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Just  a quick question/concern regarding the recommendation submission for the CUNY application.

 

Is there any way to check on the status of your recommendations? On the online app there is just a place to fill in details, yet unlike every other app I have done, there appears to be no way to monitor your submissions.

 

I just wanted to check if this was the case for everyone, in case I'm having an extremely blonde moment & missing something right in front of me!

 

Thanks!

Posted (edited)

Okay one more question about the CUNY app:

 

I am busy editing my SOP and I just realized a descrepancy in the length. On the CUNY grad center website it gives a description of the SOP as not exceeding 750 words, yet the actual application says "max 7,000 characters" which is equivalent to about 1,000 words. Which length is best to go with? The box you copy/paste into does not cut off and will let you enter as many words as you wish, but I do not want to go over the limit .... But if I have 250 more words to play with, this could be very good!

 

Thanks again.

Edited by mp429
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Fun story - I put in a 7,000 character one, and only found the anthro department page that said not exceeding 750 words after I had submitted the online application and was getting material together for the part of the application I mailed in. So then I edited it down to 750 words, and put the 750 word one in with my paper application. So there are technically two different SOPs attached to my CUNY application. And then I beat myself up about it for the weekend, but what's done is done, I suppose. 

My advice would be to stick to 750 words, just to be safe. After all it is pretty explicitly stated on the department website that it should be max 750 words. 

Posted (edited)

Thanks Alouette,

 

Looks like you did the right thing with 750. Eric Delson responded to my e-mail today saying, "We prefer that you just write about 750 words for your essay, slightly more is OK."

 

Looks like I have a bit more cutting down to do. I so look forward to being done with these apps, ack!

 

Also, Alouette, did you also find that you cannot track your recommendation submissions?

Edited by mp429
Posted

Wasn't the deadline for PhD anthro Dec 1? are u applying for a terminal masters? 

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For CUNY, the PhD deadlines were different for the Physical Anthropology subfield, so no worries on a late submission, kphd.

 

"While the CUNY Anthropology Program as a whole requires application by December 1, Physical Anthropology applicants have until January 6 to apply; GRE scores and reference letters are required by January 30."

 

http://cunyphysanth.org/apply.html

 

I also realized you CAN check your rec letter status but only once you had submitted your application, so all is well there.

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