cos I really want a year abroad and am not really interested in the biological side which UCL make you study

If you go to Manc I'll see you there! (got my unconditional in the summer)

Awesome! It's cool to see other people who actually know what anthropology is, let alone people who wanna study it as a degree!

I know, makes me feel a bit intimidated actually I mean I'm so excited and everything, and I want to finish reading Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology by Thomas Hylland Eriksen which is apparently amazing and always useful when doing the degree! But I'm worried either other people will be super intelligent or just did the subject as a doss... no real basis for these worries and I'm sure it'll be fine but ahhh it's all so thrilling, the thought of starting next year

I know, makes me feel a bit intimidated actually I mean I'm so excited and everything, and I want to finish reading Small Places, Large Issues: An Introduction to Social and Cultural Anthropology by Thomas Hylland Eriksen which is apparently amazing and always useful when doing the degree! But I'm worried either other people will be super intelligent or just did the subject as a doss... no real basis for these worries and I'm sure it'll be fine but ahhh it's all so thrilling, the thought of starting next year

I went with Social Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction by Peter Just and John Monaghan which is really intersting / informative as a (suprise) an introductory book

I started both of these books but I ended up doing Guns, Germs and Steel and a book about the history of the civil war in Sri Lanka and the causes behind it, which are very social so thats what I wrote about

But has anyone who applied to UCL got any idea what to write about in their essay :O I am so scared/nervous!

i've got offers from: Hull (with Italian), Queen's Belfast, Kent all BBB

i'm really liking the look of Kent, have yet to visit it. BUT i really want to go to Hull because of Italian (i'm half italian and really want to learn lol) & the year abroad. BUT kent do offer a year abroad, but i didn't apply for that one because they asked for higher grades (idk why) so do you think, if i visit them i could somehow convince them to accept me for the year abroad one? :P or is this just an idea set to fail...

I imagine you can switch across. There will probably be people who apply for a year abroad then change their minds, or drop out or whatever. Didn't realise they had lower requirements without a year abroad, else I'd have applied for that... It was supposed to be my insurance and now their standard offer is AAB (when I'm predicted A*AB)!