TooMuchCaffeine
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On another note.....having a MA doesn't count for anything if you aren't finished with a final draft of the thesis by the time decisions come in!!
Hahaha! True, true.
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I noticed that you're still waiting on 7 more places???? Awful. I'm resentful over the fact that Harvard has already responded to applicants, but not state schools, lol.
I'm slightly put off by my thesis project right now... I have three different advisers on three different campuses. One of them in a different state is supposed to correlate my data with his, and he keeps saying my project is next... I can start on some things, but it's weird for me to start my thesis not quite knowing what my results are. What's more important to me is that I've been promised a first author publication but I need his data! (I've never been a team player for a reason...) And finally, my main adviser is impossible to get a meeting with right now. If a thesis is supposed like a 100 pages, I don't have a clue what to fill it with at the moment.
Best of luck with the thesis... Set yourself up a time table of thesis-writing goals. I plan on doing that as soon as I figure out what's supposed to go into thesis :-)
Yes, seven! I'm assuming that two are rejections, but I haven't heard anything official, so I am trying to remain optimistic!
It sounds like you are having an even crazier time with your thesis than I am with mine! Congrats on a potential first author publication, though!
As far as starting, you might as well get your lit. review out of the way. I feel like it takes that longest anyway!
I have a question for the group... How many of you are in Master's programs applying to PhD programs? My undergraduate GPA wasn't so great, so I figured that if I finished a Master's program first my chances for getting into a good school for a PhD would improve significantly. I also thought that maybe I could out-compete a lot of applicants because they would only have Bachelor's degrees.
However, it appears as though I've been chatting with people who have Master's degrees on here! This makes me nervous, because I don't think I can "out-compete" you guys, lol.
Also, I'm more used to dealing with science-y programs, where going from bachelor's to PhD is standard now. In anthropology, it must be more common to get a master's then apply for a PhD. Or is that just for cultural, not biological?
I also decided to get my Master's before applying for a PhD program because my undergrad GPA wasn't too spectacular. As far as making us competitive, I feel like it depends on the school. It seems as if having a Master's isn't too big of an advantage since most competitive anthro programs only have PhD track. I'm thinking the positive for us is that it does show we can excel in graduate courses despite our poor ug transcripts!
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Only applied to two schools, haven't heard from either one.
Every time I see an e-mail on my phone I freak the hell out. Gradcafe admission results webpage is refreshed every two seconds in fact, my boyfriend just laughed at me "Are you on gradcafe again!???." I've also started to psychologically counsel myself, "It's okay if you don't get accepted, another year of trying isn't so bad." But the thought of having to get a real job in the real world terrifies me.
I don't have any new hobbies, trying to keep productive with my master's thesis. But I feel as though I'm less productive waiting to hear back...
Your situation sounds similar to mine! My boyfriend has threatened to block the internet from my computer so that I have to work on my thesis! I have to remind him that it won't work because I have so many other ways to access the internet without the computer. Hah! I feel like every week I don't hear anything, the less productive I am for my thesis... It's horrible. And now it's at the point where I don't even want to look at it anymore!
My "new" hobby I guess is just looking for jobs in case I don't get accepted this year. More applications. Yay. Anyway, good luck on your thesis and I hope we all hear back soon!
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Is it really slow today?
I was thinking the same thing!
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I just saw that someone got an interview for UPenn... Does this school usually do interviews? The results from the past few years are not very informative because apparently most people got rejected, or admitted off the waiting list.
Does anyone know anything about it? My hopes dropped as I saw this (I didn't get an interview).
I'm afraid I don't have any answers. I also looked around on the results and internet but couldn't find any information about interviews and the application process for UPenn. However, I feel the exact same way. No interview here, either.
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I applied to the BioAnth PhD program at Penn State. I have no idea when or if they were interveiwing, but according to their website I probably missed the boat. Have you heard anything? Probably won't hear anything back till mid-Feb to Early march.
I haven't heard anything either, but I think you're right about not hearing back until late Feb/early March.
Also, just an FYI, University of Tennessee is starting their review process at the end of next week!
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I'm looking at indicators for behavior and genetic interaction. Right now I'm working on a project that is attempting to trace migration patterns. I've applied to Penn State, UPENN, Tennessee, Ohio State, University of Arizona, and UNLV. What schools did you apply to?
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I would say there are a lot of opportunities for physical anthropology in museum settings. Most of my research has been within human skeletal collections that are held in museums. For instance, there are quite a few collections at the Smithsonian, Field Museum in Chicago, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Pennsylvania, and at the British Museum. A lot of universities also have osteological collections. I think the limiting factor would be your research interests, not a shortage of collections.
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I am applying to a couple bioarch programs! What is your focus?
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Has anyone heard from Penn State? Their website says that they interview mid-January but no one has posted anything on the results page. Just curious!
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I am so anxious! I've been obsessively checking my e-mail, phone, and this site to see if anyone has heard anything! I know I shouldn't be wasting so much time on waiting, especially when I need to finish my thesis, but I can't help it!
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well besides the obvious "get rejected across the board" nightmare... that i get accepted only to my last choice school, with no funding. I almost think that scenario would be worse than getting rejected because I would have to decide between putting grad school off yet another year, or going to a school that I am lukewarm about and paying full price for it. I think part of me wouldn't want to give up grad school, and another part of me would worry about regret if I did go ahead with it.
This is exactly what my worst nightmare is!!
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Haven't looked into Pittsburgh, but the other schools are on my list. Have you looked into Canada or England? They have stronger bioarch programs there.
Anthropology Waiting/Results 2012
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I received an e-mail yesterday with a generic letter attached. Fifty applicants for 15 spots... I think that is what made the rejection even worse! Best of luck to you!