Fall 2010?

[urojas17]

Just wanted to share some good news, in hopes that it will serve as a harbinger of good news for everyone else on this board. I received an e-mail this morning from a professor at Minnesota, letting me know that I have been admitted to their Ph.D. program and am being nominated for a graduate fellowship. YAY.

Minnesota is one of my top two or three schools, so I feel very lucky to have this peace of mind so early in the process. Now I'm crossing my fingers for everyone else...

Hey that's great that you heard so early....! Congratulations... !

Edited January 5, 2010 by urojas17

[a fragrant plant]

Just wanted to share some good news, in hopes that it will serve as a harbinger of good news for everyone else on this board. I received an e-mail this morning from a professor at Minnesota, letting me know that I have been admitted to their Ph.D. program and am being nominated for a graduate fellowship. YAY.

Minnesota is one of my top two or three schools, so I feel very lucky to have this peace of mind so early in the process. Now I'm crossing my fingers for everyone else...

OMG! That's incredible! Congratulations!!!

Do you mind sharing your stats?

[vanishingpoint]

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! peanut, I'll PM you.

[Lascaux3]

Congrats vanishingpoint! I must admit though, since Minnesota is my top choice you've officially made me sweat a little!

Oh, and indianacat, I'd be up for talking about aurignacian points any day!

Time to go finish the other two applications I've been neglecting...

[a fragrant plant]

Hey dear all - please submit your result to the result page

http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/

[Lascaux3]

Well, perhaps I spoke too soon. I just got an email from a professor at Minnesota, and I've also been accepted and nominated for a fellowship! As I said before, it's my top choice so I'm ecstatic!

Fingers and toes crossed for everyone! Here's hoping for more good news!

[vanishingpoint]

So happy to hear it, Lascaux!!! Hopefully, our paths will cross at the admitted students weekend later this spring.

Well, perhaps I spoke too soon. I just got an email from a professor at Minnesota, and I've also been accepted and nominated for a fellowship! As I said before, it's my top choice so I'm ecstatic!

Fingers and toes crossed for everyone! Here's hoping for more good news!

[yourlocalsuperhero]

howdy yall.

great to see that there are already some acceptances. minneapolis is a nice place. their human rights work is unrivaled. what turned you two on about their program?

waiting is not much fun. sometimes i get caught up researching what may be my new hometown, and it is very exciting to consider what the streets smell like and how the local government works. most of my thoughts involve concerns that the traditional metrics of academic performance are not as stellar in my record as they are in others, and that my writings will not be well received; these are unpleasant and largely irrational thoughts.

it seems that funding is pretty automatic at most schools?

i applied to stanford, yale, michigan and arizona proposing to study the social lives of climate change.

solidarity and cheers,

[Lascaux3]

Well, it's pretty much official at this point, I'm going to Minnesota! It's been my first choice for a while and has the most resources of any place I was looking at so after talking to a few of my undergrad professors I decided it wasn't worth it to send in my other apps. I don't know anything about the cultural program yourlocalsuperhero, but in terms of archaeology they have several faculty that I'm interested working with interesting projects and great facilities. I probably won't be able to make the admitted student's weekend since I'm going to be studying abroad in Belgium, but I suppose there's a chance I'll see you around later vanishingpoint.

[vanishingpoint]

Good for you, Lascaux. Perhaps I'll see you in Minneapolis this fall!

I was particularly drawn to Minnesota because of their reputation for the anthropology of science and technology, one of my research interests. Karen-Sue Taussig, Jean Langford, and (these days) David Valentine are all doing work along those lines. Minnesota has an excellent school of public policy, the Humphrey Institute, which is actually housed in the same building as the anthro department. So that's appealing, because I'm interested in both studying science policy from an ethnographic standpoint and in the policy implications of ethnographic research.

Finally, and I don't mind saying this, the numbers game also played a part in my decision to apply. In 2008-2009, there were 37 people who applied for admission to the Ph.D. program at Minnesota, and 11 people who were admitted. That's roughly 3:1 odds, compared to 10:1 odds at highly coveted programs like Michigan and Chicago. Admittedly, you could get accepted at Chicago and rejected from Minnesota if your research interests were a good fit for one and not the other, but I guess I saw in Minnesota an up-and-coming, underrated program that happens to be a good fit for my research interests and that isn't quite as insanely competitive as some of the other programs to which I applied. An appealing combination.

Superhero, did you look at Rice at all? I know that Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe are embarking on this big alternative energy project, which seems like it might overlap with your interest in climate change.

Edited January 13, 2010 by vanishingpoint

[a fragrant plant]

Good for you, Lascaux. Perhaps I'll see you in Minneapolis this fall!

I was particularly drawn to Minnesota because of their reputation for the anthropology of science and technology, one of my research interests. Karen-Sue Taussig, Jean Langford, and (these days) David Valentine are all doing work along those lines. Minnesota has an excellent school of public policy, the Humphrey Institute, which is actually housed in the same building as the anthro department. So that's appealing, because I'm interested in both studying science policy from an ethnographic standpoint and in the policy implications of ethnographic research.

