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  1. On 3/25/2019 at 3:22 AM, adamanthro said:

    has anyone been invited off the waitlist @ CUNY? 

    Well, at least this wait seems to have ended finally! Guess the waitlist continues to be so unless the applicant is willing to take on the Tuition only fellowship. 

  2. On 3/6/2019 at 2:56 PM, Umairrasheed said:

    Looks like NYU sent out acceptances and rejections yesterday. I have yet to hear about the status of my application. Wondering if there are others in a similar situation? And does this mean wait-listing! 

    I didn't get an official update yet, though I emailed the head of the adcomm a few weeks ago and he told me my application was rejected. I'd advise you to write the coordinator requesting an update. 

  3. 9 hours ago, adamanthro said:

    CUNY decisions should be out! I Got waitlisted 

    I've also been waitlisted! If anyone on here got an admit and isn't going to take it, please let them know? CUNY is my top choice and I'm quite disappointed right now.

    Does anyone know how this works usually, though? Do people manage to get off the waitlist with GCF? If yes, how many and how many of those would be international students? 

     

  4. Both were socio-cultural. And don't lose hope! I'm sure you'll hear positively soon! 

    34 minutes ago, Xiiiiin said:

    Hi! May I ask which track of anthropology in CUNY and NYU you applied for? I've been waiting for socio-track in NYU and bio-track in CUNY for a long time. I only applied for 7 schools and was turned down by four already... I kind of losing hope right now :(

     

  5. 8 minutes ago, perpetualalligator said:

    Wow, would you happen to know how many people do they interview then if it’s rolling? Probably more than the 13 spots they offer. Their process is so weird. Honestly, I wasn’t even expecting to reach the interview stage and CUNY is probably my top choice so the wait is killing me. ?

    Ugh, I feel you! It is my top choice as well! Hope we both get in! 

    And I'm sorry, I 'm not sure. I'd hazard a guess of maybe 20-25? (This is only a guess, pliss not to panic anybody - I know I would if I saw this!) 

    P.S: Anyone waiting on NYU should hear over this week as well, I mailed the adcomm head. Though I was rejected, best of luck to you guys out here! Also, don't panic if they haven't reached out yet, I don't think that's necessarily the case for NYU to do interviews/early acceptances. 

  6. 21 hours ago, perpetualalligator said:

    Does anyone know how CUNY interviews work? Like does getting an interview mean that you will either get accepted or placed on the waitlist or is it still possible to be rejected? I kind of tried asking but I was too nervous to do so in a coherent manner (also my general awkwardness probably didn't help). Was anyone able to figure out the exact date decisions will come out?

    Also is it just me or are decisions in general kind of behind schedule? I kind of expected to have most of my decisions by the end of February but I still haven't heard from many schools ? .

     

    @perpetualalligator, I believe GC might be sending out the first set of decisions the coming week. Apparently, they follow a rolling process, so if a student turns down the admit/funding, it gets offered to the next in line - which means that their decisions could go on till even April, according to a former student member of the adcomm. 

  7. 12 hours ago, AgnesNutterWitch said:

    Hi. I was contacted by a faculty member, apart from adcomm, for an interview. However, I have recently been accepted into my top choice university and while I love CUNY's dept I knew I would not let my top choice go. So I politely told them about it since it could open up a spot for another applicant for an interview.

     

    23 hours ago, perpetualalligator said:

    @Andromeda3921 for CUNY I've only been contacted by adcomm and students who are also part of the adcomm. I think that they said that decisions would come out early March? I don't really remember but that also seems to be the case in past years.

    For NYU there's only the one mystery person in sociocultural who was interviewed and informally accepted (see results page).  I called a couple of days ago and they said that results would come out mid to late March. Seems like it's an off year in terms of timing for NYU.

    Thanks for your responses! 

    I have not been contacted by any faculty at CUNY, though I already spoke to them before applications and hence wasn't sure how to read the situation.

  8. People who have been shortlisted by CUNY, have you also been contacted by faculty, apart from adcomm? Any idea when we'll hear back? 

    Also, have any socio-cultural applicants been contacted by NYU? Seems to be radio silence from the department according to the results page as well. 

  9. 2 hours ago, sawdust&diamonds said:

    I just noticed we're both from India! Hi! Which track have you applied for?

    Hey! I completely sympathize with you with the whole time-zone issues. Worldtimebuddy has been my best friend this whole time, honestly. I've applied to Socio-cultural track and it's been a long roller-coaster, with some places wanting to focus on S. Asia and others already having too many South-Asian-ists. 

  10. 51 minutes ago, Maric said:

    I had interview with UPENN end of January. The graduate coordinator sent me an email on Monday about the waiting list. 

    I called UT Austin and they told me the process has not finished yet but the people that they posted their result are not from sociocultural anthropology I guess. I do not know maybe I am just looking for a hope. 

    @Maric Thanks, I am just going to go ahead and not hope about Penn anymore. 

    All the best and hope you get an update from both places soon! 

  11. 17 hours ago, Maric said:

    I am on the waiting list for Sociocultural anthropology of UPENN. Do you think would anyone decline his/her admission offer? how is the chance of getting off the list? And I am neither rejected nor accepted by University of Texas Austin. Has anyone heard back from them? I applied for socicultural anthropology.  

