phyanth
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How are you deciding which offer to accept?
phyanth replied to posi+ivity's topic in Anthropology Forum
This is a great list! I wouldn't have much to add, but these are things you may want to take into consideration, depending on your circumstances: 1. Research: What is their research output? Are students putting out first author publications, or are they more in a supportive role? Quality of publications (e..g where they are publishing) is obviously important too. 2. Grant Support: Being able to secure your own funding is important if you want to go into academia. Do the faculty hold workshops? How big of a push is there for you to try and secure your own grant funding? This, coupled with research are practical skills that are going to be crucial for a job in academia. 3. Proximity to Air Travel: If you're far from family, or just want to be able to travel with ease, take nearby airports into consideration. How much are flights out of those airports to the locations you would be frequenting the most? If you're in a smaller/more remote town, cost of air travel goes up by multiple hours and hundreds of dollars! 4. Health: I can't stress this enough. We are all going to be in mid to late twenties, and probably in our thirties by the time we are done with a PhD program. This is about the time when health issues start developing/revealing themselves. Make sure your funding covers health insurance, and make sure you have great health insurance. Also, make sure you have a competent and reputable hospital nearby. You don't want to have health issues during your program and receive mediocre treatment that will lead to complications down the road (this almost cost me my life, fyi). -
I don't think so! It is completely fair to ask for clarification, as usually this is the deciding factor for students as to whether they accept an offer or not.
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After a long season of applications, I’m so grateful and happy to have two funded offers from LSU and Kent State! Anyone want to weigh in on the programs? I know LSU is fairly new!
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Has anyone heard from MSU? I saw one rejection on the results, but no info as to if that was a formal or informal email.
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@suavesana congrats!! I’m so happy you were accepted to your picks this round
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@suavesana congrats!!! Where else did you get accepted, if I may ask?
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I PMed you
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I was the LSU acceptance! I also got that weird e-mail today, but they told me that my acceptance letter would come from someone else. So not sure what the deal was, or what that means for you. Did you apply for an MA or PhD?
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So tired of waiting. I have three schools left, and I just want to know. I hope I hear back from everyone this week; it's been stressing me out to the point of dizziness/light headedness
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Master's programs typically release results after PhD programs, so don't worry yet! When I applied for my Master's, I didn't receive an acceptance until mid march.
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Are you applying for MA or PhD programs? My best advice is to try and find a few specific areas of research you're interested in within those broad interests, and then find articles regarding those areas. Who is publishing those articles? Look at the professors recently publishing in those areas and find out what schools they are at, and if the schools offer graduate programs. It's much easier to find schools that way. Others in this forum may have similar interests and may be able to direct you to a few programs!
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MSU, UVic, and Kent State!
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WOW. I wish I had known about this when I was in undergrad..........
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Thank you so much @TakeruK!!
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@TakeruK, do you know how we pin this post? Thank you!
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So, my POI just e-mailed me and said that their offers fro candidates would be going out in the next week or so. Are the offices open for spring break??
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Thank you!
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So, I'm waiting to hear back on funding from a school, but I have a question about worst case scenario: If a PhD program is unfunded, do you still get a tuition waiver, or do you literally have to pay for everything like an undergraduate degree?
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Really? That seems so late :/ at least for acceptances
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Wowwwww, I am so sorry. Hopefully this doesn’t put you in a bind too much But screw it! Get a jump start on all of that PhD stuff and have fun with it! More time to plan and scope out housing.
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Holy crap, that’s awful. Aren’t you doing Americorps right now??? It sounds like that’s somewhere you don’t need to work anyways if that is the reaction of your boss...
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No, I wish!
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I saw that someone received a rejection email today from the PhD program, but I still have no response...
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Yep, me for both. I emailed my POIs today
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It depends on the program. If they traditionally do interviews, then most likely yes. If they don’t, no. I was accepted recently without an interview.