GradR2D2

UCF has a good MA program, and they sometimes fund students at the MA level. It might also be helpful to ask the professors you want to work with if they're doing fieldwork this summer and if you can join them. Having personal connections will usually help in the application process. Also, it might give you an opportunity to do a small research project that can be presented at a conference somewhere.

Hi! I think it could depend on the subfield you applied with. I'm unfamiliar with Yale and their application process, but based on the last several years, it seems like interviews/acceptances aren't on a very consistent schedule (which is unfortunate for your sanity I'm sure). Rejections are consistent tho, so you'll probably know by the 3rd week of February ish.

Yeah, I think they usually send out acceptances around February 2nd, so only a couple of weeks! Where else are you applying, if any? Feel free to DM me if you want

Hello everyone! I applied to the University of Toronto (archaeology subfield) this year. This is my 3rd go around at the psychological warfare that is graduate applications lol. If I don't get into a program this time, I figure I'll give it a rest for a while. It is nice to see other people who have gone through a couple of rounds though. Good luck to you all!

I posted on the results page a couple of days ago, but for posterity, I was rejected from Toronto after being put on waitlist. So here goes Round 3 for me. I'm already in the process of reaching out to talk to people about summer fieldwork in my region of interest. Hopefully, the advisors I wanted to work with are still able to take on a student next year. I'm going to wait at least a few more weeks until I hear back on field plans before bothering them again though lol. It seems best to have some concrete ideas that sound like strong and relevant additions to my CV first. Plus it's still early to be talking about the next admission cycle.

Does anyone know the usual deadlines for students taking a grad school offer in Canada? I know in the United States that April 15th is the standard deadline for graduate school offers, especially if it has funding attached. I'm still in waitlist purgatory, which hopefully ends this week, just trying to get some extra context about the process.

That is rough going, so I extend my sympathies. If there are any "assistant" graduate coordinators, or some position equivalent to that, maybe email them? I know that was who I was contacted by when I asked about my status at my university, though that department is very large, so I guess the graduate coordinator has a lot to deal with outside of grad apps. Idk about how the Washington dept runs things. I have some unkind thoughts for a graduate coordinator who couldn't be bothered to forward an email to the right place though. In the meantime, I guess keep checking your portal, refreshing your email (and checking spam/junk folders T_T).

Hi! I'm in Round 2 this year and had to do the whole job thing. When it comes to employment, rec letters are not as much of a thing. Usually, applications ask for a name, email address, phone number, and that's about it. It'd be fine just to let your recommenders know that you're on the job market, and that it's possible an email or phone call could come their way. Since they already wrote you a letter, they should be fine with that.

:') We're in the same club. I don't know where I'm at on the waitlist for mine though. That kind of data is probably something that programs keep to themselves tbh. Who wants to say that X number of people didn't want them after all. It's so dependent on what applicants need or want for their own academic journeys too, and not just departmental/university politics. I would imagine 100% has to happen sometimes, but students usually apply to multiple places, so a couple spots probably open up depending on the year. For the university I'm waitlisted for (Toronto) in particular, I think they usually wait a couple weeks before giving out waitlist, so they can see who accepted their offers right away, versus students who are likely still waiting on results from other applications. Our programs wouldn't have told us about being waitlisted if they didn't think there might be a reasonable chance we could still fit in 🤞

I got waitlist for the University of Toronto! I'm so happy, even if this isn't an acceptance (yet?), it means I still have a shot! It's also an improvement over last year, which is what I was going for as a minimum, even if I don't end up being accepted.

Usually, there is already a policy in place regarding application fees. I don't know about the university you applied to, but most of the time, when you submit there is a checkbox that says smtg along the lines of "this isn't refundable". I would look around the department/university website to make absolutely sure, but I would not expect a refund to be possible unfortunately.

Hi! This is the Anthropology specific Forum, so you would probably find better answers to your questions in the Physics forum under Physical Sciences. For what its worth, at least in my experience, standardized tests are more of a minimum qualification to meet so that a student can be accepted. It's much more important whether or not the student has research interests and goals that align with their advisor's, and how they might fit with the department overall.

It's nice to see other people that have gone through multiple cycles! It bolsters my spirits a little. This is my second round, and I have a feeling that I'll have to go through a third. I saw someone post acceptance to Toronto, and I haven't had any updates, so I probably didn't get in T_T Still holding out a little hope though. It was a Canadian applicant who posted, and I'm international, so maybe there's a difference in when results go out. The game isn't over yet until the actual rejection email comes through!

I would say that sounds pretty good! Five-ish years of funding is pretty normal, from what I can tell. After the first couple of years, you should probably have some research grants to help cover the summer anyway.

I agree, it doesn't feel right. The Nobel prize one is ridiculously fake. It's especially annoying because I can't tell if the Toronto submission is fake or not, and that's one of the universities I'm waiting to hear back from.

Nothing like getting a rejection and having to carry on with the rest of your work day lol. I applied to Washington University in St. Louis with an archaeology focus, and I did not interview (so the rejection was not completely out of the blue). A little weird this year because they shifted the submission date earlier, so I guess all/most of the interviews happened in December. I have one other application I'm waiting on, so here's hoping ?

Hi! I applied to University of Toronto (as an international student) and Washington University in St. Louis with a bioarch focus. Does anyone know if WUSTL is doing interviews this year?