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Achhh I've been in your shoes some years ago and got into CUNY's anthro program from the waitlist. I imagine that the EO of the program sent you an email inquiring if you are still interested. I think an enthusiastically-worded email would definitely help. I really believe that visibility is important in this process. The best thing you can do, if possible, might be attending the colloqs that are organized almost every Friday evening by CUNY's Anthro program. After the colloqs there is a wine and cheese event where you may find a chance to talk to your POIs and emphasize your interest. However, if you get into the program from the waitlist, there is a good chance that you might have tuition-only fellowship. In that case, you may need to work hard (multiple TAships, TAships, and teaching your own class at the same time) to make a living. So you need to decide if you really want to take that path.

Thanks Evelyn, I do not know if I have the courage or perseverance to go for yet another cycle but I will definitely join you if I decide to do so in a near future. Good luck with your endeavour!

Oh it seems that they sent out interviews today and my second cycle is over with failure. Well =/

Anybody heard from Columbia so far? This wait has been a really difficult one. =(

From some friends who received interviews in the last couple of years, I know that CUNY invites possible admits to their colloquia but this happens in a more organized way, with official interview requests from the adcom etc. I haven't heard of any other schools using this method so far. And for CUNY, I haven't heard of this happening before you receive an official interview request. I do not know if they change their method but this is confusing. I think a good way might be calling the department and asking about the status of your application. This may clarify the situation if there are any misunderstandings. I hope that it works out well for you.

Beginning of yet another weekend and looking forward to the new week once again. I hope this would be a happy one with some reasons to celebrate! ??

Hey woooww!! Congrats! I feel like it is one of my good fits but I haven't heard a word yet. May I ask if it is a personalized email or a mass one? Congrats once again! Apparently it is a time to celebrate!!!

Any word from Harvard? Historically they announce interviews until now but there are no notifications on the results page.

Oh Congrats rkstahl and good luck!

I am very much curious about Berkeley interviews. Congrats to whoever they are! Looking at the last years' results I conclude that Berkeley does not send all the interviews at once. Could you maybe tell us if the invitation sounds like a mass mail or an individualized one?

Wow! It seems that the first notification of this season for our discipline has arrived for an Irvine applicant! Congrats and good luck with the interview process whoever you are!! I haven't applied there but I was so excited to see this first notification coming. I hope we can all receive some good news very soon.

Hi there everyone! Are there anyone else, like me, who is finished with applications but has to deal with final papers? I feel like I organized everything according to the application this semester and now that I am done I just cannot find any motivation to write my papers. Anyways good luck to you all if you experience the same and good luck with the waiting process in general!

Wow that sound great. So happy for you! Congratulations!!

aaacchhhh what should I do in order to get a tiny little info from UPenn??!! I want to accept another offer but cannot do that until I hear from Penn. No answer to emails and phone calls!!! Can I be sure that I am rejected since I've heard nothing so far?

Hey meglet, From a friend who is currently enrolled in Duke's cult. Anthro phd program I learnt that in the last years they sent the rejections but since there were spots rejected by the first admits and they could not fill them with the waitlisted applicants they sent acceptances to once rejected students. Probably they want to avoid such problems. Apparently they have a problem with their admissions system and it sounds quite awkward. I recently saw on the results board that someone is waitlisted 2-3 days ago for duke's program.

Ok, this seems to be a helpful thread for anyone who wants to hear about the MAPSS program at Chicago.

Yess, anybody with MAPSS experience? I would love to hear your thoughts...

Has anybody heard from Boston University by the way?

I suppose they have 9 fully funded spots. That was what admissions committee chair wrote in his first message for making an interview. But do we know how many people there are on the waitlist? I have no any other offer and I am waitlisted at CUNY which is my top choice! Such a weird/ tough situation...

Congrats for the interview and good luck with the process!! I wonder which track you are in. I suppose Michigan only interviews with linguistic anthro applicants, right?

Rejections might come later. I suppose the one who entered that rejection has called Columbia since the way of communication is indicated as phone. Yet, because there is a waitlist post I am inclined to think that acceptances are over. Congrats guys!

Hey there! Anybody could claim the Cornell admit and give some info about the process (if s/he has been intrerviewed or not etc.)?

Hello all! Congrats for the admits & patience and relief for everyone still waiting like me. I wonder if you think that all of the interviewees for duke cultural anthropology have been informed already. Does anybody have some solid info about this? There was a post on january 20, explaning that their shortlist was ready but not much news on the results page after that. I mean I applied to 16 schools and heard nothing from any of them so I started feeling quite weird and miserable about all this process and I thought duke was a good fit. =(