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Acceptances often get spread out. Don't get discouraged!

Yes, I thought of that too. But I wouldn't travel with a scholarship, I would only hold it for the months I will be in my country. When I depart from Brazil, I would resign and let another person benefit from it.
 
I'm waiting to hear back from schools to ask about my situation. I think it doesn't make much sense to e-mails DGSs now since I don't have any offer. The only possible complication is if I get into waitlists (I have to formally accept the scholarship by the first week of March), but I guess I can still make things work.
 
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I think many of us will start hearing from schools this week. Good luck everyone!

I posted on Jan 1 that I felt like we'd hear any day now because it was 2015. I take it back, this month has been excruciatingly long. But tomorrow is February 1, so we'll all hear any day now!

Hi, great topic! I will share some thoughts about how I've been dealing with the likely possibility that I don't receive any offers.   I was lucky to receive an early offer from Otago and will be moving anyway even if things don't work out in the US. My plan was first to move to an Anglophone department and, if possible, to a well-ranked one. As for the first one, I've already accomplished that and I've been told by many people that although Otago's not highly ranked, it's a great place to do philosophy.   As for jobs and my future in the long run, I often find it helpful to "forget'' about these things and give them a serious thought only when the time comes. I had a quite unpleasant experience after I entered college (I was a Physics major and had everything planned out, things like where I would do my Masters and PhD, and even what I would study my entire life. All of this was by the time I started as a freshman. *Note: in my country, we pick majors before we enter college) and that kinda of showed me how naive I was about planning too much in the long run. I gave up my Physics major after a few months and started a Philosophy major without thinking too much. All I wanted was to study philosophy, and the rest I would figure out later in my undergrad career. It turns out that in hindsight I think this was the best thing I ever did.   The point is that I try to apply this posture as much as possible now that I am applying to graduate school in a country I've never been to. As I conceive of it, the most important thing in this moment is to be able to continue studying philosophy, preferably in a place where my work is appreciated. Whether I will be able to land a star job, or even any job at all, is something I delegate to my future self to think about. This not to say that I don't think whether a school would improve my chances of landing a good job, but that it's particularly helpful to "forget'' about it when you get stuck in bad thoughts about your prospects of being admitted.

Hi, great topic! I will share some thoughts about how I've been dealing with the likely possibility that I don't receive any offers.   I was lucky to receive an early offer from Otago and will be moving anyway even if things don't work out in the US. My plan was first to move to an Anglophone department and, if possible, to a well-ranked one. As for the first one, I've already accomplished that and I've been told by many people that although Otago's not highly ranked, it's a great place to do philosophy.   As for jobs and my future in the long run, I often find it helpful to "forget'' about these things and give them a serious thought only when the time comes. I had a quite unpleasant experience after I entered college (I was a Physics major and had everything planned out, things like where I would do my Masters and PhD, and even what I would study my entire life. All of this was by the time I started as a freshman. *Note: in my country, we pick majors before we enter college) and that kinda of showed me how naive I was about planning too much in the long run. I gave up my Physics major after a few months and started a Philosophy major without thinking too much. All I wanted was to study philosophy, and the rest I would figure out later in my undergrad career. It turns out that in hindsight I think this was the best thing I ever did.   The point is that I try to apply this posture as much as possible now that I am applying to graduate school in a country I've never been to. As I conceive of it, the most important thing in this moment is to be able to continue studying philosophy, preferably in a place where my work is appreciated. Whether I will be able to land a star job, or even any job at all, is something I delegate to my future self to think about. This not to say that I don't think whether a school would improve my chances of landing a good job, but that it's particularly helpful to "forget'' about it when you get stuck in bad thoughts about your prospects of being admitted.

I might have understood your question wrong so sorry if my answer is irrelevant.
I have two friends who are now PhD students in US, and at the same time they are enrolled in another university (in their home-country. they just freeze their registration if it is required to do so). So, as far as know it is formally possible to be "linked" to two universities. 

I wanted to let people here know about something I wrote on my blog last week:
 
I have reason to believe that UChicago is finalizing their admissions decisions tonight, and will likely release acceptances tomorrow via email. This is a week earlier than I originally predicted. Of course, if they don't release acceptances tomorrow, they likely will not release until next Friday, since they have released on a Friday each of the past three years.
 
Also worth noting is that UChicago does not have a wait list, so it's one round of acceptances and then nothing more for the rest of the admissions season.