    As far as I know, Austin sent out both Acceptances and Rejects a little while back. Maybe the Waitlist isn't out yet? The PI I applied to said they considered lower admissions this year. 

    Could you tell me if you had an interview with Penn and when you got to know about the waiting list? Would you know if they've reached out to everyone already? Still haven't received any kind of update from them. 

  12. 12 hours ago, Bschaefer said:

    Oh gotcha, I would then try to separate the GPA for undergraduate courses and graduate course. Usually on the applications, they will ask for UG, grad, and cumulative GPA (All apps are different) so you could/would report all three. That way you can show that the grad GPA is better?-maybe?

    Thank you, that sounds like a good idea, I'll try to see if that could work. 

  13. @civitas@Bschaefer  and @AP, thanks for your inputs! It's extremely helpful. 

    Let me also clarify that when I say undergrad, I refer to my Masters GPA . Since it was an integrated course, I only had one cumulative GPA at the end of five years, and thus was concerned, especially given that I'm shifting disciplines into Anthro. 

  14. I'm an international student with 2 years of work experience and an Integrated (UG+PG) MA in Development Studies, applying to US schools for a PhD in Anthropology.  I feel the weak link in my profile is my undergrad GPA and I'm not sure what to do about it. II was in an inter-disciplinary programme and had to take compulsory courses in Economics and I ended up choosing a quant-heavy minor as well, which really brought my GPA down. These courses don't matter to Anthro, I guess and schools that I'm applying to have repeatedly mentioned that it's only one aspect of the application. But it still worries me. 

    How does one address low GPA in undergrad as part of the application? I am choosing not to write this out in my Statement, but is there anywhere else I can talk about it, and even if I do, what do I say? 

  15. Hello, 

    I have a similar problem, though it's for my third recommender. (Applying for a PhD in Anthropology, an international student with an MA in Development Studies). I guess I'm also freaking out because of the insane condition that some schools have that all 3 recommenders be Doctorates. 

    I graduated 2 years back and have held one full time job since, that I quit exactly a year ago. Since then, I've done short term consulting projects for 2 different  places. I just started working at a full-time job again this week.

    While I wrote to my last full-time boss earlier this week, she hasn't responded or picked up my calls. She is known to be quite unresponsive until the deadline, however she hasn't accepted or declined my request and that really worries me. She's the only supervisor I've worked with for a considerable period of time after graduation, though an Economist who works in public policy. She holds a PhD from one of the schools I'm applying to and I guess that would really help atleast there. 

    I also reached out to another supervisor (she's an architect) from my recent project, who has also not responded. But I believe she is travelling. Though I worked with her for about 3 months for this assignment, I've known her for about two years and have been a regular contributor to her firm's research blog. 

    I don't think it's a good idea to ask a letter from my newest supervisor, because it's been only a week. This is a research organization and she too, holds a Doctorate.  

    My final option is to ask a professor from my old department (both my other referees are old professors too, one was my Supervisor and the other person is an expert in my area of interest). The person I have in mind is someone that I share a very cordial relationship with and we've been in touch and on good terms over the last two year. However, he taught me only one course (which is closely allied to my research interest) and knew me outside the classroom for my other volunteering activities on campus. However, this would mean that all my referees are only from my college days and do not speak to my professional acumen. 

    Please give your suggestions and feedback guys! I'm in a conundrum and have no idea what to do!

     

  16. 56 minutes ago, E-P said:

    Ah, makes sense.  Yes, you're totally right.

     

    Here's what I did when I was investigating my programs.  I knew I wanted to go to an R1 institution (basically, institutions that offer Phds and do a lot of research).  So I wrote down all R1 institutions that also PhDs in my field. Then, I went website-by-website to see if they had concentrations in what I was interested in.  If they didn't, I deleted the school.  Then, I looked to see what professors at those schools were doing that interested me, and made note of those.  Finally, I made note of other factors (location, coursework required, etc.).  I plugged it all into a spreadsheet and came up with a ranking, then I finally skimmed those for places I would live and wouldn't live.


    Here's a blank copy of the spreadsheet you can copy if it would help: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EBayVkXRcYS4ECviOkApehEO_oEedMKM5P7K9UNmYhM/edit#gid=746719307

    Wow! This is fantastic! I did something similar, but without the ranking system. Thanks for this, really! 

  17. 2 hours ago, zupernikki said:

    Hello everyone! 

    Senior from a liberal arts university here! I am looking at PhD programs mainly on the East coast. UChicago, UPenn, Northeastern, U of Maryland, BU, CUNY, Johns Hopkins and U of Washington. I am interested in studying urban, homelessness, stratification, enviro, and edu. I have not taken the GRE yet, but my UGPA is average 3.7, I have great LORs, and I have 1.5 years of undergrad research experience. I am having a hard time deciding what schools to apply to based on my stats/interests, so if anyone has any advice on programs please let me know! Open to critiques!

    You might want to check out Northwestern,  NYU (amazing work on stratification and urban poverty) & Wisconsin Madison (fantastic environment socio department). While I cannot comment on your suitability, I'm sure that given your current stats (I'm assuming you're an American student) and hopefully a good GRE, you will be pretty safe. 

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