brettmullga

CMU funds visits.

Same for me as well!

Ian > Leiter

I'm not sure how accurate your professor's information is, despite the urge to assume that in your context (which I'm ignorant of) the professor is correct. From the Cornell website: "Courses called Mathematics for Economists, Mathematics for Social Scientists, and Econometrics are not a substitute for formal mathematics." As a Math major, I assume you've taken the Calculus sequence, a Real Analysis Sequence, a Linear Algebra sequence, a Calc-based Statistics sequence and potentially additional courses in topology and optimization. Other than applications, I'm not sure what more one will get from a Mathematical Econ course at the undergraduate level. It may be the case that Econ is necessary if one has made poor grades in some of the courses I listed above. Doing well in Math Econ will signal that one now has a better grasp of the material with relevant applications. Other than in that case, my vote is for International Trade. Link: http://economics.cornell.edu/graduate-program/general-program-info/prerequisites

Rejected from Carnegie Mellon's PhD program and admitted to the MS as a consolation prize. Offered the standard partial tuition waiver and funding for a visit. Looks like I struck out with Philosophy programs (this was my only one).

Agreed! Graham Priest is awesome. I would suggest reading In Contradiction or the relevant sections in his Introduction to Non-Classical Logic first. Doubt Truth to Be a Liar would be a difficult introduction to Priest's thought as I read this book to answer the question 'what does it mean?' rather than 'how?' Doubt does begin with an interesting interpretation of Aristotle's Prior Analytics that may be of interest.

Hogwarts Phiosophy Of Muggle Studies, Other (F15) Rejected via Postal Service on 10 Jan 2015 I 10 Jan 2015 I'm surprised it lasted this long this year before there was a response from Hogwarts.

Ohio State's Econ program. They've made a reputation for themselves as the first Econ program to send out offers each year. Unfortunately, they do not announce funding decisions (pretty much everyone is funded) until February. I noticed that some programs outside the US (mostly in Europe) have deadlines in March and April. I'm waiting to apply to those until I see how I fare with the programs that have made announcements before the end of February.

I sincerely regret putting in a good bit of time to forecast when decisions will be released for each of my programs. The first one is next week and I'm anxious!

When is the earliest you all are expecting to hear back? This obviously assumes that the notification dates of previous years are reliable guides to the future. I have one school around January 13th and a handful of others about the same time in February.

Agreed! I used Chicago Notes style since early in undergrad. This past Fall, two places requested that I use Author-Date style. After I adjusted, I find footnotes distracting when there are at least a half-dozen or so on a page. When I use Author-Date, I find myself citing the same work a lot less too.

Wow, look at Phil Math/Logic! I recall Ethics and specifically Metaethics being much more popular AOI last year.

Fair enough, but I took it as what was under discussion wasn't whether to be honest or dishonest. Instead, it was to omit or include the relevant information. One could hold that the omission is equivalent to dishonesty. If that's the case, consider a different example. With Carnegie Mellon's app (I believe), you can list only 5 other programs. Suppose you is applying to 10 programs. Which 5 should you list? This is more of what I had in mind.

Agreed. I've spent a good bit of time thinking about the 'Other schools you're applying to' box. It signals at least two things. First, the quality of the schools listed may indicate how the student evaluates themselves against their peers. Second, the school may use the information to act strategically. Suppose you're on an admissions committee of a lower ranked school with poor funding. An applicant has an amazing profile but is also applying to several top ranked programs with better funding. Should this particular applicant be admitted, potentially taking up a spot and pushing other students onto the waitlist? In light of this, I left it blank in all but two cases.

I read this as "The Logic of Cold Drunk People" I imagine one would get the same results.