Finally, and I don't mind saying this, the numbers game also played a part in my decision to apply. In 2008-2009, there were 37 people who applied for admission to the Ph.D. program at Minnesota, and 11 people who were admitted. That's roughly 3:1 odds, compared to 10:1 odds at highly coveted programs like Michigan and Chicago. Admittedly, you could get accepted at Chicago and rejected from Minnesota if your research interests were a good fit for one and not the other, but I guess I saw in Minnesota an up-and-coming, underrated program that happens to be a good fit for my research interests and that isn't quite as insanely competitive as some of the other programs to which I applied. An appealing combination.

Superhero, did you look at Rice at all? I know that Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe are embarking on this big alternative energy project, which seems like it might overlap with your interest in climate change.

After hearing what you said, I feel a little regret for not applying to Minnesota. Several people have encouraged me to look into their PhD program and they all think Minnesota is, like you said, up and coming. The main reason that discouraged me from applying to Minnesota was the absence of China specialists in the department. Other than that I think Minnesota's Anthropology Department is great and I heard the funding is more generous than other public universities. vanishingpoint you definitely have made the right decision!

[yourlocalsuperhero]

That sounds great, Vanishingpoint. You know your schools and the admission process well. I'm also intrigued by your interests.

I do not want to live in Texas and did not look into Rice. I will look into the project that you mention. I studied the top ten or so programs, and applied to the ones that seemed amenable to my interests and in decent locales. Unfortunately ranking and prestige are important in the academy, and I would like to preserve as many options as possible. I don't want to dedicate 7 years to studies only to be forced to accept a job in North Dakota. So although Georgia and Hawai'i have great environmental programs, they just don't have the reputation. I had to settle - and we are at the point in which I wonder whether any will admit me.

Good luck! Minneapolis is a nice place.

Good for you, Lascaux. Perhaps I'll see you in Minneapolis this fall!

I was particularly drawn to Minnesota because of their reputation for the anthropology of science and technology, one of my research interests. Karen-Sue Taussig, Jean Langford, and (these days) David Valentine are all doing work along those lines. Minnesota has an excellent school of public policy, the Humphrey Institute, which is actually housed in the same building as the anthro department. So that's appealing, because I'm interested in both studying science policy from an ethnographic standpoint and in the policy implications of ethnographic research.

Finally, and I don't mind saying this, the numbers game also played a part in my decision to apply. In 2008-2009, there were 37 people who applied for admission to the Ph.D. program at Minnesota, and 11 people who were admitted. That's roughly 3:1 odds, compared to 10:1 odds at highly coveted programs like Michigan and Chicago. Admittedly, you could get accepted at Chicago and rejected from Minnesota if your research interests were a good fit for one and not the other, but I guess I saw in Minnesota an up-and-coming, underrated program that happens to be a good fit for my research interests and that isn't quite as insanely competitive as some of the other programs to which I applied. An appealing combination.

Superhero, did you look at Rice at all? I know that Dominic Boyer and Cymene Howe are embarking on this big alternative energy project, which seems like it might overlap with your interest in climate change.

[vanishingpoint]

Let's keep in touch, superhero! Yale and Michigan are my other top two choices, so perhaps our paths will end up crossing after all.

That sounds great, Vanishingpoint. You know your schools and the admission process well. I'm also intrigued by your interests.

I do not want to live in Texas and did not look into Rice. I will look into the project that you mention. I studied the top ten or so programs, and applied to the ones that seemed amenable to my interests and in decent locales. Unfortunately ranking and prestige are important in the academy, and I would like to preserve as many options as possible. I don't want to dedicate 7 years to studies only to be forced to accept a job in North Dakota. So although Georgia and Hawai'i have great environmental programs, they just don't have the reputation. I had to settle - and we are at the point in which I wonder whether any will admit me.

Good luck! Minneapolis is a nice place.

[anthroboy2010]

I just thought I would toss my hat into the mix and keep you all posted on my results.

I'm going all out and applying to way more places than I should. As listed below, I applied for 13 programs, including:

Berkeley (JSP); Stanford (Anthro); USC (POIR)

UC-Irvine (Anthro); UCLA (Anthro); Princeton (Anthro)

Yale (Anthro); NYU (Anthro); Columbia (Anthro)

Chicago (Anthro); Cornell (Anthro); Duke (Anthro)

Harvard (Anthro)

I've called each school and have been confirmed as "Complete" at all of them. I'll let ya'll know if I hear anything.

Also, you can read my blog postings while we're in limbo. Yea, I'm not normally lame enough to blog, but I have to funnel all this nervous energy into somewhere.

anthroboy2010 . blogspot . com

[a fragrant plant]

I just thought I would toss my hat into the mix and keep you all posted on my results.

I'm going all out and applying to way more places than I should. As listed below, I applied for 13 programs, including:

Berkeley (JSP); Stanford (Anthro); USC (POIR)

UC-Irvine (Anthro); UCLA (Anthro); Princeton (Anthro)

Yale (Anthro); NYU (Anthro); Columbia (Anthro)

Chicago (Anthro); Cornell (Anthro); Duke (Anthro)

Harvard (Anthro)

I've called each school and have been confirmed as "Complete" at all of them. I'll let ya'll know if I hear anything.

