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  1. 1.) I have spoken to a professor from a Big10 Univ. Dept.who said that they he generally has a bias against cultural applicants coming straight from Undergrad, due to lack of life experience. Unfortunately, I just didn't look up the statistics or ask whether a lot of admitted students came in with masters, because I assumed they didn't since many programs combine the MA & PhD. Here is a good article I recently read about the admissions process and where people fall through. http://quod.lib.umic...n;view=fulltext 2.) While I was not admitted to any of the PhD programs of my choice, I have been admitted to a funded MA program and will be matriculating there next fall. Regarding PhD programs, I feel as though I may have had unrealistic expectations of where I was as an applicant, although multiple UDG anthro professors, mentors and advisers looked at my application and said they thought I was a strong applicant for the top programs I applied to. FYI, I applied to 6 PhD programs and 1 MA program. 3.) Another thing I would do differently, is keep in consistent contact with my POIs, as I believe this had a significant effect with my success in getting into the MA I did. However, this could also be a result of my POI being an incredibly friendly and personable person, which cannot be said about everyone. 4.) I completely agree with Plat in not allowing the cycle to dominate you're life, because you never know how it will turn out. I would suggest continuing to pluck away at school, work or whatever it is you're doing. (It does help if you have job though or some activity to completely take up your attention.) I really started checking this site around mid February, and realized that most others were in the dark as well. Obviously the lack of transparency is a fatal flaw in the admissions process, but realizing you're not alone with a hood over head is an important piece of knowledge. While it didn't work out the way I imagined this cycle, Im not feeling to down on it. After visiting the program I was admitted to, I feel much better and confident that this department is a good fit for me and a place I will be able to grow and develop. Lastly, contact Grad Students and visit if you can, they are most likely to represent the department how you will come to see it, so utilize their experiences with funding, peer review (or lack of), solidarity/competition, policy on conferences.
  2. Now that the admissions process is coming to a close, for those who got in somewhere and those who didn't, What would/will you do differently if you plan on applying again next year or insubsequent years? I'll start out... While I enjoyed spending my last semester of Udg studying abroad in the fall, it affected my ability to visit campuses before applications were due. Although I would still study abroad, I would have applied to multiple master's programs as well, since it seems as though many of the strongest and most qualified PhD candidates for Sociocultural have received their Masters degree, and I have spoken to some professor "informants" who have said that they have a bias against cultural applicants coming straight from Undergrad, due to lack of life experience. Unfortunately, I just didn't look up the statistics or ask whether a lot of admitted students came in with masters, because I assumed they didn't since many programs combine the MA & PhD. Here is a good article I recently read about the admissions process and where people fall through. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mdia/0522508.0018.102?rgn=main;view=fulltext Fortunately, I was admitted to the MA program at U of Denver (funded) and will most likely be matriculating there next fall. Regarding PhD programs, I feel as though I may have had unrealistic expectations of where I was as an applicant, even though multiple UDG anthro professors, mentors and advisers looked at my application and said they thought I was a strong applicant for the top programs I was applying to. While it didn't work out the way I imagined this cycle, Im not feeling to down on it. In addition, I am still waiting on a response from the U of Georgia, and am supposedly on the waiting list, I don't believe I would accept, because I most likely won't receive sufficient funding. Another thing I would do differently, is keep in consistent contact with my POIs, as I believe this had a significant effect with my success in getting into DU. However, this was also affected by my being halfway around the world.. Well that's what I got so far. What are your thoughts?
  3. Here's another good article http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-in-the/44846/
  4. Rapang

    Madison, WI

    I would recommend the Regent/ South Randall Area for living, or the west part of campus. I lived there for 3 years of undergrad and lived in the Regent/South Randall area, the farther south you go, the more residential and quiet it gets. There is a trader joes close by, athletic facilities, the Union and many libraries. Monroe street isn't bad either
  5. I am also considering an offer from DU, what are living costs like around the campus? Are there any current Grad students who can offer any advice for graduate living?
  6. Well I guess I'm not sure, that's just the response I got from WashU. But I guess I'm not too optimistic about it, since I haven't heard anything so far.
  7. Yesterday I received my first acceptance from the Masters program at the University of Denver! In addition, I got an email from my poi with a generous funding package and a TA covering the third quarter, along with a living stipend. Needless to say, I'm excited! I am still waiting to hear from the doctoral programs at WashU and Georgia (where I have apparently been waitlisted). I emailed the dept at UGA, and the admin assistant told me that if I had not received a rejection or acceptance, It means I have been waitlisted. I must say that IMO, it weird to not notify someone they are waitlisted. WashU still has not sent out acceptances, and hopefully they will accept or reject me within the next week. My question is: While the email did not give a hard date to decide by, he said to notify as soon as I know, relatively quickly, how long can I reasonably wait to see if any other eggs have cracked? Thanks a lot
  8. I feel you Jicito, so far I have received rejections from Northwestern, Stanford, UWashington and Yale. I emailed Georgia and they said if I haven't received anything by now, it means I am on the waitlist, but I have no idea how long the waitlist is or where I am on it, or if my rejection letter is just slow in the mail.. It's a terrible feeling to open your email in the middle of the day and see a rejection email, as it brings down your whole day.
  9. Rather than memorizing the words or any of that, frankly b.s., I wrote little short stories and paragraphs using as many vocabulary words as possible. This method made it much easier to remember the words and their contexts, and was also pretty fun and comical.
  10. I applied to the joint anthro/fes program and emailed Anne Underhill from Anthropology. She said I should be hearing back in the next couple days
  11. Still no word from Yale... Although I have seen in the results section that some people have been notified by email..
  12. Received a rejection from Northwestern today by email.
  13. I haven't heard anything from NW either, and I have been wording it like so, "Dear XXX, I have applied to XXX and cannot seem to find a date referring to expected admissions dates. When should I expect some notification regarding my application"
  14. Received a rejection email from U of Washington a couple days ago, has anyone heard from Northwestern, UGA or Washington University in St. Louis? I'm applying for Sociocultural. I'm assuming that since I haven't heard back from Yale or Stanford, those are probably no's as well.
  15. In terms of my GPA, while it is about a 3.25, my last two years have been considerably strong and show consistent improvement. I'm not only worried about not getting into those two, but since those are my top two choices, they would be my more immediate worry, but I understand what you're saying. With this "numerical disadvantage", would you agree that it may be beneficial to retake the test and shoot for a 90% verbal? Thanks a lot!
  16. Hi, I just took the GRE today and got a 160 (86%) on the verbal and 157 on the quantitatve (77%). Im planning to apply to PhD anthro programs with an emphasis on Environmental Anthro for the fall of 2013. My undergrad gpa is 3.2 at UW-Madison and my major gpa is around 3.7/8. I'm applying to Yale, Stanford, University of Georgia and U of Washington. Should I retake the GRE to improve my Verbal? Or should I be fine? I'm a little more worried that it won't be high enough to get me into Stanford or Yale. I know the GRE is not the main factor in admissions, but I was just wondering. Thanks, Ray
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