laurissimo

For anyone else waiting on UPenn: the school is way behind on sending out official decisions. I was able to get my decision via phone from the very nice grad coordinator. Good luck and congrats to those who got in!

I can't believe other people on this thread went to BARFAA! It was a super nice, laid-back conference. Kudos on the calcaneus project, ajg! I was there with a poster on cranial change in medieval London. I highly recommend going to BARFAA because it is a great stepping stone into the bigger conferences. As for what to wear: I saw a TON of people wearing jeans at AAPA last year, so you certainly wouldn't be out of place. But I agree with everyone on this thread- go for nicer pants and a blouse with cardigan. Jeans seemed to be mostly worn at the welcoming party and on the last day... I'd say skirt, but I have no idea what kind of weather to expect in Calgary in April

Broke down and emailed them earlier today. I'll update when I get a response!

Has anyone gotten a rejection from UPenn yet? I saw they sent out a couple of acceptances, but haven't seen any other info floating around.

Lacking- I'm in a similar boat. Nothing from Penn State or UPenn for me yet... :\

Me neither! Hang in there... we can do this. I hope. PS- To whomever emailed UPenn: you're fantastic! Thank you!

Not here. Also no news from Ohio State, Tennessee, or Penn State...

Ahhh! Now I'm super nervous! Hopefully good news is coming for both of us soon!

Nothing here...

Amen! Thesis is due tomorrow, still have half of a lit review left to write....but what am I doing? Obsessively checking my apps and GradCafe.

Honestly, I would be ridiculously happy to work with anyone in the department. Specifically, I applied to work with Drs. Milner and Richtsmeier... but there are several more I'd love to do research with

Aie aie aie. I also had a Skype interview recently. Have NO idea what kind of impression I left- it was, to put it bluntly, a weird experience. I'm not a video chatter by nature, so staying natural was my biggest concern. As far as clothes: I wore a blouse and jeans. Professional, but on my grad-school-budget level. My interviewers really wanted to know why I wanted to go to that particular school, what kinds of research I was interested in, and WHY I was interested in that research. The last question really got me, because... well, I just like it. So: make sure you have answers to the "why" questions. Also, if you can set up your computer in a place that gets full natural light, do it. The natural light looked so much better on screen than harsh university lights

When I heard from them about 2 weeks ago, they said they were doing interviews only during the following week. So it seems like they might be over. But I know of a few people who were admitted with no interview in the past, so don't get discouraged!

If anyone is as easily amused as I am, here's a game that you can spend waste some time on while waiting to hear from schools.... http://www.catlateraldamage.com/play There's just something about knocking stuff over and wreaking havoc that is soooo therapeutic.

Nothing here either. Do we know if they interview for all subfields?