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  1. Here's what I know: - Umass is going up. They're building quickly. - Rutgers is growing down. They lost a few people and not hiring anytime soon - New School will continue sinking. No money, student placement sucks... - the top five will probably remain there..,
  2. Folks, now that you heard from most of your schools, I have some advice to give out of experience (I've been in grad school a couple of times for different degrees...): 1. THE most important advice: never, and I mean never, settle for a misfit department: take your time and apply again later until you get in to the school the fits you best. 2. Read research from various journals in your discipline (esp. mainstream ones): does that sound like something you can do? If you think it's disgusting (the way of writing, the research questions...), consider changing disciplines very seriously. You cannot afford to ignore the mainstream journals until you are established somewhere... 3. You belong, most probably, to an adjunct generation: I hate to break it to you, but "THE ECONOMY" is going to get much worse. Many of my friends who finished their PhDs in social science had to settle for jobs in community colleges (a couple actually decided to become high-school teachers). This might be easier if you are willing to work in a different country (but they have standards and competition too you know!). 4. If you do end up in a department that doesn't quite fit you: don't just stay their hanging, it could ruin your life! So, make a decision early on, either to suck it up and work REAL hard to get out of there, or to drop out and apply again (or do something else!). I vote for the latter, since even if you do a great job finishing quickly, you have to remember it is a misfit: who is going to vouch for you in the job market? 5. last but not least: READ! Wherever you end up, they are going to tell you that every paper you write for a seminar should be a paper that you are refining so it goes somewhere (comp., publication etc.). That is bullshit: this is exactly how you don't learn anything. So don't be afraid in your first two years to just read whatever the hell you want - it's grad-school! I hope you all find this helpful... I'm not sure what else to advise, but here's what I have for now. Good luck!
  3. Aha! They still have another admission meeting at Mich. Good luck!
  4. Oh crap! Are you sure they said all acceptances are out? I thought they're meeting again... An inside word would be sweet right now!
  5. Nope! You're still off. I have read vitually everything by Bourdieu, and I work with someone who was acquainted with him personally: he never met Goffman, plus in the 1960s he was in Algeria! That's what the book is about. His background is in philosophy, not mid-20th century American sociology! Phenomenology is precisely the source he used (via Husselr) to counter the lack of agency in structuralism (and that's where habitus comes from). Plus: Bourdieu's work on Algeria was published in France ('58) before anyone heard of Goffman! The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life was his first book published in 1959! God grad students amaze me! Anyway, good luck!
  6. *********IMPORTANT********* inside word from Berk.: they sent out the first round of admissions only, they are meeting this Fri to send out the second round. Good luck!
  7. Nope! He repackaged phenomenology and structuralism into a theory of practice. He simply admired Goffman's sensibility to micro phenomenon (he came across Goffman later in his career, after having developed his theoretical framework in the late 1950s/early 1960s). As for the rant above: the point is not to "mock" sociology, but perhaps to give an insight (as someone who studied anthropology before and now attending a sociology grad program) about the limits of sociology and especially American sociology.
  8. Why on earth would you do that?!!! Leaving anthropology for a predominantly a-theoretical a-historical discipline like sociology, and to study what? socio-linguistics!!! Do not make that mistake -- sociology is largely a stupid discipline (at least in the US), and unless you are willing to work hard to change that, stay in anthropology. The bunch of amateurs that are pontificating about ethnography vs. conversation analysis (and Goffman who influenced Bourdieu!!!!!!!!!) read a couple of chapters in some class and got an A and apparently built enough confidence (which is exactly why US sociology is crap) to go to grad school and even to start professing before getting there! Long-story short: do not waste your time studying such an interesting topic in a discipline like sociology in the US, unless you are applying abroad (Edingburgh?!) Good luck!
  9. Michigan admits: did the emails come from a certain professor?
  10. Alright, I dare anyone to call Michigan and ask whether all the acceptances went out alreay
  11. You'll get rejected only when you get rejected. Keep it up! Plus this is a generation of mass-adjuncts, trust me you're not missing out on anything
  12. Did anyone get a rejection from Michigan?
  13. My friend did (she called). Those waitlisted rarely get full funding though...
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