Medanth013

Anyone else get a rejection from Yale signed by the genetics and molecular biology professor, stating they had 10k applicants? O.o Whaaaat? I'm anthro......

Was it a letter from a professor or formal from the school or what? Congrats!!!! What was your proposed area of focus?

Anyone know if Cornell does interviews? I looked at the past results survery and didn't ever see it mentioned. Still waiting on Cornell, Harvard, and Yale myself. And never heard from Northwestern but assuming the worst.

Wait, so the faculty at the school you were applying to helped you also apply for external funding? Also thanks for the reply - it's been making me consider some alternative stuff for the next few years (like becoming an NP instead). This happened before when I applied to grad schools after undegrad - I was told first hand by a professor I wanted to work with (after the fact, over lunch at a conference) that none of the programs had funding to take anyone that cycle, save one student at JHU. Mind you, on top of the government problems....this was for Egyptology and was also during the Cairo uprisings. I did get in somewhere, but for an MA and I had to reevaluate my career path.

Who posted the Maynooth acceptance for Anthro? Considering there myself and have questions Would be most appreciative! I'm posting here for the first time, but in the thick of it with all of you. Applied to 10 phd programs for sociocult/med anthro and 5 rejections so far. I have my MA already and work in a clinic, which is an exceedingly rare thing for an anthropologist with only an MA. I'm thinking my major mistake this year was not contacting any professors beforehand..... my SoP got passed around quite a bit and got some solid stamps of approval, my letter writers are semi well known, my MA gpa is very good (BA was not good, had family crisis) and GRE at least above par. I have international experience in 2 amazing regions that I secured on my own, international university connections and several conference presentations (even chaired one). Crossing my fingers for the other 5, but some are really competitive. Also, for those who got rejected from michigan ann arbor - a friend gave me a protip for why he got in last year. The anthro dept has VERY LITTLE in terms of funding. Securing your own or going for a dual degree in a dept with better funding helps quite a bit. I wish I'd known that earlier, as I would have been researching funding at schools in various departments. Did anyone secure outside funding? Did that help you get in? I'm concerned with the current political climate that funding and acceptances over the next few years in the US might be very sparse. I've already heard that some schools (even Ivys) are being conservative over budget cut concerns....