eidzmo
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Please Yale people!!!! Share your news hahaha
A friend of mine was admitted yesterday via email from a POI. They were interviewed, as we should assume all admitted students were.
It was a form email to check the site and POI email with details. And yes, all sociocultural did interviews this month.
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Any news re: Rutgers? There was on interview up. Still no confirmation as to the size of the cohort for CITE. UGH
2-3 is the cohort size and they are meeting this week.
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Does anyone want to claim the UCR admittance? I would love to know who the POI is and what your specialization is. That's one of the schools I was hoping for the most.
Hey that was me. I'm sociocultural, I'll send you a PM
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I'm curious to know if anyone here applied to Duke (I'm guessing yes) - and if so, did you use the sample successful SOPs from their web site as a model for your own?
I ask because based on conversations in another thread I'm wondering how many people here cited work in their SOP?
How many of you had a bibliography for your SOP?
If you cited a few authors, or many?
Of course, they were about the only samples i could find out there
I felt that for social/cultural anthro it was important to add some citations just to show that you know the literature and analyses for your specific research. i added about 5 too but i feel like 2-3 would've been good enough.
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So far, I've had several POIs at different schools tell me that the word limits are not enforced or really even noticed - that if your research plan/statement is really well written, they don't care how long it is. Obviously, schools will be different. This seems to apply to schools who want a research plan that is more focused on proposed topic, as opposed to the more essay driven schools.
I quickly perused the UCRiverside Anthro website (I'm not applying there, but I'm bored), and I didn't see any particulars about SoPs. Because of this, I would be inclined to go with the suggested word limit within the application itself. However, since the deadline is after the dept resumes, I would polish two statements- a 1 page one and a slightly longer one. Since you've already e-mailed the dept, they may respond January 2 or 3 saying that they adhere strictly to the word limit or saying that they don't really care and it can be longer. I think if it were me, I would wait to submit until January 4 or so (since the deadline is January 5), and see if you get a response. I tend to agree that word limits on apps are sort of more suggestions generally, but it could be not great if you submit a longer one and get a response from the department telling you to stick to the word limits or vice versa. If you have two statements ready to go and all you need to do is upload one or the other, you can submit your application with the fitting one as soon as you hear back from the department.
Thanks for the helpful tips!
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Thanks for the input. I just contacted the dept but they are closed until Jan 2nd, which is pretty tricky. It is just a bit strange to require a less than 1 page SOP for Anthropology in which SOPs typically detail a research project. Would you really be disqualified for submitting over the limit?
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Did anyone else apply to UC Riverside? Is that 3000 character limit a strict guideline (/a joke? that is 1 page...)? Just wondering if the department actually has 2 page max and the online application just indicates limits for general applications.
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Hey everyone. Just wondering, has anyone else received notices on their applications of "incomplete" or "awaiting supplemental documents" status? I mailed the GRE scores/transcripts weeks ago, but perhaps there is just a lag between when they receive them and when they match them up to your applications? Just frustrating because I'd like to just close each app and move onto the next batch!
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Hi there, I realize I'm pretty late in my addition to this conversation, but I finally started on the actual online application for Stanford and they do ask you if you've been in contact with Faculty and the date of the correspondence... Does this mean that my chances are lower if I did not contact anyone? I was discouraged in the first place given that they stated not to contact faculty members during the admissions process.
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does anyone have any perspective on writing the SOP-like essay for schools outside of the US? At least on the Admissions page for the University of Toronto, this is what is stated "PhD applicants should provide a clear picture of research questions, with reference to the appropriate anthropological literature and UofT faculty expertise. Master's applicants may indicate areas of research interest more broadly." Should you approach these in a similar way as the SOP?
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Hi there! I actually posted a similar question here about a week ago (). Since then, I've been asking a few friends currently in Anthropology programs and they've all suggested to directly contact the department (to gen. inquiry) to ask about the program's feeling about GRE scores. I've done a bit of research and 1200 on the old GRE score seems to be the suggested minimum, which you can try calculating with your new GRE scores via the ETS score reports.
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Thank you both for this helpful info. I will PM you, thanks for the advice! If programs have stated in the past 1200 as a minimum, thats not a problem for me because my converted score is above that threshold, but schools haven't updated their requirements since the revised 2011 GRE have they?
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Every college has a magic number you must be above and every schools website I applied to had that number posted. Most of the time it took about 30 minutes to find this info though
Thanks for the info. I've been doing my research as well and most schools I look at say in their FAQs or admissions pages something like "no minimum GRE scores" and that "Scores are reviewed holistically, in the context of the applicant's entire file." If you have any advice on digging on websites for these magic numbers, that would be really helpful--thanks!
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I'm just wondering if there are any current grad students in anthro right now who would have some perspective on the stringency of GRE scores for top programs. Clearly, candidates must stand out overall and offer something to the program and be appealing to prospective advisers. But then will a mediocre GRE score disqualify you? Also will programs even care about your math scores?
I am a current prospective anthro grad student, i graduated in the top 1% of my class as an undergraduate, i have a Fulbright under my belt and plenty of professional experience applicable to my potential field of work. However, i'm not so great at standardized tests and have a pretty average GRE score--not bad but not astoundingly good.
So I want to ask current grads:
1. should I move forward with full focus on the rest of the application with these average scores?
2. who should i contact at the graduate school in order to ask about the school's typical lenience towards GRE scores?
Thanks!
Anthropology Results 2014
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At least 3 CITE from what I know. But there's a waiting list as well.