Dabaliga

U of Iowa. Feel free to PM me.

Accepted to the University of Iowa. $17,680/year TAship. This is the only place to which I applied. Very excited.

I feel like faith and epistemology are both being talked about today, even earlier today they were too. Also I feel like the faith is on one hand and epistemolgy are on the other hand too, but that it probably just because of my religious upbringing and how I just personally feel about it (its hard to tell). However, only someone who is completely biased toward non-epistemology would deny out of hand the possiblity that faith and epistemology cannot both make it to the top where all the faith come in. Plus my uncle has faith, but his parents both had epistemology so that, by itself, proves that one doesn't just need to believe what one's parents (or other relatives) are already teaching, or else why did he be so different?

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Congrats!

This helps. http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2004/05/whos_hot_in_met.html

Congrats! St Louis is a fun city. (I studied at UMSL a few years ago.) SLU seems like a great department, and there is a lot of interaction between the three schools there (UMSL, SLU and WashU). Do you have any offers or waitlists to turn down? In general, I think that it would be nice of those who are accepting an offer to update the rest of us on what admits/waitlists/unknowns they are turning down.

Congrats on all the great offers!

Thank you. He/she PMed me.

Anyone want to claim the Iowa acceptance that is posted on the results page?

Congrats to all. It is so nice to finally see a flurry of activity--especially a bunch of acceptances! The results page is bursting with green!

This does help. Thanks. Congratulations on your many offers. For what it is worth, I suspect that Tufts was a great choice. Good luck on your next go round. I am sure the extra 2 years will pay off immensely.

I assume that this is the same friend whose motivations we were discussing on April 2? You don't have two friends turning down offers from Iowa, do you? Thanks for the updates.

Well said and I agree.. I was not judging or trying to rush anyone. I was just curious if anyone had insider information on why one might sit on an offer one doesn't plan to accept (besides being cautious and allowing oneself time to process and weigh the options). It doesn't really matter though. You are right; under circumstances like these, a more stoic attitude is appropriate. We will all find out by April 15 (ish)--with plenty of time to prepare for the following school year. Am I preaching now? In any case, I'm glad to hear good news. Thanks a gain for sharing.

Thanks for the info. Is he or she PLANNING to turn down offers from Purdue and Iowa (because he or she has already received a better offer) or merely HOPING to be able to turn down those offers (because he or she is expecting to receive a better offer soon)? If the former option, why not do it now? Presumably there is some reason, but I don't understand why people don't turn down offers when they already have better offers on the table.