<p>Newmassdad and Marite, thanks, she called yesterday afternoon to say her first interview went well, and she was invited back today to meet with some students in the program. But of course that’s a long way from applying, being accepted, and making sure there’s enough money. </p>
<p>Meanwhile, your posts gave me something to think about - I’ll talk to her more when we both get back home.</p>
<p>Could your daughter possibly be thinking about “forensic anthropology” as a route into law enforcement? If so, I would think she would want to consider the University of Tennessee’s school (home of the “Body Farm”). A truly fascinating field with plenty of opportunity.</p>
<p>Here is a link to the department…</p>
<p><a href=“http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/index.htm[/url]”>http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/index.htm</a></p>
<p>And for those considering the field, some info about how to become one…</p>
<p><a href=“http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/FACbecome.html[/url]”>http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/FACbecome.html</a></p>
<p>Goaliedad, wow, thank you, that looks like something she would be VERY interested in. I will email those links to her. </p>
<p>One of the frustrations she’s expressed is that it takes so much of her time to go to websites school by school, and read all the detail to try to find programs that she wants. She has tried gradschool.com, etc., but, such sites don’t drill deeply enough, and, there are very few people who seem to be able to advise on federal law enforcement, and, when she calls the various agencies, she gets responses like “apply now, we’ll consider paying for grad school for you later, in two years or so, maybe, if this and if that and if something else” (not helpful).</p>
<p>I believe one of those pages has a link to a list of other schools that offer forensic anthropology as well if you look through there. Even if UT is not the right school for her, this should help with her school research.</p>
<p>Good Luck and glad I could help.</p>