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Nevermind, it was the latter. Got my rejection today, ha. Had been informed by my POI that Med/Psych anth was going to be particularly competitive due to having less faculty on site to supervise in those fields than usual. Didn't mention the budget cuts, as were mentioned on the results page, but those don't surprise me either. Congrats to whoever got accepted!

Noticed some people got UCLA rejections today, though I still haven't heard from them. Hoping that's a good sign? Or maybe they just send out their decisions in waves?

To my knowledge, many UK Master's programs accept applications through the summer. I did an MSc program at UCL to re-establish academic value after not performing up to my standards in undergrad and ascertain whether or not academic anthropology was the place for me long-term. I found the experience to be both academically/intellectually and culturally (coming from America) very much worth my while, in addition to it bolstering my PhD applications.

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Didn't catch your post earlier. That's all very interesting, thanks for the information. Its odd how one POI is sworn to secrecy whereas another is more candid. I'm not holding my breath for sociocultural, as I never heard back from any potential advisors. Pretty much just keeping my fingers crossed for UCSD at this point!

Thanks for the response. That's what I figured. Good luck with the interview!

First-time caller, long-time listener who is not sure that actually registering an account here was best (already spend too much time stressing over the results page as is!) but went ahead and did it anyway. Waiting to hear back from medical/psychological/cultural anth PhD programs at Harvard, NYU, UCLA, UCSD and U of Chicago (Comparative Human Development + Sociocultural). No luck so far but here's to hoping! I've been sort of second-guessing my decision not to apply to any "safety" schools, but I do have confidence in my resume. Bachelor's in Anthropology from a top twenty American university and a Master's in Medical Anthropology from a top five UK university. Graduated with distinction from grad school. 7 years of NGO experience at a youth organization in America and 1.5 years of teaching experience in Asia. Have carried out relevant fieldwork experience on mental health treatment modalities in Asia as part of my Master's dissertation (which also got awarded distinction). Pitched a project, piggybacking off my experience living/working/researching in Asia and working with younger populations in general, on psychotherapy in Asia in youth/young adult ethnographic contexts. Secured four letters of recommendation from professors who know me well. 164/153/4.5 GRE score. All programs seem to present a good fit with my research interests, and made contact with 1-3 potential advisors (at all but one program) who echoed that sentiment. Wondering if others who applied to those programs have similar profiles? CHD at U of Chicago is currently my top choice, so it stung a little to see that people had started getting interviews. Does anybody know if no interview = rejection from them? I asked my POI, who said that they were unable to disclose any information about my application but that I'd be hearing relatively soon. Anyway, hope everybody gets some good news!