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ahhh, how do you refute it!? i just received a generic email saying that my application did not comply with their eligibility rules, but i have NO idea why. they say you have to submit any questions in writing, so I sent an email and still havent heard. i called today and the women said she was not allowed to tell me on the phone but had to wait to receive an email back. i dont understand!?

Did anyone out there apply for the Ford Fellowship? I havent seen any threads about it and was wondering if anyone knows the acceptance rates? Or any general information for that matter!

I applied for beginning Hindi! Anyone have any experience with that program? Know the acceptance rates/popularity? I REALLY need this for my dissertation research in Anthropology AND my program requires that we spend 3 months this summer abroad doing language learning/prelim research... and we are not funded. **Fingers crossed!

I'm currently a first year doctoral student at TC and no PhDs receive full funding. I luckily got a full academic scholarship for being a minority this year, but already have it on good authority that it will not be renewed. With the scholarship I also have a work study position and I TA an undergrad course at Columbia to pay for living expenses. I live on campus, Whittier Hall. I also took out the subsidized loan i was offered. I spent all fall applying to outside fellowship programs (NSF, Ford, CSF, etc) so that I will be able to attend next year. I love my program, and its really the only place that it exists (Anthropology & Education, Applied Anthropology), so I know that im in the right place. The funding is extremely frustrating though and a source of stress. Hopefully come March Ill hear some good news about outside funding and will not have to worry anymore! I suggest if there is a very specific program at TC that you need, go to TC, but be prepared to work a bunch of jobs, take out some loans, and apply to outside fellowships. If not, I suggest looking at programs that are already fully funded with stipends.

PhD in Anthropology & Education (ITS)

So Im not sure about Masters people, but for PhDs we are required to test out of 2 scholarly foreign languages (or 1 scholarly and 1 field language) at the end of the 1st or 2nd year, I believe. Having not really taken foreign languages since high school, does anyone know if they allow you to take say French or German or something as one of your semester classes in order to prepare for the exams... or do they expect you to brush up on your languages on your own... through self-study or other sources? THANKS!

i got my financial aid package emailed to me a few days ago. i was offered a minority scholarship (yay native american ha!), work study, and then grad plus & stafford loan options. i started looking into the work study positions posted online, but i really dont want a filing/desk job... i might take the lifeguard job, but they have awful hours. Hopefully ill get to talk to some financial aid people at the accepted students weekend this week so i can start figuring some things out.

Columbia, partial scholarship + loans

yea, but its the special joint PhD (Anthropology and Education), so we probably hear back at a different time than the regular Anth PhD people

i just declined admissions the other day. Decided id much rather go to Columbia than wait it out and MAYBE get into Uchicagos program next year.

Hm i filled out that questionnaire on the graduate studies website AND emailed the director of Cultural Anth. Still no word. SO ridiculous.

They'll send u an email when ur decision is ready that has a link to your application page. The "Check your Decision" button will have appeared once you sign into your account, exactly where u filled out ur application back in oct/nov

Who exactly did u email? Did u just fill out that questionnaire on the actual webpage or did u have a real email address? Cause i used that questionnaire on the grad admissions webpage but still havent received a response

email. It was for the Anth & Ed Joint PhD tho, so its probably a different application decision from straight Anth

Just got into Columbia WOOOT! Still waiting on Duke tho...

thanks for the advice, cause sitting here, waiting to make decisions on other schools after months of hearing NOTHING... a little strange.

accepted PhD Anthro & Ed!! Woot!

Just got my email tonight!! IM IN for Anthro & Ed PhD!!! WOOOT. Good luck everyone!

Thanks Dylah. Were u saying that some people have been accepted specifically to Transcultural or to Anth/Ed? Oh waiting.

Has anyone who has applied to this program heard anything yet? interviews? acceptances? rejections?

nope, still waiting to hear anything from Anthropology & Education... oh waiting...

hmm... i wonder when they were planning on emailing out the rejections, haha, cause i still havent heard anything... seems silly

Hey, just wondering if anyone knows whether TC fully funds PhD students at all for a certain amt of years? OR do we have to get all of our funding from outside scholarships, grants, and fellowships? Having trouble finding specific, straight forward info on the website. THANKS!

anyone apply to the Anthropology & Education PhD through Columbia's Teachers College (Transcultural studies)? Any news on them yet?

So I got rejected from Uchicagos Anth PhD program... but within my rejection letter I was accepted to a weird MAPSS (Masters of Arts Program in Social Sciences) program that I had never applied to. Anyone else get this email? Whats the deal? Anyone considering it?