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Yeah, that I'm not sure of. My friend and I had similar interviews and we were wondering if we would get another interview around this time. But for me, it was with all of the archaeologists and Dr. Scherer over a period of a few days. That's about all I can offer at the moment at least.

I haven't heard back yet, but I got interviewed a month or so ago with my poi's. I did contact one of them unrelated to the app and they said that they still had a few applications to look over, and that was about a week or so ago.

@frscsci yeah of course, but there needs to be a gap of a year or so between when you finished your masters and start of the PhD. I would check the solicitation but yeah it just depends

@Ajtz'ihb they did change the solicitation where you can only apply once now, so either your first year or second year, but regardless, like you said, APPLY

@striped I have to echo @GreenEyedTrombonist. After everything is said and done with grants, TAships, RAships, my current uni is actually paying me for my masters.

@museum_geek same, I check the results page first and then come here haha

Cool! Thank you I will!

haha I feel the same way a student in my current program got an interview for WUSTL and it's been crickets for me

Congrats on the interviews!

@spoitier Hey! I don't have a MPH and I am waiting to hear back from PhD programs. But I am finishing my MA at GSU in Anth and I also work for the CDC/Emory. If you want, you can pm me and we can chat more

For my thesis, I am investigating stress and specifically psychosocial stress of sacrificed children and young women in the North Coast of Peru during Inkaic rule. Using 1 cm increments of a hair strand from these sacrificed individuals, I am examining for cortisol biomarkers that are imbued in the hair. This method coupled with isotopic data that I am running and osteological analysis for other diseases and such will provide a better insight to what was happening in this multiethnic community once the Inka gained imperium to the North. Sorry to post this later than everyone else haha

@AnthropologyNRT Congrats on the interview!

@EvelynD I'd say in 2 weeks or so given the trends from the past few years. But I am DYING to hear back ahah

That's not too bad, and yeah I would agree with presenting your own research than being a discussant. In my opinion of course. Once conference season is upon us, I'm hoping to have defended, submitted to the Uni, and have (hopefully) chosen the school I'll be at in the fall. fingers crossed though haha

same here, I'm hoping to get a draft done by the 1 Feb so then I have edits and formatting

I had a professor that did her MA/PhD in the UK and it was difficult for her to come back to the states so I would keep that in mind. Also, so long as there is an archaeologist and a bioanth with one working in that area, that is fine because they can both advise -- I would also have an outside committee member that does exactly what you are interested in so that they can guide you as well. My advisor had no one working in the Andes at her uni and got on an excavation and paid her dues that way. But since you have a foot in the door, it should be pretty easy for you to find excavations and people to work with. Plus, with the more research, you'll do for your thesis, you'll begin to recognize the names and institutions that they're are at and could apply to work with them if they have a MA/PhD program. Then if you want to mention other aspects, be specific about what interests you within that area of study -- i.e. well why warfare? and be explicit because programs are gonna wanna see that you have formulated an idea that is deeper than broad topics within an area. I would also suggest looking at Brown Uni and Boston Uni because they have Mayanists.

depends, Right now I manage a stable isotope lab and am the only one that actively works up there. I have had other graduate and undergrad students come to get some experience and work with samples, but usually after one day people are over it. I do it because 1) it looks good on a CV and 2) my name is on every publication that comes out of the research I prep. I wouldn't take it personally -- I get to watch netflix and listen to whatever music I want which is nice too.

@UsernamesAreTricky I would email the DGS of your program to let them know whats going on. sometimes the systems don't send everything over or stopped at a certain time. Best bet is to email.

@EvelynD yeah, plus the deadline may have passed but universities won't begin review till like January and they know that they have to upload grades, review papers, stuff like that so a few days isn't bad.

I interviewed with 2 of my schools and they gave me good feedback about SOP, doctoral directions, etc, and they had the chance to ask me if I was up to going out into the field my first summer and stuff like that. In my opinion, I think it's good so they can put a face to the application as well as be reassured that the professors, program, and student are on the same page for expectations and future goals.

I think it was because she submitted it a few minutes or so late? she didn't go into detail

@enfp I submitted my application a few days ago and was confused too. I didn't get a straight forward answer so I uploaded a chapter of my thesis and a paper on developmental defect/congenital anomalies in Peru Which subdiscipline are you?

Isn't this unethical to begin with?

@shim12 I don't think so. Whats there is there now. A colleague of mine applied but already received an email saying her app will not be reviewed, so if you haven't gotten that then maybe it's okay?

Hey! First time applicant here, my field is Bioarchaeology - joint between biological anthropology and archaeology.