Postgraduate Entry 2018

Congrats! I've sent my application and hopefully waiting for a positive reply. How long did you wait before getting an offer?

I've been offered a place on the MSc In Animal Behaviour and Welfare so I'll be moving up from the Republic of Ireland in September! Should be an interesting year

Congratulations! Are you excited!?

Yeah I'm really looking forward to it! I'm still waiting for my the conditional aspect of it to get resolved (lots of running between the two colleges) but I'm very excited about moving up and getting stuck in

Looking forward to the anthropology yourself?

Oh? What's happening are they just not communicating? I take it you're going straight from undergrad into masters?

I'm nervous, I didn't do anthropology as my undergraduate degree, I actually did archaeology so I think it'll be challenging but very worthwhile! Do you get a placement in the MSc?

Yeah I'm going straight from undergrad to post-grad so they wanted copies of my transcripts once my results came out. Now they want a copy of my actual degree which won't be conferred til November so I'm trying to get my college to write an official letter stating as much for me instead. It should all be grand I hope, it's just a bit of running around!

Sounds good! They're fairly related disciplines anyway, so you probably have a better grasp of the subject already than you might expect We can choose between a placement or a research project for our course, is it similar for yours?

bit of an ache that, I get my transcripts in July and thank god - I applied for halls and i didn't want to risk missing out late should I have to graduate in like, november haha. No we don't get a placement - is it just the one year your course then?

I've applied for halls anyway, I think you're guaranteed a place if it's your first time in Belfast (undergrad or post-grad), if you're not from NI yourself! Not sure if I'll actually take the room though, there's some beautiful rooms available privately in houseshares for a fraction of the price and none of the bs that goes with student halls.

Yeah the course is just 1 year! Seems really fast for an MSc but it's fairly jam packed so it'll be a bit of a whirlwind I expect

What part of the mainland are ya moving from? Have you been to Belfast before? It's a fab little city, really compact. I'm debating even bringing the car cause I probably won't need it unless I get work somewhere very inaccessible and remote

I'll be starting the MSc in Animal Behaviour and Welfare in September as well and my undergrad is in Archaeology too, so I'll be coming from a very different background! Moving up from Dublin with the boyfriend so hoping to find an apartment together

This is so weird! you're like a mash up of both myself and Knickknack; I haven't found anyone else doing MA Anthropology on here , Are you and your boyfriend super excited?

You sound like you've got a plan, I am envious; I'll need to get a part-time job (probs in retail) lol, so less exciting. I am a bit nervous about postgraduate life tbh, I've heard it can get quite lonely

Have been accepted onto my course and have been given my room! Was wondering if anyone else has been allocated a room yet?