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No, I wouldn't give up hope. Ford just sent the awardees the official acceptance packet yesterday, and awardees have until the second week of May to accept. So there's time.

I just received my acceptance email guys, for the PreDoctoral Fellowship. Good luck to you all!

Good luck to everyone!

Letter received, Im an alternate for Morocco ETA. Good luck to all of those who were chosen

Thank GOD! Now I can let my PhD program know what Im going to do So glad this came before April 30th . Good luck to both of us! Are you from Atlanta?

Its very helpful, thanks! I am prepared to hit the ground running to look for funding, I just wanted to get a measure of whether getting the funding that'd be required for living and tuition expenses is a feasible goal, or would I have to bite the bullet and take out more loans. Are most students able to work and and secure enough funding while at TC, or are you just one of the more resourceful ones?

Same boat here! Hoping to hear something soon because I need to let some PhD programs know whats going on.

Hey guys. I was recently accepted into the University of Florida's Anthropology PhD program (sociocultural), and I was also accepted into Columbia University-Teacher's College PhD program in Anthropology and Education (link to program description: http://www.tc.columbia.edu/its/anthro/index.asp?Id=Program+Home&Info=Program+Description). I am having trouble figuring out which program to go to. I have met with the faculty at UF and my research would be a good fit with several professors there, espceailly the ones that signed onto my preliminary committee. However, the program at Teachers College carries the prestige of the "Columbia" name (for what its worth), and I have also met the faculty there during a visit and I would fit in well there as well. I do not know which decision would suit me best in the long term. Plus funding, I would most likely be funded for the entire time at UF, but would only have 1 year of secured funding at TC. Plus the cost of living in NYC >>>>>> Gainesville obviously. But I think having a PhD from Columbia would be amazing for my long term career goals (i.e. academic jobs, future applied work in education). UF is a more pragmatic decision, but Columbia would be following a dream (worse case scenario giving me 100K in loans though). Any advice would be appreciated.