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Cornell! If anyone who is also going is lurking around these parts, feel free to get in touch. Congratulations to everyone on all these wonderful schools!

When I called the department yesterday, they said that they were sending out a "first wave of rejections" (?!) "this morning" and that they were probably "making final offers [that day.]" So, idk? Maybe there's some hope that some of you who haven't received rejections will be admitted?

The results page seems to be down, but claiming a UCLA rejection. Finally, on April 15th... I accepted Cornell last night! Good luck to those of you still on wait lists; I'm rooting so hard for all of you!

Yeah, so I looked into that, and these potential losses seem to be a) not definite (though possible), unlikely to be immediate, and c) concentrated within certain areas. It wouldn't really affect me personally given my AoI's, though I can see it being a point to consider for others, depending on their interests. My understanding is that the professors in question have told the students who might work with them about this risk.

I was accepted to Cornell, and declined my offer from Duke. I thought Duke's department was wonderful, and I hope this allows someone else to go!

Anyone have any info re: the blog post above? (Feel free to PM me if you'd rather keep it discreet.) Also, UCR told me that I was at the top of their wait list, and I removed myself. I hope it helps someone else!

Everyone I've contacted has directed me to Calvin Normore. My email and multiple phone calls to him have all gone unanswered thus far.

So happy for you, Wakeupright! It's such an energetic and happening department!

I've officially turned down offers from U Penn and Notre Dame. If you're considering those schools and you want any more information about my decision, please PM me. I hope it can help people on those wait lists a bit - On that note, just a friendly reminder to other people who may be planning to decline offers but haven't yet, that some of us who are on wait lists could really benefit from those timely notifications.

Hey, I'll see both of you at Duke, Circle of Fourths and rachellou I'm going to the Duke and Penn visits next week, and Cornell the following week, so any of you who are also going should feel free to PM me if you'd like. So excited to meet potential classmates/colleagues/whatever we're calling each other at this stage!

Oxford! (Actually pretty happy about it because it would have made for a complicated choice for me.) Congrats to the admits!

If you're seriously considering a particular school because of a specific prof or two in the department there, what's an appropriate way to establish that interest?

Thanks, I emailed Mark Wrathall too, and heard pretty much the same thing. My AoI's are action theory (which is why I applied to UCR), ethics, and philosophy of law.

Whoops, sorry, read quickly, and then quoted the wrong post. Congrats to Monadology's girlfriend as well as to you, Matt. Are we expecting a Stanford wait list at some point? I highly doubt I would make it, but I'm curious.

Monadology, same! It was kind of nice though, like, they hope we'll go to grad school... just not at Chicago haha