khulshi11

Does anyone else feel really frustrated by elitism in anthropology? It seems like such an ugly circle - everyone tells you "only get a PhD if its funded" and the only programs that seem to offer funding are elite ones. So you feel pressured to buy into the myth that these programs are somehow "better" while feel unworthy of studying anthropology if you don't get in. (And realizing, sadly, how many more resources these programs have to offer you so in some ways they are "better"). And at the same time, the consolation "no it's about fit!" is everyone's response, but who inhabits fit is clearly a racialized, gendered, classed thing etc. I'm wondering if it's even possible to engage in academia while rejecting its prestige politics or changing them in some ways. Sorry it all feels very weighty on my mind and I'm basically struggling to choose between "prestige" or not. Advice? Similar situations?

@stressedimposter I also did not hear anything! Holding out hope it means a waitlist and trying to stay optimistic.