Anthro14
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I emailed and still havent received a response back...
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Sigh, I wish alternates didnt have to wait anymore, its so painful! Someone just decline, and then Ford email me right away, haha.
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Those who are alternates, what discipline are u? How many alternates do we think there are per discipline? Not that I'm biased or anything, but I hope there were anthro people lucky enough to have been awarded other more enticing offers...decline decline!! Haha
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I'm an alternate too. Gahhh, so the waiting continues...
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Anyone doing the AIIS summer or yearlong fellowship? I'm going for Hindi this summer!
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Bah, when will we find out!? Not soon enough...
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i just checked my old emails, i received the 1st round notification last year on Jan 10th.
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Not really. I got an email around this time last year saying "Congratulations, your application has been passed on to the 2nd round of decisions." But I didnt hear about the final decision until March
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I applied for Hindi too! Did you like it last summer? Good luck this year!
Nice! LOVE LOVE LOVED it last year. Which is why the wait is 10x more painful this time around, I really want to go back! What level did you apply for?
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oooo OK. good catch! sorry for misleading. regardless though, i feel like with such few fellowships to be given out, most tend to get filtered to people falling under those categories (as you say, special consideration). who knows!? guess we'll all have to wait and wait and wait.... and then find out
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so they're rewarding failure?
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submitted! so the waiting begins! commonnnnn march!
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on the ford website, there is a listing for 'eligible' categories of race/ethnicity. "Membership in one or more of the following groups whose underrepresentation in the American professoriate has been severe and longstanding:"
Alaska Natives (Aleut, Eskimo or other Indigenous People of Alaska)
Black/African-Americans
Mexican Americans/Chicanas/Chicanos
Native American Indians
Native Pacific Islanders (Hawaiian/Polynesian/Micronesian)
Puerto Ricans
check out this website http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/FordFellowships/PGA_047958 for eligibility criteria
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i got 'honorable mention' last year and am applying again this year. last year i put my references at the end of the document, size 12 font, times new roman, but single spaced. i'm sure that's fine, as long as you stay within the 2-page limit. this year i actually didnt include any references, most of it was based on my previous research. hope that is somewhat helpful!
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it's such an awesome program. i did beginners hindi last summer, applying intermediate/advanced this summer. i feel like there is double the pressure second time around! is everyone in grad school?
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Alrightttt. So starts another application season. Who's applying? What language? I'm trying for Hindi again. Best of luck everyone!
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G/G and VG/E. I'm kinda wondering how there can be that big of a split on my Broader Impacts. How can 1 reviewer only see it as Good, but the other see it as Excellent. Almost proves what a crap shoot it is.
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Honorable Mention, blahhh. So anti-climactic. They need to throw a little money in with the HMs
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i know right, rough week, NSF, Ford, and my school's FLAS fellowships, all being sent out... fingers crossed for at least ONE!
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SocioCultural Anthropology!
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Nice one, now, lets hope everyone else was kidding!
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Yea, I havent heard anything back either. Maybe they just let the good news of awards/honorable mentions/alternates go out on Friday and are waiting to send out the rejections btw Apr4-8. Who knows? Congrats if you actually received happy news though!
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Crap only 39 people got the predoctoral fellowship last year. That's a rough number!
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Its very helpful, thanks! I am prepared to hit the ground running to look for funding, I just wanted to get a measure of whether getting the funding that'd be required for living and tuition expenses is a feasible goal, or would I have to bite the bullet and take out more loans. Are most students able to work and and secure enough funding while at TC, or are you just one of the more resourceful ones?
I mean, I took out the subsidized loans I was offered, just in case. I was not used to living in NYC and didnt know what I would need. Luckily, with the scholarship, TAing, and workstudy, I havent used any of the loan money, and I live pretty comfortably (live on campus, gym membership, go out to eat, flights to people's weddings, etc).
I cant speak for students in other programs at TC, but I know that most of my cohort does not have TC scholarships (i think maybe 1 other received the minority scholarship as well). I'm the only one who TAed first semester, and me and one other kid is TAing this semester (very competitive, as soon as u see emails, respond. we had to actually seek departments out this semester- im TAing for Columbia Sociology right now, and he is TAing for Barnard History). Two actually teach at local community colleges on the weekend (you have to come in with ur masters). A couple have work study (beware that they are very competitive and usually you do not get the full amt ur financial aid promises, again, I luckily got a program with steady hours, so ill reach my amt).
Again, good luck.
Ford Foundation Fellowship 2011-2012
in The Bank
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soooo when is it about the right time to give up hope on being bumped from alternate to fellow.... about now right? sigh*