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Ugh. Dreadful. Thanks bar_scene!

The 500 word limit on the SOP for Georgetown was an unpleasant surprise. There goes my afternoon.

I wonder if this is related to funding issues or the flood that Denver and Boulder suffered last semester. Was the campus damaged at all?

Wow indeed. Very disappointing.

Thanks a bunch. I'll definitely keep up with this forum.

I applied to 1 top five school and 6 fifteen-thirty schools. I was aiming for the ~twenty range. I'm being much less ambitious this time around.

Besides trying to get away with the same pun twice, This is my second time going through the application process. I was rejected from all of the PhD programs I applied to last time, but got into a decent MA program. My GPA's are pretty low compared to other phil-majors. 3.4 undergrad (3.9 major though) and 3.8 through my MA program. I have fairly average GRE scores (V162, Q154, A4.0). 4 strong letters, two are from philosophers well respected in their areas (mind and ancient). I'm applying to 8 top 50 programs and 6 unranked programs (though, two are still very strong) and two specialty MA's. I'm interested in the analytic tradition of political philosophy and ethics (which means I'm also interested in Kant). I wish the best of luck to all of you.

Is this the Official 2014 Application thread?