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I'm coming from a BA at a small liberal arts college, and I will be going to a Leiter top 10 PhD program next year. I applied to 11, was (eventually) accepted to 3, waitlisted at 1, and rejected from 7.
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Presumably it would, since the reason departments are forced to accept so few is because they only have a few funded positions available. If you can guarantee independent funding, they may be willing to accept an extra applicant.
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Any thoughts on the result from SUNY Buffalo? The test scores are strange.
The test scores are percentiles.
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You are now a symbol of hope for the rest of us.
Haha, I'm flattered, truly.
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I received an email from Sally Jackman about being near the top of the waitlist. So I think they have made decisions at this point.
Just got this email myself...as noted above, I had thought that I was out of the running.
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Haven't heard from the University of Texas at Austin. I applied for a PhD Philosophy? Some already got their acceptance. does it mean mine is a rejection?
Same here. I would think that it does, yes.
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Texas Austin admit up! Not me. I wish.
This one was painful for me.
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I'm always totally perplexed by charts like these. Median Starting Salary for philosophy majors is about $40,000. I'm a year out of college and I make about $10,000 year. I can't imagine myself making much more than $20,000 a year anytime in the next 5 years. Who the hell are all these people making $40,000+ a year as a starting salary? How? I'm not sure how I would ever make $40,000 a year in my lifetime (adjusting for inflation).
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Looking back cursorily, just 1---- 3.1 Most of them are from the few most recent survey pages. I wasn't intending on including scores of those with MAs.
Hmm, of course, since the form does not include an MA gpa question, it's possible that people with MAs are listing their undergrad gpas without noting that they have MAs.
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Do NOT fear! So far, the acceptance stats (for some very strong programs) on the survey page have included GPAs of 2.97, 3.1, 3.32, 3.4, 3.51, 3.53, while turning down perfect scores.
How many of those are undergrad GPAs from people in MA programs?
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My writing sample was about 20 pages, which fit the requirements of most departments. A few required 15 pages or less, however...I just sent the 20 page paper anyway, and I didn't note that anywhere on the application. I was waitlisted at one of the 15-page departments, and I haven't been accepted anywhere else. It's not like they're going to throw your app out without looking at it if you're off by a few pages. Perhaps they will be less inclined to read the whole sample, though.
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Red Bull, is your list of schools determined entirely by a desire to live in California? If so, why not USC/UCLA, UCR, UCI, or UCSC?
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I would personally avoid Seward as there is more crime there than in Uptown or NE.
I think plenty of people would be totally fine living in Seward. It's just less yuppie-ish than uptown. I think it's a great neighborhood, and I'd much rather live there than uptown. Particularly if you're going to live on a less luxurious grad stipend, you can save lots of money by living in a house with roommates in a neighborhood that is a little less "polished."
Minneapolis/St. Paul is not that dangerous of a city...most neighborhoods are pretty safe as long as you take basic precautions.
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Fit: There's obviously no point in applying to a program that doesn't have multiple people who work in my areas of interest.
Prestige: Basically placement record and PGR ranking. (I want to work in analytic, so PGR makes sense for me.) Wanted a range of programs, a majority in the top PGR 25, a few down to rank 40.
Location: The program should be in a city I would enjoy living in, which takes into account my lack of a car, vegetarianism, etc. Unless it's a top 10 program...I could make do in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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In all, I think I've spent close to $2000 on my applications this season, and if I don't get anything, then that's another ~$2000 next year.
Really? I'm pretty certain I've spent in the $1000-1200 range for the same number of apps.
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Oh wow, I applied to 11 (10 in the US and 1 in Canada) and I thought I was being ridiculous...
10 in the Us, 1 in Canada as well. (PGR ranked about evenly among the top 40.) But I don't feel ridiculous at all. Just realistic, given the chances at any one school.
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I was one of the people just waitlisted. I got an email that said this: "A decision has been made on your Duke Graduate School application. To view your decision letter online, please follow the instructions below."
You had to login into the Dukenet ID applicant user account you got after you submitted the application, which is different from the original app site. Under the Admissions/My Applications section on the main page, there was a little green dot, and then a button for "view decision" and "respond to offer."
You had to click the view decision button to look at the decision letter, which said among other things: "Your application is sufficiently strong to allow for the possibility of admission at a later date. Your name has therefore been placed on an alternate list from which we will choose if vacancies occur." They did not specify in the letter how many applicants they had for how many positions.
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill NC
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Yes you can walk home from the bus stop in the daytime safely...as you can in pretty much any city in the US.