EvelynD

MSU? I applied at this uni too, and haven't gotten any news. You are not the only one!

At least you have an interview! Good luck and keep us posted!

I'm not even going to check that page, because if I do I'm just going to feel more nervous. I think. I might start checking in every 5 minutes from now on

Hahahaha When I read posts from last year I never realized the feeling would be this bad. I have never experienced something like this, in the Netherlands you just enrol for an MA like you would do for a BA. I was interviewed because I did an RMA, but that was nothing compared tot this. Ah well, at least we'll have some stories to tell when we're old!

Thats not too bad! I've heard (heared? I really don't know how to spell this and I've probably been doing it wrong all the time) from other schools who wait until March/April, so it could be worse. Now the 'shock' from my first 2 rejections is fading away I'm getting kinda comfortable in 'Schrödingers decision' again so to speak. Not accepted but also not rejected.

You too!! I'm into human-animal studies, so cultural anthropology. I haven't heared anything from them yet, have you?

Still haven't heared anything from the other schools, but I got some great feedback from the ones I got rejected from. I'm gonne keep it a bit broad, but one school told me there were others who had an actual MA degree in anthro (mine is in archaeology) and who had several years of experience in the field. The other school told me that my proposal wan't theoretically strong enough. Also understandable, since I'm new to the subject and didn't think I had to get thát specific. I'm still a bit sad, but also kinda proud that it wasn't anything personal and that these are things I can work on! After all this is only my first try and I didn't get any help from people in academia.

It would involve a specific project in a different subdiscipline (geography or environmental sciences), so I don't think I could work on my own topic. Actually, I don't even know what kind of topic I should work on. The project itself is near perfect, exept from being in a different discipline and not knowing what topic I should write about in my letter. Edit: I'm not trying to sound like a Debbie Downer btw

Homogenius, just my thoughts!!! We are in this together!

MSU, and Toronto. I found some other ones but only after their deadlines had passed. I'm thinking about a last-minute application at another Canadian school because or topics match, but our regional interests don't.

Right? And it sucks to get 2 rejections in 24 hours. What am I going to do if I don't get in anywhere, work another year at my currect callcenter job? Right now I feel like nobody wants me and that I'm way to stupid for any of this (my life-long struggle ), so I guess i'm gonna spend my evening wating chips and dip and watching Netflix.

Shit, if you got rejected, I might be too! Edit: I had too and checked the message on my Phone. I got a rejection too! Two down, two to go. i'm getting worried, what if no one accepts me? I didn't even make it to an interview round or anything!

Thats what they told me too! Many applicants with a MA in anthro or with several years of working experience. I made it to the last 30%, so I'm pretty proud! This morning I arrived at my job, only to spot an email send by UCSB. There is a message in my inbox in the application portal, but since i'm at work I can't open it here. This means I have to work the entire day, go home at 6, shop for groceries, and thén read the message. The torture you guys!!!

I got the bad news from Notre Dame One down, still three more chances...

I haven't heared back from ND yet! I'm sorry to hear you aren't one of their picks, it would have been nice to meet you there! Fingers crossed thet they give me some good news then!

Is it time to start expecting emails / interviews etc yet?

I'm going to be 30 if I get accepted this cycle (first try). I'm 'old' because I have 2 BA degrees and a research master degree which took me about 10 years in total to get. There will be a 2 year gap between my RMA graduation (2015) and (hopefully) the start of my PhD but I'm actually quite happy about it. I've been working in various industries (although mostly in customer service) which confirmed to me that I want to work in academia and not in a commerical environment. I miss the research and I'm bored. Second, I've had the time to think about what I've studied in the past and what I want to do for my PhD. I loved my RMA research but I had so many doubts if it was something that could provide me with a career in and out academia. On this message board I came across human-animal studies and after doing a lot of reading I found myself coming up with research idea after research idea! This only assures me that I'm in the right place now, and i'm 100% sure I want to do this for the right reasons.

I know what you mean, literally any second now we can recieve good or bad news! I know its probably not going to be for another month or two (or three), but still. I've decided I'm not going to stalk my application portals for updates because that will drive me crazy!

Congrats! I stuck to my initial plan and didný apply to any more unies. I recieved an email from a uni on Friday, but it turned out that they hadn't recieved my TOEFL scores yet. I guess this is how its going to be from now on, flying of your chair when you see an email, until you realize its just an update or something.

I spend: 40$ for the GRE book, 90$ for the Magoosh practice videos, 205$+90$ for the GRE itself and sending aditional scores, 245$ for the TOEFL, about 100$ in travel costs, and about 400$ to apply. In total it comes to around 1200$, a bit over the 1000$ budget I set for myself. 1200$, imagine how many shoes I could have bought....

Oh, I didn't even add a bibliography to my writing sample. I turned in a chapter of my thesis and didn't think of adding the references. If I don't make it this cycle I'm going to start an agency for Dutch students to help them prepare, so people don't make the same mistakes as I do By 'back up' referee ánd my original referee were both able to upload their letters! I might still apply at one more uni, i'm going to decide this weekend. But more applications won't make the ones that I already turned in better.

Right? Thats what I was thinking. The only think I can think of is that the prof was angry that I gave such short notice, but I admitted I made a mistake. Thankfully my 'back up' referee helped me out.

Pff that must suck a lot I got an extension from the uni where my prof missed the deadline. But, since she is busy with many other students / stuff she told me she might not have the time to upload it today. Thankfully I have my third referee as a back up, he read my message yesterday evening but hasn't replied yet. And today is the definite deadline for letters. I've had three referees, but from two of them I'm getting this vibe that they are kinda done with uploading their letters, even though I've only applied to four schools. Makes me feel like I'm over-asking them. I don't know how people apply to up to 10 schools, I don't think I would get away with that.

Me too! I found an 'and' that I should have deleted! Urg!!! And I mistook the date of one of my applications. I thought it was in January but it turned out to be on the 7th of December. When did I find this out? On December 6th at 23:00, when I was already in bed and watching Gilmore Girls. I send my letter requests to two professors, but one is doing her fieldwork now and she wasn't able to send her LoR. So now I have to email the department to see is she can still send it. Sh*t like this keeps happening all the time, bo application has been going perfectly so far. But I'm not the only one, right? I'm thinking about applying to one more uni because I feel like four might not be enough, but I'm doubting if I should. My PoI and I work on the same general subject, but nobody in the department works outside of the US. My project is very internationally based. The program is good, but I'm not sure I wanna spend another 75$ 'just to be sure' when I'm not sure. What would you guys do? I feel a bit bummed because I found some great schools when their app deadlines had already passed, but don't think this school is the best school for ME, eventhough its a good school in itself.

I graduated over a year ago and I'm now working two jobs. Eventhough I don't have to worry about course work in the evening this hasn't been an ideal situation either. I feel like I have to divide my attention between so many things that I made some small mistakes in my applications. Ah well,...nobody's application is perfect I guess! But now its (almost) all done my pre-app nerves have change into 'I'm sure you did everything wrong' nerves