budapestflower

well，actually my interest is in Korea too，would you like to exchange email with me that we can do some further discussion coz I am intended to apply next year^^

hey man Would you kindly check up your appyyourself website to see if there was a decision letter there ?

I applied too, but have not heard anything from Columbia yet, anyway I am not attending even they admitted me coz I heard the Columbia one is pretty unselective Congrats anyway Did you apply Harvard too ?

Yeah just wanna write a post the Harvard GSAS said that all the decisions were send out on 15th or before. So Guess the ones dated on 15th and the week are all rejections . Omg still hold a little hope since I am international student

Well, as you know that East Asian Studies is not a major or faculty, instead it is a interdisciplinary program which is taken as a springboard for PHD program, you seem already have a focus like anthropology ?it is good for you to have a specific focus because I don't think an EALC phd degree will win you more chance when it come to find an anthropology related job. Like if you wanna focus on Inter-Korea relations then maybe political science might be the best choice. Because people learn really general things there in RSEA department. I know a few alumnus one of them works at the East Asian Triple Cooperation in South Korea (class 2010) and others are pursuing their phd in history department or sociology department, yeah there are people who are in EALC but rarely from RSEA, and also I happened to know that class 2013 have very few people who intended to continue their phd study in EALC, but may I ask what is your plan for phd before I make any further suggestions.

Actually I do know a lot of RSEA graduates and their current job. Does this affect your decision or something?

Hey thanks man, actually I got my response which goes: "Thank you for your email. I believe that GSAS is in the process of sending letters out by mail to applicants. Also, I have heard that decisions may be found online; however, I cannot confirm this. You should receive a notification letter no later than the end of March. Best of luck!" Really polite reply but I guess the "website status" she mentioned is like to appear pretty late for accepting the offer process Anyway wait patiently and best of luck to you too:) And remember to share us some detail about the big envelop when you get it lol

I vote for the postal service too. The website one did feel weird and I serious doubt his/her intention. so I hope the one who posted the POI one might come out and give us more detail information, it would be highly appreciated! actually during the past few months the admission officer seems to be Pretty positive and nice to any inquiry I have but yesterday I wrote to her saying that " I saw a post on thegradcafe suggestting us to check the website status" and she did not respond .I guess she might find me silly and dubious lol