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Yeah, I mean if you qualify it can excuse you from paying for several applications. If I remember correctly, I received waivers from Northwestern and the University of Chicago through the CIC and waived Columbia and Boston College through their own programs. The CIC application is pretty simple to complete and I think you just email the person at each school you are applying ( those that are members of the CIC) and let them know you filed for a fee waiver. I think you have to be below a certain income or have some other 'unrepresented status' like being a minority, the first in your family to go to college, and the like.

Loyola Chicago doesn't charge if you apply online. The University of Chicago, Columbia, and I think Boston College, among others, offer fee waivers if you are low-income. The schools in this website issue fee waivers if you qualify: http://www.cic.net/students/freeapp/introduction. I got my app fees waived by some of the schools but others did not even reply to my requests.

Yep, that was one of my questions when I visited campus. Most of the faculty I would be working with are protected from the restructuring and might even be transferred to the philosophy department. The administration might be less interdisciplinary but it is still much more than other programs, especially between other well-recognized departments.

Well, I had a very hard time making a decision as DePaul, Stony, Loyola, Oregon, and Emory are all excellent programs. A lot of it, I think, depends on your AOI and also on other particulars the school can offer you (e.g. study abroad opportunities). Emory has a very interesting program as they are very open to interdisciplinary study and hence you can take almost unlimited courses at other related departments. They have a very strong comparative literature department and there is also the Institute for the Liberal Arts, among others. For example, someone in one of those departments will be teaching a seminar on Foucault this fall and someone in the ILA will be teaching French feminism. They also have a very famous Derrida translator at the comp lit department. As such, if you are thinking of Emory this might be something to consider since it greatly expands the areas covered by the department. The philosophy department itself has some heavy weights like Thomas Flynn, Cynthia WIllet, john Stuhr, Donald Verene, and Noelle McAfee. They also just hired a new Kantian (a DePaul graduate) with interests in German Idealism and Critical Theory. Another reason I chose Emory was because of their resources. Since the school has a lot of money, it can offer students a lot of opportunities and flexibility to, for example, go (funded) to conferences and study abroad (without having to necessarily compete for a grant). They require much less TAing than other programs, which frees up time for taking more courses, doing reading groups, etc. So, for me it was a combination of trying to balance the faculty with the resources of the school. But a lot will depend on your AOI. For example if you are into Kant and 19th century German philosophy, then DePaul might be one the strongest programs, covering Kant, Fichte, German Romanticism, and Hegel.

Going to Emory University

Mine says the same thing. Hopefully it means something good but we probably shouldn't read too much into it.

Sure, no problem. Well, my GPA is not that great, 3.64, although this is because of personal issues on my first two years. After that I got 4.0 for three years straight. My GRE scores are: 164 verbal, 150 quantitative, and 5.0 writing. I have three publications at undergrad journals like Johns Hopkins, Texas at Austin, and Indiana University, and another publication at St. Thomas University that was ultimately canceled because of staff issues. I have been to four conferences in total, twice presenting papers, one time commenting, and one time as a judge for a bioethics bowl (an additional conference was canceled). I don't think this matters too much but I also have separate degrees on history and political science. My writing sample was a shorter version of my honors thesis. I did get to read one of my letters of recommendation and it was very generous, although it was from a history professor, and I think my thesis advisor wrote another very strong letter. My AOI is on Hegel, Marx, critical theory, and political philosophy in the continental tradition.

To all those waiting to hear from Loyola Chicago, I received an acceptance email on Tuesday morning and another email today, with this note on the bottom, "(I apologize if this is a second notification. Some earlier emails seem to have been held up)." I don't know if this issue has been fully corrected, but apparently it affected at least some accepted students.

Yeah, I was surprised too. Maybe they are notifying those who have been rejected in the first phase and they will decide on a smaller pool of applicants next week. After all, they all seem to be letters of rejection and none of acceptance.

Apparently someone received a letter of rejection from Loyola-Chicago in the mail, did anybody else received a letter? I Don't have my key so I can't check until later.

Good luck to you too! Did you apply to The New School? I know they have a great Arendt tradition but I've heard they provide little financial aid.

No problem! My interests are in Hegel, Marx, and critical theory in particular. In more general terms, I am interested in 19th and 20th century continental philosophy as well as political philosophy. I am also still debating where to go but I think it would be more between DePaul and SUNY Stony Brook (unless I get accepted somewhere more competitive), since they are both good departments and I tend to like living closer to larger cities. What are your research interests??

Thanks! I just graduated from from the University of Colorado Denver this past December, which unlike the more known Colorado Boulder, is much more into continental thought. I have a 3.64 GPA (I had to explain on my personal statement why some grades on my freshman year pulled my GPA down) and a 164 verbal, 150 quantitative, and 5.0 writing. Hopefully they let you know if you are in the waiting list soon.

I received one of the Oregon acceptances. I got a phone call and was offered a funded position for five years with TA. I was also invited to visit campus on the last week of February. Depending on how things go with other schools, there is a good chance that I will turn down this offer, so whoever is on the waiting list (someone just posted they were on the very top) might get in soon.

Thanks! Good luck to all of you! I hope Northwestern isn't done sending out offers, two of them were posted on Friday.

Hi philosophia3, I just posted a interview for DePaul. They contacted me on Friday and told me that I had made it to the next round in their deliberations. They might not be done with sending out emails yet, so there might still be a chance. However, they did say that interviews will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of next week, while the final decision will be made on Friday.