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Nerve-wracking time currently but here goes-
This is my second cycle and possibly the worst year to apply (my top choice of UCB did not accept applications at all). I work on minority folk music & musicians in the Middle East and how they do or don't self-identify within nationalist narratives of the state. 
I applied to :
Stanford for Linguistic Anthro
UCLA for Ling Anthro
U Chicago for Sociocultural (sub-selection Ling anthro)
U Michigan for Ling Anthro
and Northwestern for Sociocultural/Ling Anthro

Got an email from Michigan yesterday encouraging me to apply to FLAS Fellowship -- deadline is Jan 15 (tomorrow). Apparently the deadline for letters of recommendation is extended to the 29th of Jan, which is a relief.
Not quite enough time to reach out to POI for advice on which language to apply for, and the main FLAS info session was last week.  I included my language competencies in my application, and already have the main ones needed for my research, so I had not planned on language study in my first year. 
Seems to be line with @anthrobrain's comment on funding concerns. Hopefully if I can secure FLAS funding, I'll have a better shot at admission (is that how it works now?).
Anyone else have FLAS experience / advice?
 

Nerve-wracking time currently but here goes-
This is my second cycle and possibly the worst year to apply (my top choice of UCB did not accept applications at all). I work on minority folk music & musicians in the Middle East and how they do or don't self-identify within nationalist narratives of the state. 
I applied to :
Stanford for Linguistic Anthro
UCLA for Ling Anthro
U Chicago for Sociocultural (sub-selection Ling anthro)
U Michigan for Ling Anthro
and Northwestern for Sociocultural/Ling Anthro

Hi, does anyone know whether the sociocultural anthro programs at Michigan and Chicago require interviews?

It's early in the application season, but I figured I'd get this going!
I'm applying for an MA/MS in Archaeology. My regional interests are Arctic/Subarctic and Pacific Northwest. I'm also interested in underwater archaeology of submerged landscapes. 
For maritime arch, my first choice is University of Southampton (in England). I'm also into Texas A&M and East Carolina because I have so few options otherwise. Oregon State is also on my list because one professor works on submerged landscapes, but doesn't conduct underwater fieldwork.
For Arctic and PNW, I'm looking at University of Alaska Fairbanks, Washington State University, and SUNY Buffalo. 
Haven't contacted POI's yet outside of Southampton!  I'm thinking that will narrow down my list a bit hah.

Rough year for sure!
I applied to cultural anthro at UCLA, Stanford, UF, UT Austin, and UNC Chapel Hill. I had informal Zoom meetings with prospective advisors at UF and UNC in Nov/Dec but did not hear back from professors at UCLA or UT Austin (Stanford does not require/suggest outreach to prospective advisors). 
I had to nix UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley, Arizona, and Duke as a result of COVID (UCSC, UCB, & AZ were all top choice. Duke was moderate).
@crthomps Congratulations on your Chicago interview! That is huge. Did you receive feedback from outreach to professors at UT? They were pretty adamant about reaching out to multiple potential advisors in their virtual open house but I never heard back from anyone I wrote to ☹️

Not applying myself, posting on behalf of someone I know applying! Applied to the archaeology specialization in anthropology at the University of Minnesota. Anybody else? Haven't heard anything back yet, deadline was Dec. 15!

Nerve-wracking time currently but here goes-
This is my second cycle and possibly the worst year to apply (my top choice of UCB did not accept applications at all). I work on minority folk music & musicians in the Middle East and how they do or don't self-identify within nationalist narratives of the state. 
I applied to :
Stanford for Linguistic Anthro
UCLA for Ling Anthro
U Chicago for Sociocultural (sub-selection Ling anthro)
U Michigan for Ling Anthro
and Northwestern for Sociocultural/Ling Anthro

Nerve-wracking time currently but here goes-
This is my second cycle and possibly the worst year to apply (my top choice of UCB did not accept applications at all). I work on minority folk music & musicians in the Middle East and how they do or don't self-identify within nationalist narratives of the state. 
I applied to :
Stanford for Linguistic Anthro
UCLA for Ling Anthro
U Chicago for Sociocultural (sub-selection Ling anthro)
U Michigan for Ling Anthro
and Northwestern for Sociocultural/Ling Anthro

Hi all! Seems like a thin crowd in here these days. 
 
