Boaty McBoatface
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Hi! Does anyone have any info on Penn? Have they already started organising interviews?
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On 03/02/2017 at 10:54 PM, benj said:
To the person who got the Stanford interview, congratulations! Would you mind sharing what subfield you are in?
Thanks! I'm an archaeologist. It was an email sent by the department (not a POI) to several people. I'm not sure whether that was the whole list or if they're going to offer more interview dates later. Hope that helps!
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30 minutes ago, runningwithquills said:
I have a bit of inside info re: Penn as I graduated back in May, and still remain as an RA to one of the profs there in my spare time. I didn't apply but I can tell you that they will prob issue interview requests in a week or so. I would recommend NOT emailing them. I've been trying to resist emailing the schools i applied to as well because it's really not a good idea to irritate them. The Penn prof I work with advised me "not to appear too hungry" during interviews.
Thanks for the advice! I have the feeling they haven't seen my app yet, since it still says "materials needed". If they're going to issue interviews in a week, that's not a good sign for me. But thanks for letting us all know!
There's a thin line between "appearing too hungry" and showing strong dedication/motivation, and I guess it's easy to fall from one category into the other when stressed. But it's good advice!
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Hi everyone! Thanks for this forum, it's good to see what kind of timeline one can expect to be contacted/interviewed and so on (and to share in the collective hysteria
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I am applying again this year after a 4 year hiatus. I am particularly interested in UPenn, and my application status on applyweb still says "materials needed'. English proficiency status: needed."
I haven't taken any language tests, but the admissions office said I wouldn't need to as I already have two degrees from English-speaking institutions. In late December, I emailed them and they said not to worry, they would waive this manually when they started looking at applications. However, the status hasn't changed yet. Does that mean they haven't started looking at apps, or that mine has fallen through the cracks for some reason? I know I should just be patient, but I'm getting increasingly nervous.
Should I email them again? I don't want to be annoying. How likely is it that they just haven't started reviewing apps or haven't got to mine yet?
Any comments or tips would be greatly appreciated. (If anyone has been in touch with UPenn, or been in that situation?)
Thanks! And good luck to everyone.
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I called U of A today and I was told that the recommendations have been made to the Graduate School so we should be hearing back within a week or so...hopefully. Good luck all!
Thank you so much! Do you know if they will send us emails, or traditional letters? (In my email, they said that decisions would be 'mailed' soon...)
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Aelizabeth, I emailed UofArizona today and they said they're still reviewing applications. Good luck!
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Hey k.i.ivanov, congrats on your Oxford offer.
Don't forget to check colleges, they can often give partial funding to which you can apply even if you didn't select that college. There probably are departmental grants as well. Check everywhere. Don't let this deter you! and email around. You might find some useful sources of money you didn't know about. (I know that in Cambridge, some sources of funding are well-hidden; assuming it must be the same with Oxford).
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I really don't know what to think. The info that was posted on the results page was so random and it was hard to get a sense of much of anything from it. I'm tempted to call or email or something, but I'm too much of a wimp haha.
Hey, if you call/email, let me know what they say.
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Same. Do you think we should have heard good news by now? Do you think we should give up hope? I applied to 4 universities and it's the only one that hasn't rejected me yet/ for which we don't know if all (edit: accepted) applicants have been notified.
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Hey everyone
I'm a bit off-topic, but there's a question I wanted to ask. Is it possible for schools never to send you a rejection email/letter?
Acceptances for two of the schools I applied to came out last week, and I didn't hear a thing, which means I didn't get in (according to people on the Grad Café, all admitted students have been told). But do you think it's possible that they'll never tell me? That they'll just throw my file without bothering with an email or status update? Do I have to email them to get the confirmation that I've been rejected? It's just that I want to tell my advisor and she won't believe me if I tell her that I found out through Grad Café. She always thought I'd get in everywhere (but I've only got rejections so far).
Another of my schools, U Arizona, has accepted some students and rejected some students last week. Again, I haven't heard a thing. Does it mean I can count myself out? If I haven't had any positive news... Should I email or patiently wait?
