[Fall 2020 Applications]

On 1/25/2020 at 11:01 PM, anthgrad10 said:

Is the person who posted their interview for sociocultural anthropology at University of Arizona on the results page on here by any chance? My POI reached out to me as well on Jan 17 via e-mail and asked for a Skype conversation on Jan 21.

 

Skype went well. POI asked questions about my research experience and specifics about my dissertation idea. POI said they would reach out to me personally to let me know the results and I would receive an official notification from the department in the next few weeks. UA is my #1 choice so I’m hoping I get in!

Congrats! ?

I also got interview invitation from UA. In fact I had two different interviews with POIs and one of them was this morning. First one lasted for 20 mins, and second one over an hour. (They didn't say it was "interview" but "conversation" though...) Today I was asked to ask her questions and she said she wanted to give information as much as she can to help me make "big decision." I'd like to hear how your interview went, and I hope the best for both of us!

[Fall 2020 Applications]

1 hour ago, YS90 said:

Hey everyone, 

Did anyone hear any news from Yale Anthropology? 

I have read throughout the past forums that the department make an interview round. Does that mean that if I did not get an invitation I was rejected, or interviews are made only for 'pending' applicants? 

Thanks! and good luck to us all

 

I think somebody just posted the interview invitation from Yale. I applied to Yale too (anthro + F&ES) but I haven’t heard anything. I’m starting to get a little anxious..!

[Fall 2020 Interview Tips/Experiences!]

Thank you @masthana, your tips helped a lot!

I also want to share some questions from the interview with UCSC anthro.  

1. Why PhD in anthropology?

2. How did your research interest shift from your past research?

3. What are some big questions that can be drawn from your research?

4. Why UCSC?

Then I was asked about the scholarship I'm receiving and also to ask them questions. 

[Anthropology Interviews]

On 1/22/2020 at 5:29 PM, SmauelJ said:

Hi, cograts on the interview. Have you heard anything back ever since the interview? Heard from graduate students at Santa Cruz that the department all admits students without interviews... Have no idea what is this year’s policy.

Thanks!

Did you apply to UCSC as well? I didn't know about the no interview policy, maybe they're doing it differently this year.

In fact my interview was yesterday and they told me that the decision will be made early - mid Feb. 

[Anthropology Interviews]

To the original post, I posted the interview invitation from UC Santa Cruz. I’m an international phd applicant and I received the email from graduate coordinator. Few days later I was notified that Graduate studies director and another professor - I didn’t mention any of them on my SOP so I assume they are interviewing me as admission committee? - will interview me. I also applied to UC Irvine but haven’t heard anything from them yet.