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Hello? Anybody? Somebody? Very little activity today

Made me laugh there...

No... Just not snail mail. I can just imagine that envelope getting lost on its way...

...you methodologically go through GradCafe Result Search to find out the while you've told your entire family (and much worst, yourself) that results are due early February, they're most likely only due around mid-March... Noooooo.... http://youtu.be/WWaLxFIVX1s

That's a really good question. One I've been both insistently asking myself and ignoring... I'm not sure what's the medial age around here, but I feel a bit old. I'll be 31 in a few months and if I won't be accepted this year, I'm not sure I would want to try again next year. Although in my field (Anthropology) it is quite acceptable to start (and finish) later in life, It's still quite scary to start this journey at the age of 32 with the possible prospect of finishing it around 37-39 and only THEN start looking for a job...

Anyone have any information on CUNY? The admission FAQ states that results are made four to eight weeks after the program deadline (this week being the 8th week...), but a quick GradCafe result search shows that most results from CUNY came late Feb/mid-March.

CUNY also asks printed documents, never understood why... I had the same "incomplete" status problem. In my case the GRE (which, for some reason, is listed twice on the application list - once under Education Tests and once under Supporting Materials) was listed as Received in supporting material and Not Received in the Education Tests bracket. It was quite weird. Luckily they quickly fixed it after I contacted them. Now, though, my status is- Pending completion - final transcript & conferral, anybody has a clue what it means?

lunarem, If you go into Analytics (in the site) you can see the specific city.

Hi, I wanted to recommend opening an Academia.edu page. I opened one a while ago which was largely inactive. But I recently discovered they send you a notice every time someone googles your name and and lands on your Academia page. The last few days I had people from Chicago, New York, and Toronto who googled me. And although it doesn't really make the process any faster, it does make it a bit more exciting when you realize that someone is currently reading your application files. Having seen that people google my name I also added a picture to my account and uploaded my CV and publications. In today's age, I guess it's not surprising that committee people google your name. It's probably also smart to google yourself and see what's the results you get. This is the mail I got from Academia.edu:

You might also want to look at Simmel's paper on "fashion," where he discusses the ways certain styles connotes social status and serve as class markers. Fashion. Author(s): Georg Simmel Source: American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 62, No. 6 (May, 1957), pp. 541-558 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2773129 .

Thank you for the links Canis. Very interesting.

Obsessively checking the Gradcafe result search page and the Spam box in Gmail...

Done and done (and a few more of them in the last few hours). Now, seriously... Where's the answers? p.s. I'm checking the Spam section of my gmail account so frequently that it's practically empty!

Lackingpatience, you just made me realized I missed the application to Cambridge. Like Monfemme, I thought the application was only in June. It's kind of funny but that was my "plan B" in case I won't get accepted to US schools. Well... Back to plan A. I also submitted my apps to CUNY and Berkeley (they sure do seem popular - even with that annoying Statement of Personal History demand), as well as Chicago and Toronto. Let the waiting begin! http://youtu.be/m4tcRlHY-3Q

Hey everyone, In contemporary Anthropology, research "at home" has became more and more popular. While classic Anthropology has always focused on the exotic other, modern (or some might say post-modern) anthropologists allow themselves to focus more and more on their own (usually western) cultures. Having said that, from what I've seen, it seems that only those that first ventured outside and glimpsed that exotic other are "allowed" to research at home. To illustrate the point, take a look at student dissertations in most top Anthropology's graduate programs and you will notice that most of them have been done outside of the US. Some might argue that to study the paradoxes, tensions and cultural assumptions of middle class America, one can go to American Studies or Sociology. One can also adopt the ethnographic methodologies and practice them as part of those disciplines. But what about doing "real" anthropological work at home? While those disciplines might have adopted the ethnographic methodology to a degree, there is still a large epistemological gap between them and Anthropology. What do you think? Can a PhD student focus his research on middle class American culture, or does he lack the symbolic capital to do so? Can he hope to compete in applying (and later in achieving grants) against more "classical" candidates?

As you said, I want to use Foucault mainly as a theoretical framework for a sociological research. That's why I'm looking for scholars with emphasis on Foucault. While Foucault has been a philosopher and social theorist, I believe it would be interesting to use empirical (sociological) research to examine his ideas and theories.

Hey all, I'm thinking of applying for a PhD in the U.S. I'm very much interested in Foucault Studies (especially the concept of the entrepreneurial self and it's connections to governmentality and technologies of the self). Is there a focus on Foucault in graduate sociology studies in the U.S.? Can someone recommend programs with emphasis on this field or known professors in the field? (almost all of the scholars I know of that are focusing on Foucault are European). Thanks!

Thanks!

Hello everyone, Which top schools are better for qualitative focus, especially on ethnographies? I'm currently studying Anthropology (M.A), and thinking about applying for a PhD in sociology. I heard a disturbing rumor that qualitative research is not as popular or appreciated. What do you think?

Hey everybody, Any of you can recommend good PhD programs in Financial Anthropology?