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Also got my official Duke rejection.

My thread. My beautiful thread...

On the positive side, I emailed Penn and found out that the waiting list there is pretty short and unranked. So that's good news, I guess. Still... I wish that, like, people would just be all like, "Meh. I don't wanna go to Penn," and then I could go to Penn.

What's happened to my beautiful thread?

LSU squirrels have a healthy (and probably justified) fear of humans.

Damn! That's one pretty daring ass squirrel!

Down year for Duke.

Whatever happens with UCLA, you're clearly killing it.

Pretty sure that the list is not exhaustive.

I should say though, I'm rooting for you to get in at literally every place that you've applied so as to increase the conditional probability of your turning down Penn!

'Embarrassment of riches" is a phrase that comes to mind

Usually. A lot of schools that use the "ApplyWeb" app, for instance, will post rejection notifications there. Some schools have a dedicated portal for tracking your application status. Duke would be an example of the latter sort. They have an online app through ApplyWeb, but once the app is submitted, a separate account is automatically created that you can sign into for the purposes of checking your status and the like. When someone says they were notified via website, it is likely one of these two things is happening.

No logic??? SET THEORY ISN'T REAL MATH!?!?! What do they work on partial differential equations or something? How boring. Not only is foundations math (mathematical logic, set theory, category theory, proof theory, etc.) "real math," it is the best math. After all, these are what we do to prove that we can do all the other math. Geez. Assholes.

Bets on Maryland?

I sent an email asking but haven't had a response yet.

If anyone comes to Baton Rouge because of... like... reasons and stuff, my treat at Corporate Brew and Draft! 94 craft beers on tap, including a lot of stuff with very limited distribution and special caskings!

I just got an email entitled "Penn Philosophy Admissions," and my heart almost stopped, and then it was just the DGS acknowledging that I'd already acknowledged that I'm on the waiting list. GAAAAHHHH!!!

Logical 'or' includes the case where both disjuncts are true. It need not be the case, but 'or' does cover such cases. So I don't know what's being conflated, exactly...

I wasn't really joking.....

My guess would be no, but that's based on almost no evidence at all... sooo...

Well... it just happens that the logical "or" applies in this case. Both happen, so in the truth-functional sense of "or" we can truthfully answer "yes" to your question. Beyond that, it depends on the program. Some all at once. Some staggered. So, to answer your question again: yes.

The answer is yes.

I emailed Minnesota today and they informed me that initial acceptances and wait lists have all gone out. Bummer for me.

He's been described to me as difficult to work with. Also, I nearly always find myself taking the view opposite his in the phil bio literature.

I know an OU professor (non philosophy). The state is facing a 1.3 billion dollar deficit. It's unclear how this will affect universities in the state. I just know everyone is on edge. Similar thing happening here in Louisiana right now.