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I had a similar experience, Faulty. It was a pretty tough year of rejections for me. I am still waitlisted and waiting for responses, but if nothing pans out I have already decided to specify my topic as I think it was too broad before and that perhaps made me less of a candidate (I applied to sociocultural anth programs and am interested in feminist anthropology reviewing ideologies of masculinity and how they create/perpetuate structural violence, put broadly. I did my master's research on a connected topic for my master's in South Sudan.) Hopefully through contextualizing this topic a little more clearly and taking what I learned about the process I can better pick schools and tailor my application toward those schools! I am actually working on a more detailed research proposal for a school in Europe and am considering sending it to where I am waitlisted as I think it could play in my favor...any advice on sending an updated research proposal or letter to a school where you are waitlisted? Good idea or no?

Hi all! I have posted a little here but mostly just listened in....You guys have helped keep me sane during this crazy process. I am still waiting to hear from three schools. It seems so late in the game to still be waiting but I hope that at least some of those come in this week. Good luck to everyone else still waiting!

Anyone have any useful statistics on number of individuals who get accepted to these programs? Also, for those who have been accepted thus far what do you think you did to make your application stand out?

I need to get out some stress and I apologize if this sounds like a rant...I have heard nothing back from any schools at this point! I applied to 11 schools, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Duke, and Washington University in St. Louis have all released information...and I have heard nothing! I have a 4.0 gpa from my master's, 3.92 undergrad, multiple hands-on research experiences and multiple presentations under my belt. I have done everything I can to make myself as eligible as possible, but I am very scared that maybe I won't get into any programs (I know I need to wait and see like everyone else, but it really has me frightened that I have heard nothing at all). Any advice from others on what you are doing to stay calm during the waiting process?