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all anthro, history & anthro-history acceptances are out. I'm not sure if waitlisted people have been notified.

Michigan's list has been sent to faculty & grad students.

Anthro-History is making final decisions today. Probably 6 offers. No idea when students will be notified of the decision. Good luck

I can't speculate on how long it will take the adcom to announce the results. I believe that many accepted students receive an email from their POI or DGS.

Michigan shortlists are being finalized (History & Anthro-History). The adcoms are meeting in the next week or 2. Good luck! DC can be expensive but a lot of graduate students and young workers live at reasonable prices in Columbia Heights. I would also try to find housing in the Maryland portions of the Red Line that are immediately outside of DC (bethesda/silver spring).

I took classes in the Gender Institute at LSE. It's a good department and they support their students. My friends at SOAS had almost no complaints. You'll be fine either way. You might want to check out KCL's Department of War Studies. I think they run a one masters program in development.

Oxford has more money laying around for student research than Goldsmiths. Goldsmiths is more "hip" but nothing is stopping you from doing research at Oxford that will make you attractive to American Anthro Departments. Maybe spend a year as a visiting research student at King's or LSE? You can always just email these guys (Graeber and co) and the train from Oxford to London is relatively quick. If you do decide to go to Goldsmiths The Amersham Arms is the best pub in Lewisham (essential knowledge for any PhD student).

de Genova is moving to King's College London in the Fall as a Reader in Urban Geography. King's has done some great recruiting in the last year (Nick Rose, Paul Gilroy).

LSE has a solid 12 month MSc in Human Rights and the total cost of LSE tuition + living in London is much cheaper than Columbia Tuition + Living in New York City. I think if you're paying for an MA it's wise to consider maximizing the value of the degree while minimizing the total cost. Regarding the breadth of courses, the sociology department, which houses LSE's human rights program, is pretty accommodating and will let you take courses from almost any department in the university. Just a suggestion.

I guess you are right, you can't do a second MPhil at Cambridge but another 1 year MSc from LSE is also possible, or a 1 year M.St. from Oxford instead of their 2 year MPhil. Yes, Cambridge has a stronger reputation but PhD admissions are more about how interesting your Masters project/Proposed PhD project is. You must also consider how your justify your choice to go to Cambridge/(LSE/Columbia) in your statement of purpose (i.e. what did you do during your masters that made Cambridge/England the best place for you to be? or what made going to New York and then London/England a good idea?). You should also consider the academics you want to be close to. Are there specific people at Cambridge who you want to supervise you/write letters of recommendation for you? Would people at LSE/Columbia write you letters that would be more useful for your PhD applications because they are better known in the states? For a Job it really doesn't matter where you go. If you can afford the program or you would like to delay work for a while then, go to LSE/Columbia and live in 2 great cities where you can get solid job connections. If LSE/Columbia is too expensive or you don't want to wait 18 months before you start a job, then go to Cambridge.

The LSE/Columbia dual degree program is awesome but the fee's for the Columbia portion are not worth it. Although the LSE year is cheaper than the Columbia year, LSE is still the most expensive school in the UK. If Columbia gives you a tuition waiver or money isn't an issue then the Dual Degree is a good program to consider. If not, Cambridge is a solid school (you could take a second MPhil there if you really want a dual degree and it would be much cheaper) and London is only an hour away by train. . No matter what program you choose you can't really go wrong. The quality of education is the same, Cambridge is just cheaper. What you get from the dual degree is the opportunity to live in New York and London.

It is true that in the UK a letter of recommendation is supposed to bluntly state the students skills/lack of skills BUT British Academics know how to write letters for American schools. I mean...they see American style letters yearly (when they are assessing applications for admission/jobs.)

The normal package at UMich is full tuition + just over 18,000ish stipend per year for 5 years + 3 summers of funding about $3000 each + healthcare + $1,500 pre-candidacy grant + $3,000 candidacy grant.

I did my M.Sc at LSE. Thanks to the new director, Prof Craig Calhoun, basically all new PhD student's are fully funded at the LSE. If you complete your M.Sc. with a High Merit (65% or above) you've met the requirements to enroll in the PhD (assuming your application is decent). But you do have to pay for the M.Sc. and as Vandersems said, it is the most expensive M.Sc in the United Kingdom.

I've been told "the formula" is First 2 paragraphs written like a Journal Article (showing your knowledge on a particular historical question). Second 2 paragraphs on how and why you aim to probe deeper. Final 2 paragraphs on your past experiences/preparation to complete the task you have outlined and on why you have chosen to apply to that school. I was accepted at 3 of the 7 schools I applied to but none were pure history (all multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary). So, take my words with a grain of salt.