marxistglue

Just got another acceptance in this morning from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Funding decisions to follow, but pretty exciting to get in to a Canadian school (that tends to fully fund all students) as an American. Anyone want to claim the University of Arizona acceptance? Haven't heard anything from them and I'm hoping it's going out in waves...

Fantastic! Thank you for that insight! I was trying to find anything online about job placements/ranking and couldn't find anything (probably because STS is so new a field?).

Just got an email from the Chair at ASU's Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology (HSD) program! First acceptance! Anyone know a lot about STS programs or about this school? I applied on a whim.

I saw IU rejections up on the board. I applied as well but haven't received anything yet. Do they usually go in waves? I always thought that most of the time acceptances go out first. This whole damn process is nerve wracking as hell.

I wish I had some info too. Seeing interview requests go out for UCI, WashU, and now MIT is just depressing me.

Congrats! A friend of mine at WUSTL let me know I wasn't on the list. I guess 7 people were invited for in-person interviews with several more schedule for Skype interviews. I guess they were wanting to get more medical anth and anthros focused on Islam this year—bad timing for me!

No idea. I have been in email contact with my POI and had a Skype conversation with them. I haven't heard anything from Irvine yet either, though.

Congrats! I wonder if they send the interview emails out all at once or if they trickle in depending on who your POI was...

I'm looking at the social imaginaries of outer space and how they are shifting from exploration to exploitation as the United States shifts from a nationalist, state-based past to a venture capitalist future. I also theorize that these venture capitalists are viewing outer space as the site of primitive accumulation. I use a lot of decolonization theory and analyze how the language surrounding outer space use frontier and colonial discourse. I've talked to Valerie Olson at Irvine since she also works in outer space and she seemed excited about the kind of work I'd like to do. I'm not entirely attached to outer space (although I'd like to continue my MA work) but would definitely like to delve into futurist discourse, nostalgia, and utopianism. Your work on Twitch sounds really interesting! Online communities have always been interesting to me—I utilized them as a field site for this thesis.

I feel both of your pain. I write a few sentences in my thesis, check email for Irvine invite, write a few sentences, check email for Irvine invite. Vicious cycle!

My thesis draft is due to my committee on Feb 3rd. Hoping to get it done before that though because I would like to defend in early April after getting back from the SfAAs. Anyone else going?

I'm in the same boat with my thesis writing. It felt like putting the cart before the horse when I had to stop writing my thesis to get PhD apps in but now I'm back into the writing groove. By the way, I lovingly ripped off your signature; I hope you don't mind!

I'm sorry that's happening :/ I emailed UCI a CV, writing sample, and my unofficial transcripts on November 3rd and didn't hear anything for a few days, so I had to email again to confirm they had received everything on November 9th. They emailed me back and said it was received but this was before I formally submitted my application. I hope everything was uploaded to my application...but I haven't heard anything from UCI so I'm hoping that's a good thing if they had emailed you about an incomplete application.

Same here! I'm in the odd calm before the storm. Although it helps that I'm spending 10 hours a day writing my MA thesis. I think that will help me tamper the crippling anxiety of waiting for decision letters...

Just wanted to pop in and say that I just send my last application in tonight! Other than the LOR reminder emails, I begin the Long Wait.