phyanth
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23 minutes ago, Archaeodan said:
Just got an email saying I am "high on the funding priority list" for Georgia Geography (archaeology prof)! Not exactly sure what that means, but I'm taking it as a good sign!
Ummmm yes! It sounds like they want to admit you, fingers crossed! ☺️
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Bleergh. After sleeping on it, I’ve done all I can and don’t want to push it, so I guess I’ll wait until closer to the deadline. I’m not mad at anyone, I’m freaking out.
I would like to think that I’m not pestering, I literally just let them know what was going on and asked them if they were able to turn in the letter early. I also said I understand if you’re busy. Two of my writers turned them in that day, and the other never responded, so I’m just waiting on this one writer. I don’t see anything wrong with asking and reasonably expecting some sort of response within a week, considering I talk with this letter writer frequently.
Either way, I’m just going to wait and see.
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Oh gosh, I would probably:
1. Scream
2. Cry
3. Tell my husband, family, and letter writers
4. Take the rest of the day off and celebrate!!!
- littlemy and ElvisShrugged
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I would, especially since you published; that is a big deal. Congrats!
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18 minutes ago, Eigen said:
If that's the case, I can't see his recommendation being particularly important to your application.
And despite your rationalization, I feel like my point still stands- you seem to feel entitled to this rather than appreciative of him trying to reschedule his time. Email or text another gentle reminder, and hope it works.
All of the letters are important because they are required for admission. Regardless of quality, it still needs to be there.
I really don’t appreciate your comment about me seeming entitled. I have asked nicely, and checked in. The fact is, I wouldn’t care if he responded with, “hey, I’m really busy and this will take a while”. It is that he’s responded to other things, but specifically not my inquiry to the status of the letter. That’s not entitlement, that’s concern.
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19 minutes ago, Eigen said:
You've done what you can.
It's kinda annoying of the department to shift things like that, and I'm sure your letter writer is doing what they can.
Honestly, you seem to be expecting a lot of your writer and don't seem very forgiving of asking him to suddenly shift his schedule around to accommodate this.
Except he’s not in academia.and he literally wrote one general letter that was mass emailed to each school, so I don’t think it’s a big deal.
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So, one of my letter writers has been great about turning in his letters up until now. I literally have one school left, and they reached out to me personally by email to ask that I get my letters turned in ASAP so they can review my application. Technically the due date is Jan 25th, but since the dept asked me personally, I emailed my letter writers. This writer is the only one left, and he hasn’t responded to any of my emails or text messages about the letter, only texts not about the letter for this specific school.
What do I do?? I would be extremely upset if I didn’t get in because he doesn’t turn the letter in. Should I call?? It’s been almost a week since the department emailed.
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23 minutes ago, LizzLi said:
I don't think it was a personalised email since i noticed that so far there are two interview results posted and both of them were completed on Jan 15th.
BTW i am also a brown applicant. I am almost disheartened since I found myself get no interview information from the program. Tears.
Hey, you never know! It could just be one POI reaching out to his/her interested candidates.
I'm seriously holding my breath for WUSTL, they typically send out interview invites around this week or next.
Also, WHOA. There's already a PhD acceptance for this year! Holy smokes. The pressure is real.
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It's a huge monetary investment to apply for graduate schools, and very hard on people who don't have extra money to spend/an avenue to help pay. I've spent close to $1400 on GRE, sending GRE scores, applications, etc. And that's with a fee waiver to the three most expensive school applications.
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4 minutes ago, ggianniko said:
I have applied for an Engineering program. You just said about Yale, so maybe you wanted to know how they operate. He sent me an email on Saturday.
Ahhh, gotcha. Thank you, I appreciate it!
As far as your interview, take it as a good sign! They only interview people that they are interested in accepting, so you’re one step further to possibly being admitted
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26 minutes ago, ggianniko said:
A professor from Yale contacted me for an interview but he is not mentioned in my letter. I have not applied for the Antrhopology program. Anyone any idea what this interview means?
Wait, which program did you apply to? Is the professor from the Anth dept?
Also, when were you contacted for an interview?