I too threw my hat into the ring for this years’ application cycle, and applied (all cultural anthro) at Chicago, Stanford, Princeton, and UT Austin. 
All deadlines were Dec. 1 and things have been quiet so far, aside from Chicago, which reached out and offered me an interview yesterday morning. 
 
good luck to everyone and please feel free to connect if y’all need support or just someone to chat with! 

Fingers crossed for us all! 
I'm a biocultural anthropologist looking to do work on neuroanthropology particularly studying mechanisms of embodiment and the nature of human experience   My undergrad thesis looked at experiences of uncertainty among American college seniors looking toward life after graduation. I studied Biological Sciences (Neuroscience), Anthropology (Biocultural), and Philosophy in undergrad. 
I graduated over 5 years ago and have worked in education/academic-adjacent jobs including some work on a field-site studying Prairie restorations using phylogenetics. I'm a science hoe what can I say. 
What a rough application cycle! With my interests in an odd space between biological and cultural methods and with my interests developing new neuroanthro methods my school list was already somewhat small. I had a really solid connection with someone at UPenn but they were one of my first schools to notify me they wouldn't be accepting anyone. I ended up applying to: 
- UCSD Biological Anthro PhD (though I will likely have 1 phenomenologically-specialized cultural anth advisor from their psych-med anth track) 
- UChicago's Comparative Human Development PhD
- University of Alabama's Biocultural Medical Anthro MA --> they do not often do straight to PhD admissions but they fund their masters students!
Some schools I didn't get to apply to were: 
-UCSF/UCB Anthro PhD
-UPenn Biological Anthro PhD
-Emory Anthropology PhD
 
I honestly would have waited another year if I hadn't already applied for the NSF-GRFP ?
Haven't heard from any of my 3 schools but all my deadlines were later (either Dec 15 or Jan 15) Hope this helps feel free to connect! 

I literally just created an account to contribute! I applied to BioAnth programs at Northwestern, Michigan, CUNY and Dartmouth. I've been in contact with people from each of these programs and it sounds like they are all planning on accepting students (Michigan is a bit of a question mark for funding though). I had planned on applying to Boulder, so it was a bummer when I found out they weren't accepting, although they weren't my first choice so fingers crossed! 

It's so difficult to forecast what will happen, so I'm frustratingly investing a ton of time and money into applying regardless. I'm going to wait until the last minute to apply to all of my schools, hoping that come January the world might have a better sense of what will happen for that academic year. If all of my top choice schools choose not to accept applications, have majority classes online, or experience serious budget cuts and thus less funding for masters degrees, I might wait a year to apply or at least prepare for application into PhD programs next cycle (if only budget related).

Hi YS90 I'm also a ME sociocultural applicant this cycle! Would be great to connect. 
Just wanted to note for others sakes that
Brown
Columbia
NYU
UC Berkeley
UC Boulder
UPitt 

all are NOT accepting applications for F21. https://www.chronicle.com/article/more-doctoral-programs-suspend-admissions-that-could-have-lasting-effects-on-graduate-education 
 
Wishing everyone best of luck! 

Hey, 
It seems the Anthropology forum is non existent this year. Anyone want to share his/hers thoughts about the upcoming cycle? How does COVID impact your decision to where you're applying? 
I'm applying for several departments: Chicago, Michigan, Yale, Brandeis and UC Santa Cruz. My work is on socio-environmental themes in the middle east.
 
Lets help each other, or at least support during this arduous journey. Best of luck to us all!