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*6 years later*

You may also want to consider this question - and very seriously, too! There are good reasons for wanting a serious relationship and children - but in some ways how and why you come to this conclusion is more important than the conclusion. So explore the question.

The best place to start is to open yourself to new types of thinking. Open yourself up to ideas that you've typically been opposed to - nobody is saying you have to begin to agree with them, but if your positions don't change, they may be strengthened. With a better sense of not only what you believe but also why you believe it (especially as regards your views on life, love and happiness), you can likely move forward in a more positive way.

I'm not a philosopher, but I can confirm that these are the three universities (and I might add Freiburg and Wuerzburg myself) that are known here for philosophy. I'm currently studying politics as a non-degree seeking MA student in Tuebingen. Fantastic medieval city, and wonderful philosophers have come through here over the last five centuries. Reading Hegel in a cafe here is really something else. As for each department's specific strengths, I will defer to the much more knowledegable users floating around the boards.

Right, I always forget that feminism is a dirty word and that any attempt to raise the level of discussion (or provoke new considerations, even if the same conclusions are reached by the deliberating individual) should be discouraged.

Well I have thought deeply about it, and this was provoked by another "deep" friend. But I want to point out: notice how quickly your tone changed when you did consider it?

It doesn't matter how pretty or how ugly any guy's next girlfriend is. She's a human being, and to consider her an upgrade or a downgrade is degrading, not only to her, but to you (or whoever the point of reference is). This arbitrary "ranking" of women is offensive and retrogressive.

I hope you write a book so that it can be subjected to feminist critical theory. There is no such thing as a downgrade.

Well, those numbers were accurate once upon a time. Maybe they aren't from last year as I suggested, but they are the numbers Yale shared at one point.

I'm not sure if the acceptance numbers include WL or number of people accepted including those accepted eventually off the WL.

Last year Yale had 432 applicants and accepted 49. Harvard had 441 and accepted 35 (source: Peterson's). I'd chalk up the difference in time to departmental policies and timelines, and the knowledge that very few people will turn down an offer from Harvard (whereas some lower ranked programs, or even programs that often compete with Harvard, will want more time to court students).

I'm just going to leave Chomsky's recent commentary on trends in higher education here...

The bolded information is completely unnecessary (and in many ways counterproductive) to your argument, and you have found it necessary to include it several times, while chastising others for doing the same with the intent of seeking help to hash out their choices. I see only one person bragging in this thread, no matter how many times you throw on the cape of pity for those who were not successful (to those in this situation: I was in your shoes last year, and you can come out of it and succeed, as many others have done) - although they haven't asked for your defense or pity. It seems that this is a chance for you to let everyone know that even though you have several offers, you can still sit atop moral mountain passing judgment on all the peasants below. There are different ways to brag, and there are even ways to share information without any intent of arrogance (of course you consider this humblebrag, and you're welcome to this opinion). For the record, how is this topic not a 100% valid discussion for anyone faced with a very difficult decision that will play a huge role throughout their professional careers? Perhaps the forum should be segregated into sub-Philosophy forums with "Philosophy Still Waiting/No Acceptances," "Philosophy One Acceptance," and "Philosophy More than One Acceptance," so that those in the latter group can seek advice about what they should be considering? I'd be willing to bet that even if one has excellent LoRs, there's no guarantee that they have an adviser they feel comfortable hashing out the details with. GradCafe was good enough for them to seek application help, but not decision help? And why do you get to be the judge of what information is valuable for other forum members?

What I've learned from this thread: TheVineyard has multiple acceptances TheVineyard doesn't want to brag about her/his multiple acceptances TheVineyard wants you to understand that even though s/he has multiple acceptances, s/he will not participate in the humblebrag-iness TheVineyard is just like that metaphorical CEO, but more like a CEO with a heart, because s/he isn't a humblebrag ArrogantBrag...

Last year I didn't get news from sfs til march, so don't assume anything.

Last year I didn't get news from sfs til march, so don't assume anything.

WOW Congratulations!

http://graduate-school.phds.org/rankings/political-science FYI: an interactive NRC ranking of political science programs. Breaks down the data in an easy to read way. If you open up the school's individual page, you can go to the tab "outcomes" and see - at the time of the last NRC ranking - approximately how employment breaks down. MIT is 53% academic hires, 26% postdoc (presumably with an academic goal), 9% private sector and 12% government.

You don't need bad news to enjoy wine! Edit: And cyber hugs, of course. Sorry to hear about the bad news.

More visceral responses in the red section of the results. Ugh.

Maybe they've adjusted their funding scheme? We can only hope... They have been inching up the rankings - hopefully they start to feel the responsibilities of being a true academic force.

Okay, also in their defense a little bit (though I still think it's not okay not to fund PhDs): it was made very clear to me that most people who go to Georgetown unfunded find funding most semesters - it's just not guaranteed and they have to apply each semester. In fact, I met a woman who was completing her Ph.D. there, and she only paid for her first semester. Still, that's a big risk to take.

Congrats to Johns Hopkins!

Only because they teased me with an unfunded offer last year (of course their funding structure is not typical for most programs).

He was the ad com chair, no?