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I have a screenshot of how I looked when I found out I wasn't awarded a fellowship.

[Anthropology Waiting/Results 2012]

I didn't get the expected rejection from Stanford today either (no contact/no interview for me). Just standing by patiently . . . it will come.

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Just kidding. Just stirring up trouble.

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I heard that almost all of the decisions have already been made.

[Anthropology Waiting/Results 2012]

I was wondering if there's anybody here who's already secured a place on the MSc course in Social Anthropology at Oxford (start in Oct 2012).

I was accepted to that program last year, but failed to win any international scholarships (I'm American), so had to decline - very disappointing.

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passing gas

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I was totally kidding; I hang on every little bit of information I can get my hands on. Keep it up folks . . . more crowd-sourced intelligence please.

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traditional tattoo

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Oh Jeez Snowblossom - just one more thing to obsess over when the time comes. Many thanks.

[Anthropology Waiting/Results 2012]

Someone I know received an acceptance this afternoon from Yale (bioanth) via email from his POI.

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Regardless of what some anthropology departments say online, I think (by far) most Ph.D. students that are accepted to top programs have Master's degrees (or more). As an example, one of the very few sociocultural students to get accepted to Stanford last year got her B.A. from Stanford, went to Harvard Law, graduated with a J.D., clerked for a federal judge at the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, worked for a super-high-powered law firm in Chicago . . . and then decided to apply to the Ph.D. program in anthropology. As if someone just graduating from their undergraduate institution could possibly compete with that.

[Anthropology Waiting/Results 2012]

Like molasses in January.

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This is great; it seems we have an army of informants! Crowd-sourced intelligence . . . sweet. Thanks Firefly, Mcstev13 and Maath805.

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Barrow Alaska

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[NSF GRFP 2011-2012]

Wow . . . that really worked. Thanks for the tasty tidbit of information to dwell upon, Jimbo2.

[NSF GRFP 2011-2012]

This posts represents an attempt to draw people back to this thread so we can obsess about the NSF GRFP some more. Let the rumors fly.

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medical malpractice

[Anthropology Waiting/Results 2012]

@baybiobabe - That is super exciting. Congrats and good luck. Fellow west coaster.

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@MMcKay. Last year I got a decision from Oxford on January 28, but it wasn't until April 21 that I heard from Cambridge. (And yes, I did submit both applications by the November deadline as well.)

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Wow anthroapp11! Huge congratulations! What a sweet program. Persistence pays off!

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I was nominated for a UC Diversity Fellowship this year too. I get the impression that winning this fellowship (and hence having a respite from TAships while still getting funding) represents a huge attempt to lure you into accepting a place in their program. In a best case scenario, a diversity fellowship may pay you for up to three years (in some schools) and other sources of funding (like the NSF GRFP) could theoretically cover the rest of your program. Also, since the diversity fellowship money comes from the university as a whole and not the department itself, they will be super excited to see you get one of these things; it would help relieve stress on other grad student competing for a limited number of TAships. I really hope we both win one!

[Anthropology Waiting/Results 2012]

I was just wondering . . . sometimes it seems like an unwritten rule that a person pretty much has to already have a Master's degree to get into top anthropology graduate programs. I wonder what percentage of Ph.D. track admits (at say Stanford, Yale, Harvard, NYU, etc.) come straight from undergraduate studies.