Sorry for the interrogation, ha.
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Anyone hear from Berkeley or Yale about interviews?
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I wouldn't. They don't really know you that well, and I feel like it would come off more weird than anything. Also, even though you don't want it to come off as related to your admissions, it will definitely seem that way :/
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Feeling like a nutter butter right now. Interviews are slowly being posted in the results page, and though none are from the schools I applied for, I'm compulsively checking my e-mail in hopes of an interview. It doesn't help that there isn't much activity in my specific forum right now, so I have no one to talk about this with
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6 minutes ago, realllllJulia said:
I just got my first interview invitation! It's the formal Recruitment Weekend.
I'm so excited now.
I just read your other post about wanting just one acceptance, and it looks so promising now!!! Congrats!!!
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I’m currently painting a large canvas and it is definitely helping me relax... barely...
i just want results! Good or bad! But seriously, just one acceptance and I’d be over the moon ?
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1 hour ago, Archaeodan said:
What questions did y'all ask your interviewers? I'm pretty sure I'll be comfortable with whatever they can throw at me, but in the moment, I know I'll be too nervous to come up with good questions for them...
@Archaeodan I asked my interviewer what support the dept provides in grant writing, placement of graduates, how I would be involved in their research/opportunities to publish, the dynamics of dissertation advising/committee (collaborative, or mainly working with POI?), What their approach is in advising students (see everyday? Meet once a week? Hands off?), and ease of interdisciplinary studies (e.g. taking additional stats classes, medical classes, whatever is relevant to you).
Hope this helps, and good luck! I’m sure you will do well
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@Adelaide9216 Well, it would depend on when during the summer you do the interviews. Honestly, data analysis and writing your thesis will take twice, if not three, times as long as you might think. Also, for a fall graduation, you typically have to defend by October, and you would have to have a defendable, advisor-approved, thesis by September. If you don't have to work or go to school at all, and you devote yourself to writing your thesis every day, you might be able to pull it off! Just remember to not go too hard on yourself, and be prepared to possibly have to delay graduation until spring for the sake of putting out your best work!
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Opened my e-mail this morning and saw an e-mail that said "Application Status Update", became really excited, and opened it to find that it was changed to ready for review by program...
This is going to be a rough month of waiting, haha.
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@jackofclubs for anthropology? For admits, according to the GradCafe results, earliest is late Jan/Early feb. this can vary by school, so your best bet is to search the results survey
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Congrats! Where at, if I may ask?
I would explain the situation to the dept, and ask if there’s any way to get additional funding to come visit. Also be sure to express that you are still interested in the school! If it involves interviews, then I would ask if you could do something alternative, like Skype.
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If the research institute is somewhere you think you will work at long-term, then I would definitely take that into serious consideration. It also depends on why you want to get your PhD! If you're going in order to secure a job similar to the one that you are being considered for, then there's no point in getting a PhD. If you want to run your own lab, head some research, and/or teach, then you need a PhD.
I definitely don't think it's crazy to consider it! Especially if that RA position could lead to you getting a PhD there; that's a win-win
And at the end of the day, the RA is research that you know you want to do/will like. There's no guarantee elsewhere
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@Archaeodan That's amazing, congrats! Where and when did you hear back, if you don't mind me asking? I'm getting nervous...
Well, can't you just continue the RA selection process and then decide once they give you an offer? I would wait to see if they offer you a position, and if they do, then be straight forward with them and explain the situation. If you don't want to do that, then I would decide which is more important to you: not going for a PhD and getting to do the research you want, or going for a PhD and then later do research. It seems that the PhD might help you with long-term goals, whereas the RA position would be a bit like instant gratification in that you get to do the research you want, now.
2018 Interviews and Results Thread
in Anthropology Forum
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@AnthroPhDHopeful the anxiety is real. Even though I've only seen sociocultural results so far, I'm still checking my e-mail and gradcafe multiple times a day D: Good luck! Hope you hear soon, this wait is mentally taxing.
Also, I was looking at Yale interviews in previous years; do they only conduct interviews with sociocultural candidates, or do they interview for each subdiscipline?