jujubean

hi there! i got into u of alabama too, but in their comms program. wondering -- for your funding, did they explicitly tell you that you got fully funded? I got sent a survey to fill out but am still unsure on if I got funding for sure.

It wasn't directly stated that it was funded -- I was asked to fill out a form for assistantships. Does that mean it's funded? haha. Not me for the Michigan State offer! I only got in to Alabama.

Big news from my end -- the last school I was waiting to hear from, which was also my #1, University of Alabama, emailed last night with an acceptance! Woo!!! Thank you to all of you here for the incredible support, and congrats again to all who heard good news. To those still waiting -- you got this!

So exciting to see everyone's acceptances roll in -- congrats to all who have heard good news! I've been a bit more unlucky -- the ones I've heard back from so far have been rejections. Those include: USC NYU MCC Penn State UT Austin Which just leaves me waiting for Alabama. Fingers crossed!

I had a phone call chat with a professor there, but it wasn't an official interview. She mainly thought my area of proposed study was interesting as it was super similar to hers and she offered to give me more insights, but I haven't heard anything from the actual school.

Your area of study sounds dooooope. Bummer about UMich but you got acceptances coming. Waiting is definitely the worst part haha.

Congrats to you both on acceptances from UT Austin!! Just heard from them last night and was not accepted unfortunately, but that's alright. Excited for you both!

Fellow social pal here! I've been in social since college and been running it for Nike in LA the past few years!

Just sent out emails to the grad coordinators and also to another potential recommender. Cross your fingers for me!

Congrats on your acceptance!!! So exciting to hear already!!

Psyched to see everyone so interactive on this thread. We've got a good crew I need advice. I got all of my apps in on time and had great conversations with my recommenders, but one of my recommenders has dropped off the face of the earth. Hasn't answered any of my emails since end of November, and hasn't turned in any of my letters of rec. For context, he is a prof I had in grad school and I had a zoom meeting with him before where I asked if he would be willing to write me a strong letter of rec, which he happily agreed to. Haven't heard from him since. I've followed up about 6/7 times, and am getting a bit anxious about it. Any advice for how to reach out and get an answer? At this point, I think I'm a bit screwed because I can't get another person to do my letter of rec, and this probably looks pretty bad to schools. If I'm rejected, I would love to get rejected because schools don't want me, not because my application was never technically complete.

@oroanthro thank you! really appreciate your advice here. got a little bit of leg work to do in coming up with a list of programs and then taking a look at how successful they are. it sounds like once that list is done, it'll be pretty clear which direction to go. thank you!

hi anthro peeps! i'm currently in the process of applying to communications programs with concentrations in sport as i look to study sports, social justice, and an athlete's impact on activism through their platforms on social media. I'm also super interested in the anthropological side of sport and social justice and how it's driven social change throughout our modern society. 'm really curious: i'd love to hear from any anthropology phds! on your perspective of your program, if you think i would be better off going for an anthro degree instead of comms? comms people, would love your perspective here. i'm mainly curious when i think about how the programs would go in terms of research and teaching after. which would provide more flexibility in career and teaching courses? thanks in advance for your wisdom and input

great call, thanks @Sigaba!

hi grad cafe people! i'm currently in the process of applying to communications programs with concentrations in sport as i look to study sports, social justice, and an athlete's impact on activism through their platforms on social media. I'm also super interested in the anthropological side of sport and social justice and how it's driven social change throughout our modern society. okay, got that out of the way. now i'm really curious: i'd love to hear from any anthropology phds! on your perspective of your program, if you think i would be better off going for an anthro degree instead of comms? comms people, would love your perspective here. i'm mainly curious when i think about how the programs would go in terms of research and teaching after. which would provide more flexibility in career and teaching courses? thanks in advance for your wisdom and input