bananabear Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Mofanthrooo said: Does anyone know whether Stanford already sent out the interview invites? I saw one poster interviewed, so if it was a mass email, I wanna prepare my heart to get rejected.......... Looks like an administrator emailed that person offering 4 slots. Eek.
yzo Posted February 7, 2018 Posted February 7, 2018 12 minutes ago, bananabear said: Looks like an administrator emailed that person offering 4 slots. Eek. Such a bummer. Was my top choice. Sigh...
Mofanthrooo Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 15 minutes ago, yzo said: Such a bummer. Was my top choice. Sigh... Me too.... I even had a pretty long conversation over the phone with professor before I apply....sigh....
bananabear Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 @yzo @MofanthroooI'm bummed too. They offered that poster four time slots when in previous years they've offered 15 time slots reflective of the # of people interviewed... so I wonder if funding was that tight this year?!
waltzforzizi Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 @bananabear@yzo@Mofanthrooo Which subfield are you? I applied for arch, so I am sure I can join the rejected party here.
bananabear Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, waltzforzizi said: @bananabear@yzo@Mofanthrooo Which subfield are you? I applied for arch, so I am sure I can join the rejected party here. Not arch. Sociocultural....which is what the one poster posted about. Maybe arch goes out later and you still have a shot!! Edited February 8, 2018 by bananabear
yzo Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 29 minutes ago, waltzforzizi said: @bananabear@yzo@Mofanthrooo Which subfield are you? I applied for arch, so I am sure I can join the rejected party here. I'm sociocultural. They usually admit 8, so perhaps the four time slots were reflective of the four sociocultural positions and maybe arch is decided separately...?
waltzforzizi Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 41 minutes ago, bananabear said: Not arch. Sociocultural....which is what the one poster posted about. Maybe arch goes out later and you still have a shot!! 24 minutes ago, yzo said: I'm sociocultural. They usually admit 8, so perhaps the four time slots were reflective of the four sociocultural positions and maybe arch is decided separately...? Haha, I doubt it. Was really shooting for the stars when I applied. I looked at faculty again and there are only 21 professors and I only could grasp that only 4 of them are arch ( why don't they separate them by subfield?). Seems it's the same for the other fields too. And yes, @bananabear they usually convene separately. I have no idea the usual amount of students admitted. I think there a few others in this thread that applied.
bananabear Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 @waltzforzizi @yzo@mofanthrooo Any guess as to why four were interviewed instead of the usual 15? Not that it matters to me at this point. Gonna throw myself a pity party and then figure out Plan B as this was my top choice too
yzo Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 They're just admitting fewer students, I'd guess. I just wish they'd release the final decisions already, especially since the interview was apparently on 26 Jan.
Mofanthrooo Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, waltzforzizi said: @bananabear@yzo@Mofanthrooo Which subfield are you? I applied for arch, so I am sure I can join the rejected party here. I applied for arch too! I am not expecting anything at this point tho..... 24 minutes ago, bananabear said: @waltzforzizi @yzo@mofanthrooo Any guess as to why four were interviewed instead of the usual 15? Not that it matters to me at this point. Gonna throw myself a pity party and then figure out Plan B as this was my top choice too I guess just funding was too tight? I also need to figure out Plan B as a non- U.S. citizen. I am really hoping to find a way to stay in the states and continue my study.
genesandbones Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Just received my rejection letter this morning from University of Kansas... First rejection of this cycle...never felt that grad school rejection sting before, not a great feeling... Waiting on three more decisions...
Indiana_Bones Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, genesandbones said: Just received my rejection letter this morning from University of Kansas... First rejection of this cycle...never felt that grad school rejection sting before, not a great feeling... Waiting on three more decisions... Sorry to hear that Rejections are never nice. But you have 3 more chances, so don't get too down yet! I'm still waiting on all 3 of mine as well.... the phys anth committees are giving me terrible anxiety. phyanth, Bschaefer and sideeye_emoji 3
Archaeodan Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Just had a kinda super awkward interview...that was fun. sideeye_emoji 1
Indiana_Bones Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Archaeodan said: Just had a kinda super awkward interview...that was fun. Oh no! Just generally awkward?
bananabear Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 3 hours ago, Archaeodan said: Just had a kinda super awkward interview...that was fun. I feel like it's almost impossible to have an interview and not leave with a "well...I blew that" feeling. I bet it went better than you think! yzo, sideeye_emoji and Archaeodan 1 2
Mofanthrooo Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Did UMichigan send out acceptance letters? Does it mean rejection if I did not get anything so far? Haha... I REALLY need a plan b.
yzo Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Someone posted a Columbia interview a week back...have all interview requests been sent out? Does Columbia interview all applicants it admits? Wondering if I should extinguish all hope.
lululime Posted February 8, 2018 Posted February 8, 2018 Similarly wondering if I should give up hope on UCLA? I've only seen two acceptances and last year they seemed to (mostly) come out within the same week...
Archaeodan Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 @Indiana_Bones Yeah, just awkward. They told me some info right at the beginning which confirmed my suspicion that the program wasn't a good fit for me, so for the next 25 minutes, I was awkwardly me trying not to rude but actually only kinda interested in what they were saying, and they seemed only kinda interested in what I was saying cause the fit was iffy and so ahhh....yeah, not great all around.
AnthroScout Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 UNC was a no for me but UVA is looking up. I think at this point George Washington seems like a no since I've not gotten an interview. Still keeping hope alive! In case anyone is wondering, William and Mary is starting their application review next week; their anthropology department does not do interviews.
Indiana_Bones Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) @Archaeodan Well, at least it was a program that wasn't the best fit for you, so that's something! Are you waiting on other programs? Edited February 9, 2018 by Indiana_Bones
Archaeodan Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 @Indiana_Bones I am yeah, one more. Got my Chicago interview coming up next week. (Side-stepping the fact that Brown is probably a rejection cause I haven't heard yet)
waltzforzizi Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 Does anyone have trouble accessing the Stanford web portal? Literally, everytime I attempt to access it, its as if I'm still on page 5 of the application. It has been happening even before I submitted my application. It has grown tiring!!
yzo Posted February 9, 2018 Posted February 9, 2018 9 minutes ago, waltzforzizi said: Does anyone have trouble accessing the Stanford web portal? Literally, everytime I attempt to access it, its as if I'm still on page 5 of the application. It has been happening even before I submitted my application. It has grown tiring!! Stanford has, by far, the worst designed application portal of all the schools I applied to. And I applied to quite a few.
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