Graduate School Admission Results

sociocultural personal email from the Director of Graduate Studies

Environment+sociocultural

Sociocultural track

Bioanth track, human milk researcher & IBCLC

GPA is MA

received email that there was a status update to my application. biological track

Our faculty has carefully reviewed your application, and I regret very much to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission to graduate study in the Department of Anthropology (PhD program). Admissions decisions at the University of Chicago are made within a highly competitive context in which the number of applicants greatly exceeds the limited number of places available in our programs. In your application, you indicated that you would like to be considered for one of our MA programs in the event your PhD application was unsuccessful. Your application will now be referred for consideration by the Master of Arts Program in the Social Science (MAPSS). We will contact you in mid-March with the outcome of your MA application. Your application will also be reviewed for scholarship assistance, and if you are admitted, your admission letter will include information about any scholarships you have been awarded.

Referred to MAPSS program

Despite best work not calling for interview is shame of elite schools!

Rejected (for sociocultural). Didn't actually receive a notification, but I checked the admissions portal, and it was already updated. I'm not super surprised since it wasn't the best fit for me. Got moved into the admissions pool for their MAPSS program. Crossing my fingers for other schools!