Queer graduate student experiences in North America.
- Are there legal/institutional protections against queer, queer BIPOC discrimination?
- Is the city/town generally conservative?
- How easy is it for a queer person to find friends, a job, safe spaces, build community? What are some obstacles one might encounter?
- If you're Queer BIPOC, what has your experience been?
The application related pages on both university websites said something like - you can apply for the joint program either through the UCB or UCSF website but not both. I didn't how students should make that choice so I wrote to Profs at both places in October. The graduate chair at UCSF said that students should make that choice based on faculty fit. In that email he also said that they accept students "from the UCSF side" of the joint program every other year and they weren't accepting students in this cycle. UCBs application page was open this cycle and my research interests fit best with the people at UCB so that's where I applied.
The format was the same for me. They were pretty strict about keeping time. But we went 10 minutes over. The asked questions about the project based off my SOP and CV. It was quite straightforward but I was very nervous as well. The profs were very kind and encouraging.
I just finished my Duke interview. The questions were mostly the same as those mentioned by @Humeralheadand @TinCanBaby in their responses.
I've applied to UPenn, UCI, UCB, Cornell, and UCLA as well (med anthro/sociocultural). I remember seeing one acceptance from UCB for the joint med anthro program. There were acceptances from Cornell and Harvard as well on the results page.
Best of luck!!
Edit: Just checked my email and I recieved an interview call from UCB for the Joint Program. I thought the acceptances had gone out already. So there's still time. I hope we all have good options to choose from when all this is done!
Applied to UCLA, UCSD, UCB, UC Irvine, UMich, CUNY, UPenn, Stanford, Duke, MIT, UPitt, Brandeis, Cornell. All for med anthro. Haven't heard anything yet. I'm guessing it's too early. Best of luck to everyone!!
Just finished applying to 13 programs in medical anthropology. I'm glad that's over for now. Thanks for starting this thread. Hopefully it'll serve as source of comfort for most people.