[NSF GRFP 2019-2020]

Congrats, all! Bummed I didn't even get an HM.

[NSF GRFP 2019-2020]

4 minutes ago, dakotaS said:

What time tomorrow? 

 

On 3/24/2020 at 12:29 PM, jasbee said:

Alright I'm running my scripts again that take forever, so I decided to finish fleshing out the chart I made earlier since people seemed to appreciate it. Going back more years didn't really add much more info - it just shows the release pattern has been really consistent for the past decade (but with the current pandemic, pretty much all normal routine is out the window so I wouldn't be surprised if things were different this year). 

Sometime during or after the maintenance period, according to this chart.

 

[NSF GRFP 2019-2020]

Just now, isk20 said:

Does anyone know how we’ll be notified if we win an award? Like, do we get an email or will we just have to check the site?

Past threads have stated that you can check the portal page. Emails tend to be delayed, IIRC.

[NSF GRFP 2019-2020]

Ahhhhhhh! Good luck all. I'll be up all night tonight . . . 

[NSF GRFP 2019-2020]

Looks like this week is a bust, too. Fingers crossed for the 31st!

[NSF GRFP 2019-2020]

Hey all,

Where do you go to see the maintenance updates on FastLane? Thanks!

[Funding Packages]

'Sup, all. Just wanted to clarify how people are structuring their calculations; e.g., if you post something like "$30k/year; $5000 summer", does that mean 25k for the academic year and 5k divided among the summer months? Thanks and congratulations to all!

[R1 vs R2: Does it really matter?]

14 hours ago, bioarch_fan said:

Source?

That Anne Allison article on academic precarity recently published in CulAnth might be worth perusing. Very eye-opening.

https://culanth.org/fieldsights/1310-academic-precarity-in-american-anthropology

[Unknown LAC to good Phd program]

I have a friend who went to a relatively unknown LAC that just got into Oxford's master's program (with a 4.0 GPA). He had the same concerns as you have now and chose not to apply to any PhD programs as a result. It worked out for him!

[So . . . what are you wearing (to recruitment weekends)?]

Hey y'all. Was wondering what people typically wear/are planning to wear to recruitment weekends (I've already been admitted and have accepted the offer to the school I'm headed out to this weekend). Will be touring the school, meeting with professors, interacting with graduate students (dinner, brunch, etc.). It's over a weekend. 

I was planning to wear a button-up with a nice sweater/cardigan, business casual-ish shoes, and a nice pair of dark jeans. Too casual? Don't want to go the full suit route, wouldn't feel comfortable in that and I think that'd only make sense if I hadn't been admitted into the program already. I have some slacks but they don't fit nearly as well as the jeans do . . . I hate everything to do with clothes! Generally seems program-specific so I thought I'd post in the anthro boards.

Thoughts would be appreciated! 

[Applying for Fall 2018]

4 hours ago, mm3192 said:

Not at all, though I'm curious about the sole individuals who posted results for UC Berkeley (in ethnomusicology) and UCLA (in musicology). Waiting has caused so much anxiety though lol

Same here. Dying to know about that UC Berkeley admit . . . dying to know in general, really.

[2018 Interviews and Results Thread]

If anybody needs a little pick me up, here's a cute video of puppies doing puppy things: 

The anxiety has reached new heights! Complete radio silence from the five other schools that I've applied to. Argh.

[2018 Interviews and Results Thread]

Can anybody from the recently interviewed Harvard crew confirm whether or not all interview requests have been sent out? Thanks and congratulations!

[Help me compile a reading list to combat the waiting game . . .]

56 minutes ago, GreenEyedTrombonist said:

I love Stiff . Right now a lot of my books are theory-based, so if you want to read theory, let me know.

You can also read literary works from the perspective of an ethnographer. Completely changes 1984 and Brave New World (did this in a course on propaganda).

I love everything related to theory, bring it on!

Thanks @phyanth for that recommendation! 

[Help me compile a reading list to combat the waiting game . . .]

Fellow anthro-minded folks, help me compile a reading list! Articles, books, bring 'em on! As long as it has something to do with anthropology or culture, I'm all eyes (particularly interested in queer theory stuff).

Have finally recovered from the torture of undergraduate readings and have been able to read again for pleasure (I know, I know!). Picked up a new book (1491, recommended by the folks at the SYSK podcast), have been delving into readings from old classes (which I knew were interesting back when I was still taking those courses, but it's nice to have the luxury of time in order to better enjoy those interesting bits).

[2018 Interviews and Results Thread]

Yeesh, is it just me or is the anxiety really starting to kick in now?

Congratulations to the chosen few invited for interviews. Still waiting on my schools to pop up onto the scoreboard . . . 

[Prepping for the 2018 cycle!]

On 1/7/2018 at 5:48 PM, Archaeodan said:

Finally submitted my last application! Feaaaaaar

Woo-hoo!

I, in the meanwhile, am still waiting for one of my professors to submit their LoR. Ahhhh . . . 

[Prepping for the 2018 cycle!]

Best of luck, all. It just figures that the schools I'm most looking to hear from seem to send their notifications out in very late February/early March!