Sorry to annoy you with my stupid concerns... I just want to move on with my life
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Hey it's alright
I'd rather know now than find out later. Best of luck and I hope you're getting in somewhere else! -
Thanks for the info, and congratulations!
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One person has been accepted by UPenn, and one person has been rejected. I haven't received any email. Is that one more example of the trickling down of results as described by Laurissimo, or is it just that these people contacted their POIs?
Not that I'm hopeful (I'm really not) but it would be nice to know, and I'd be very happy if anyone could give me some information
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Thanks! I'm [hoping to be] a classical archaeologist, so it's really weird to apply to an anthropology department. I had one professor who gushed over the program and several who discounted it as 'not having a PhD program,' because it's not in the Classics department.
Hey, it looks as if someone just posted an admittance from U of Arizona, from yesterday. Was it you, rkg2012? I mean, you said something about the official results not being available... Did you get an unofficial result?
I know, it's weird for me too, to apply to an Anthropology programme, coming from Archaeology. And so far it hasn't been successful!
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I'm doing Archaeology and they regard it highly in my department even if it's halfway across the globe... so I would assume it's really good!
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Hey, I'm international too, and haven't heard. They probably didn't make the distinction between Americans and internationals. My guess is that this person asked their POI, or someone in the department, who disclosed the information to them. We probably would have more results if more people had been notified.
Edit: I'm talking about U of A... sorry I didn't make this clear!
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Hey m41, thanks for the info. Do you know if they'll send the letters soon? Can't wait to get my rejection...
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A professor at Penn contacted me this morning asking for an interview the same day. It wasn't clear why, and I don't think they are doing interviews in general. She said they would be having a final meeting on Sunday and sending out notices that week. Apparently nearly all the faculty put my app in their top five, which is flattering, and that the three I applied to study with, Bourgois, Spooner and Urban all were enthusiastic. A really different reception that Michigan, for example, who rejected me outright.
Wow, this is really positive, congratulations to you!
I don't think it's going to happen for me though. They probably would have given me some similar sign if they had liked my application... Oh well. At least I'll get the official rejection next week and can move on!
Re: UPenn
I hadn't heard they were doing interviews this year and they really haven't in the past. It might be that certain professors might be talking to people. I do know their meeting is scheduled for soon (or has already happened. They've had a lot of staff meetings lately). There are several dual-degree programs that might have interviews, so it could be that as well.
Thanks for the information!
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I'm studying African archaeology this year as one of my options, yay for Sudanic kingdoms!
Thank you for your help but at the moment I feel like I won't get in anywhere. The problem with me is that the geographic area I want to focus on is primarily studied in America. If I stay in Europe I will have to change my entire plans. I can't study what I truly want here, and it was more of a plan B. I think I'll be happy studying this other geographical area, eventually, but it's hard for me to give up on my dream.
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Lucky you! At least you have an acceptance
So far I've been rejected by Brown and waiting on 3 universities. (Although it looks like I got rejected by UPenn, too?)... Congrats on UCSB and don't worry for the incomplete status. When I rang UPenn back in December they said it was normal, just a technical problem. -
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).
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@Nic 42
if you look at the results page from previous years, it's unlikely that Harvard will let you know before end of Feb/beginning of March. And your letter will come in the snail mail. And Columbia, probably the end of March.
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On a related note, I see on the results page that folks have received January rejections from Oxbridge Mphils via email. I was meant to be considered in the Nov. pool with results in January. Think that's a good or bad sign? Any other info out there on where they are in the acceptance/rejection process?
For Cambridge I know that they are still in the process of going through applications, etc.They are quite slow (and term started like three weeks ago). Don't worry if you haven't heard anything yet. You'll probably hear later this month or in early March. I mean, I know more about the process in the Division of Archaeology, but I suppose it's similar for Socanth and Bioanth.
I don't know about Oxford though, can't help you there.
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Thank you for the information. As I said yesterday, I didn't think there was a chance anymore. But it's nice to get the confirmation and be able to move on! Best of luck to you and I hope you get into another school
Fall 2017 Applicants
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Hey! Someone posted an interview on the results page a few weeks ago... I was waiting to hear from them too but at this stage I think that no news is bad news