Also, you can read my blog postings while we're in limbo. Yea, I'm not normally lame enough to blog, but I have to funnel all this nervous energy into somewhere.

anthroboy2010 . blogspot . com

Hi there, have you received a "file complete" email from each of the school that you applied?

[Angwantibo]

Hey all,

Someone posted that they were accepted to the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. First, congratulations!! Second, which sub-field was this acceptance for??

[indianacat]

Just in case anybody is waiting on either of these schools, I have word from the Anthropology departments at both University of Oregon and Duke that they are reviewing applications 'as we speak' (at least in Bio. Anth)...

[boxboss]

Just in case anybody is waiting on either of these schools, I have word from the Anthropology departments at both University of Oregon and Duke that they are reviewing applications 'as we speak' (at least in Bio. Anth)...

I talked to my advisor of interest at Duke on Monday, and he hadn't even seen my application yet, so who knows whether they're actually reviewing them. Did you call the department and talk to somebody? I expect decisions won't be made until late Feb/early March.

Any other Biological Anthro/Evolutionary Anthro folks around?

I'm applying to: Harvard HEB, Duke, University of Washington Bio Anth, UBC Psychology (don't ask), SUNY Binghamton Biology

[anthroboy2010]

I talked to my advisor of interest at Duke on Monday, and he hadn't even seen my application yet, so who knows whether they're actually reviewing them. Did you call the department and talk to somebody? I expect decisions won't be made until late Feb/early March.

Any other Biological Anthro/Evolutionary Anthro folks around?

I'm applying to: Harvard HEB, Duke, University of Washington Bio Anth, UBC Psychology (don't ask), SUNY Binghamton Biology

I know Duke (Anthro department) sent me an e-mail prior to Christmas, saying that the Graduate School offices never forwarded my writing sample to them. The e-mail i got in response to my e-mailing it in was that they wanted to get everything together so the faculty could review the application immediately after the holidays. I suppose by looking at the results from last year, it seems that Duke has a history of letting people know that they're finalists by the end of January (re: January 26th).

[shaydlip]

I know Duke (Anthro department) sent me an e-mail prior to Christmas, saying that the Graduate School offices never forwarded my writing sample to them. The e-mail i got in response to my e-mailing it in was that they wanted to get everything together so the faculty could review the application immediately after the holidays. I suppose by looking at the results from last year, it seems that Duke has a history of letting people know that they're finalists by the end of January (re: January 26th).

Duke has two separate Anthropology departments (Cultural and Evolutionary anthropology. Poor archaeologists.).

To skemmis: Evolutionary Anthropology did start reviewing applications, but there will be more subsequent meetings.

Edited January 22, 2010 by shaydlip

[boxboss]

Whoa - I was hoping some people were applying to Duke Ev Anthro, but now it seems like the whole forum is. The very pessimistic version I heard from a professor was that they were going to be able to accept 2, maybe 3 people. Looks like it might be the worst year to be applying...

See you guys here in 2011?

[Homo studentsis]

Evolutionary/Biological Anthro Applicant checking in.

Applied to:

NYU

CUNY

ASU

GWU

UC Berkeley (Integrative Biology)

UC Davis

I had an interview at Berkeley last week with my potential adviser, which was both exhilarating and terrifying. I and am crossing my fingers that he liked me, since he is definitely my first choice. After talking with the professor, I got a tour of the department from his graduate students. I should be hearing within a few weeks whether or not I am invited back for a department-wide interview weekend.

For anyone that hasn't heard from Berkeley yet, don't worry. My potential adviser was way ahead of the rest of the department on interviews since he was leaving the country for months to do field work, so had to interview his prospective students early.

Good luck to everyone.

[indianacat]

I talked to my advisor of interest at Duke on Monday, and he hadn't even seen my application yet, so who knows whether they're actually reviewing them. Did you call the department and talk to somebody? I expect decisions won't be made until late Feb/early March.

Any other Biological Anthro/Evolutionary Anthro folks around?

I'm applying to: Harvard HEB, Duke, University of Washington Bio Anth, UBC Psychology (don't ask), SUNY Binghamton Biology

I got an email from the Anth department asking for some more specific information on part of my application, so I simply assumed! (I have been doing a lot of that, sorry!) Oregon were more verbal about what is happening.

This forum has definitely brought a few BioAnthers out of the woodwork all of a sudden! Hello everybody!

Edited January 22, 2010 by indianacat

[punkybugsy]

I'm waiting to hear from Duke Ev. Anthropology as well. In the past they've taken 6 or so students.. I hope the situation really isn't as grim as only 2-3. I also applied to the Nicholas School at Duke, so we'll see.

[enviroanthro]

I am waiting to hear from Duke as well, but the cultural anthropology program. Sadly, I did not contact professors as this is not done in the philosophy department (I was a dual major) and assumed that it was not done in anthropology. (I really want to work with Dr. Irene Silverblat.) Do you think this will neg affect my chances? Thanks all and good luck.