FIRST ADMITTTT! any groups for those accepted? how did you hear about the scholarship ?

I applied within the Social area. Interview will take place over Zoom on Feb 11 and 12.

1 publication, 2 abstracts, 1 pending publication. 4+ years of research including 4.0 master's degree

@whylife I am waitlisted for socio-cultural track and I was not interviewed.

Disappointed

American, with European undergrad and masters (3.74/4.0) to be completed this summer, no publication, one in progress sad but at least they sent an email

Direct from Undergrad, Int. students from Tier 3 institute from India. Good GPA, 3 Publications and strong LOR. Pretty bumped :(

General rejection email.

Generic rejection email- 4 reach's research experience, 3 pubs, finishing my masters this may - good luck to those who are interviewing!

Thank you for your application to the Ph.D. Program in Anthropology at Cornell University. I regret to inform you that we are unable to offer you admission. We received 186 applications this year for 6 positions. Unfortunately, we are not able to offer doctoral fellowships to many strong applicants. Because of the size of the pool of applicants, we do not provide individual feedback to those who are not admitted to the program. I can say however that we use a comprehensive and careful admissions process to make the difficult decision about whom to admit. The admissions committee met to evaluate your candidacy several times and consulted with three to four additional specialists in your field, wherever relevant. We sought candidates with outstanding prior academic records, strong letters of recommendation, ambitious and effective writing samples, and (crucially) statements of purpose compatible with the scholarly and institutional resources at Cornell. In each case, we had to weigh both demonstrated excellence and the fit with our faculty's expertise. As always, such judgments are complex, comparative, and partial; they cannot fully capture any individual applicant's ultimate potential. We appreciate your interest in our program, and we thank you for sharing your work with us. On behalf of the faculty and graduate student body here, I wish you success with your future plans.

MA GPA is 3.97. I applied to the sociocultural track. Disappointed, as I felt I had a good fit with the department, but congratulations to everyone who got accepted, and best of luck to everyone!