That's fantastic you are keeping so busy reixis! It's truly the only way to stay sane! Unfortunately, one bad habit I have run into is the discovery of the app Crossy Road on my phone- it is basically a game designed for 10 year olds and I am becoming a little obsessed with it! Other than that, reading, work, and I'm just beginning to audit a course on Wittgenstein and I'm super excited about that!

Someone got into Northwestern and said "Woohoo", so I know it has to be one of you folks!

Sorry to hear that, NF. It's only the start of the acceptance season!

Northwestern acceptance up.

There is also an acceptance from Ohio State. Someone posted an acceptance from Duke too, but it's one day later than the previous wait-list post. Maybe those who checked their status and didn't see any update might want to have another look.

Wow, reading Ian's history makes me just want to give up. 
 
Anyway, I have very mediocre GREs (see my signature) and an educational background (only a B.A.) that in no way compares to institutions in more developed countries like the US. I've changed my mind a thousand times during the past three years deciding whether to apply or not. I decided giving it a shot since some people really believed in me, and studying overseas was something that I really wanted for my life. I borrowed money that I didn't have from my parents and I could afford a few applications. Luckily enough, I got an early admission from an Anglophone department, which made the past few months much more easier. It's not a ranked one (I guess I'm not in the place to care about this), but a great department as I've heard. The good thing is that I can come back to my country, and if I do so, I will likely land a good tenured job here, since some parts of the country "lack'' well-qualified philosophy professors.
 
In a nutshell, I decided to apply and see what happens. If things don't go well, at least I will know that I applied and was rejected.
 
As the notifications have already started, hope we all get good offers and that we can meet at some conference sometime. Good luck everyone!

There is also an acceptance from Ohio State. Someone posted an acceptance from Duke too, but it's one day later than the previous wait-list post. Maybe those who checked their status and didn't see any update might want to have another look.

Well looks like someone is going to U. Cincinnati! 

Wow, reading Ian's history makes me just want to give up. 
 
Anyway, I have very mediocre GREs (see my signature) and an educational background (only a B.A.) that in no way compares to institutions in more developed countries like the US. I've changed my mind a thousand times during the past three years deciding whether to apply or not. I decided giving it a shot since some people really believed in me, and studying overseas was something that I really wanted for my life. I borrowed money that I didn't have from my parents and I could afford a few applications. Luckily enough, I got an early admission from an Anglophone department, which made the past few months much more easier. It's not a ranked one (I guess I'm not in the place to care about this), but a great department as I've heard. The good thing is that I can come back to my country, and if I do so, I will likely land a good tenured job here, since some parts of the country "lack'' well-qualified philosophy professors.
 
In a nutshell, I decided to apply and see what happens. If things don't go well, at least I will know that I applied and was rejected.
 
As the notifications have already started, hope we all get good offers and that we can meet at some conference sometime. Good luck everyone!

Thanks. I was completely shut out last year, so getting an acceptance this early in the process was quite relieving.

It seems like there is a first acceptance for Philosophy PhD (University of Missouri). I'm not sure whether it is someone from here, but if it is, congratulations!

It seems like there is a first acceptance for Philosophy PhD (University of Missouri). I'm not sure whether it is someone from here, but if it is, congratulations!

Philosophers don't waste opportunities to drink.

Just checked out and all my references are in due place. It's finally over!

I had a dream last night that I was visiting one of the programs I have applied to. It's already happening, haha.
 
Anyway, this would be a good time to find out about my hidden premonitory skills. 

Thanks for noticing that! No particular reason other than that I was using Ian's data, which didn't include it.
 
I've now added in a prediction for UConn at February 5. It's a bit hard to predict, since they've had pretty high variation - January 23 in 2014, February 7 in 2013, and February 23 in 2012. One thing that's worth noting is that each of these dates is a Thursday, so I'm more confident that they'll release on a Thursday than that it'll be right around February 5, and I especially wouldn't be surprised if it were earlier (since that seems to be their trend). Maybe the variation can be explained in terms of changes in their application deadline, but that data's hard to come by. Anyway, hope this helps.

Thanks for you kind words! He emailed me last night (actually, a few hours after I posted here) and he said he will upload it in the next days. I hope it gets there in time. I feel kind of relieved right now.

Don't forget the Holy Grail for logical progression: http://www.logicmatters.net/tyl/