Hopephily

And for good measure, what I'll do if I get shut out.

This is what I'll do if I get in.

I figured someone would say this. Will it be the same drink(s)?

What is the first thing you will do if you get in? Or if you strike out?

Since you're already in a program, out of curiosity, what brings you to these parts?

As a metaphor for life?

The comments that followed are hilarious.

I can't believe February is just around the corner. Things are about to get interesting.

That is some persistence! Glad it paid off.

While this certainly makes sense, I've never read about programs doing this. On the other hand, many programs are explicit on their sites about accepting more than they have room for. Do you have any sources?

From what I have read, if a program wants a class of 4 or 5, then they will send out 10-12 (sometimes up to 15) acceptances because, as someone else has already stated, they will be competing with other programs for these applicants.

Congrats!

This is actually good advice. I'm trying my best to enjoy the ride even though I don't know where it's headed.

Interviews can be thorny for ad comms because of implicit biases with respect to ethnicity, gender, and socio-economic class, among other things. Speaking generally, interviewers tend to go with people more like themselves.

Hogwarts strikes again...

lol

My bad, thanks for the correction!

Seriously.

I would imagine it depends on your area of interest. Given that you're doing formal epistemology and logic, it might be a plus to have a strong background in math. Of course, this isn't going to necessarily compensate for other weak portions of your application (if you have them).

I have found that "Yo dude" or "Yo duderino (if you're not into the whole brevity thing)" works quite well.

I noticed on U Chicago's website, where they discuss the admissions process in detail, that they expect more out of the writing samples from applicants with M.A.'s than they do those applying straight from undergraduate. I wonder how common this practice is.

In the industry, we call them "implicit rejections."

Yeah, the folks on here, for the most part, have been great. By the way, it looks like we are applying to a lot of the same programs!

Good point. I have no good answer to this.