philwomen2014

So. Ok...
 
This is totally unverifiable but I heard from a colleague that the departmental Chair in our department said that they are supposed to release this week..... Again completely unsubstantiated but I figured i would share any information that I come across.

Pre-deadline bump for stragglers

No, but it might be surprising to someone who read had only read his recent work much of which was less than stellar. 

Co-signing this.

Co-signing this.

I think the point is to provide a safe space to talk. We saw what happened with the other female philosophers thread, and how a few misogynistic males pretty much took over the thread. I'm not female, so this is just my two cents on the issue. But I think sometimes having a discussion only among those of a minority group that has frequently been disparaged in a way that doesn't attract attention and allows themselves to express themselves without having to worry about reprisal.

Visibility bump

A lot has happened since we formed this group, so I thought it deserved a new thread here, one that's representative of where we're at right now, not just where we were at when we were only an idea.    So here's the deal: philosophy is wonderful and choosing a school is exciting, but, as a discipline, philosophy is still working out some issues. A lot of these issues have to do with the treatment of women. Some schools are more supportive spaces for women than others, and it's not always easy for women to figure this out before accepting an offer.    We are currently maintaining a Facebook group page and private message thread for women who have applied to philosophy programs this season and are considering their offers. Membership in the group is 'secret', and the group page, its members, and their posts are invisible to people who are not members. The private message thread, because it happens in the inbox, is similarly confidential. To keep things maximally secure, the private message thread is open only to women who plan to begin a PhD or MA in the fall of 2014. The group page, however, is also open to women who are applying next season (ie, who plan to begin a PhD or an MA in the fall of 2015).    These venues (the group page and message thread) are meant to be safe spaces where we can chat frankly about our decisions processes and share the things that we've heard about other programs. Some of us did our BAs or MAs at schools that others of us are considering; some of us have large social networks and people we can solicit information from on each other's behalves. Sometimes we discuss climate issues more generally, whether to exchange strategies or just to share bad experiences in a place where we can count on the sympathy and support of our audience. There are around thirty of us so far, so many more than the handful I expected, and that's incredible.    I was the only woman in my MA cohort and, although my program was very supportive, I sometimes felt alienated just by virtue of being an outlier (I am also a member of another marginalized group, which has sometimes contributed to those feelings). It has been a transformative experience to suddenly be connected to so many other women who share my ambitions and face the same (and often far greater) challenges. It's been amazing to have a peer group that is actively looking out for each other. I have never felt so much solidarity before, or, for that matter, optimism.   You can get involved by sending me a private message via these forums. I'll give you my FB information and, if you add me, I'll be able to add you to the relevant group(s). If some other member of the group feels comfortable posting her contact information publicly here, then perhaps that might be a way for women not registered on these forums to get in touch with our network.   If you do not have Facebook, but are a woman who is looking for information about a school, you can message me queries or just post them here -- I will gladly pass them on, and hopefully other people will reply. I think on the whole, though, one thing that makes the group feel safe is the fact that all of the participants have identities and histories that are visible to the other participants.    If you are currently in a PhD program and want to make yourself available to women who are currently applying, you can post here and hopefully people will get in touch with you either via private message on thegradcafe or through other contact information (if you include any in your post). Feel free to post if you are a member of another marginalized group, too, or just feel like you might be able to offer some special insight into how things are for anyone at a particular school. If you don't feel comfortable posting, you can message me, and I can privately pass your contact information on to the other members of the group.   My hope is that women will continue to organize in a similar way next season and benefit from the same things that we have so far. My other hope -- one for right now -- is that more women who are currently prospectives get involved in what we're doing! 

Visibility bump

Visibility bump

I just got accepted into University of Florida's MA program, fully funded by TAship.

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I think many applicants would be less likely to share this information: 1) For the very reason that some of you have previously put forth...that it is potentially highly identifying and 2) because it might be used to subtly undermine the "legitimacy" of their acceptance.

it's not even common practice for top graduate students to publish in top journals in philosophy.

I never would have thought this, but apparently getting into grad school is only part of the problem...you have to make sure there are people at the department once you get there. Penn seems to be making the latter a bit difficult...

I really think this is a mistake. People need to consider all of the factors that will impact their ability to be happy somewhere, because unhappy students do worse work and often end up leaving without a degree. 
 
If location isn't going to have a big impact on your ability to be happy somewhere, that's great. But telling a student that taking these factors into account suggests you're not actually serious… christ. 

A lot has happened since we formed this group, so I thought it deserved a new thread here, one that's representative of where we're at right now, not just where we were at when we were only an idea.    So here's the deal: philosophy is wonderful and choosing a school is exciting, but, as a discipline, philosophy is still working out some issues. A lot of these issues have to do with the treatment of women. Some schools are more supportive spaces for women than others, and it's not always easy for women to figure this out before accepting an offer.    We are currently maintaining a Facebook group page and private message thread for women who have applied to philosophy programs this season and are considering their offers. Membership in the group is 'secret', and the group page, its members, and their posts are invisible to people who are not members. The private message thread, because it happens in the inbox, is similarly confidential. To keep things maximally secure, the private message thread is open only to women who plan to begin a PhD or MA in the fall of 2014. The group page, however, is also open to women who are applying next season (ie, who plan to begin a PhD or an MA in the fall of 2015).    These venues (the group page and message thread) are meant to be safe spaces where we can chat frankly about our decisions processes and share the things that we've heard about other programs. Some of us did our BAs or MAs at schools that others of us are considering; some of us have large social networks and people we can solicit information from on each other's behalves. Sometimes we discuss climate issues more generally, whether to exchange strategies or just to share bad experiences in a place where we can count on the sympathy and support of our audience. There are around thirty of us so far, so many more than the handful I expected, and that's incredible.    I was the only woman in my MA cohort and, although my program was very supportive, I sometimes felt alienated just by virtue of being an outlier (I am also a member of another marginalized group, which has sometimes contributed to those feelings). It has been a transformative experience to suddenly be connected to so many other women who share my ambitions and face the same (and often far greater) challenges. It's been amazing to have a peer group that is actively looking out for each other. I have never felt so much solidarity before, or, for that matter, optimism.   You can get involved by sending me a private message via these forums. I'll give you my FB information and, if you add me, I'll be able to add you to the relevant group(s). If some other member of the group feels comfortable posting her contact information publicly here, then perhaps that might be a way for women not registered on these forums to get in touch with our network.   If you do not have Facebook, but are a woman who is looking for information about a school, you can message me queries or just post them here -- I will gladly pass them on, and hopefully other people will reply. I think on the whole, though, one thing that makes the group feel safe is the fact that all of the participants have identities and histories that are visible to the other participants.    If you are currently in a PhD program and want to make yourself available to women who are currently applying, you can post here and hopefully people will get in touch with you either via private message on thegradcafe or through other contact information (if you include any in your post). Feel free to post if you are a member of another marginalized group, too, or just feel like you might be able to offer some special insight into how things are for anyone at a particular school. If you don't feel comfortable posting, you can message me, and I can privately pass your contact information on to the other members of the group.   My hope is that women will continue to organize in a similar way next season and benefit from the same things that we have so far. My other hope -- one for right now -- is that more women who are currently prospectives get involved in what we're doing! 

Whoever said that it's the "least accessible rejection" is definitely right. You should assume you're rejected, but if you really need to see it:
1. Log into the application.
2. Click application status on the top right
3. Click 'Respond to Offer' (it says that regardless)
4. Log into Wolverine Access (I set it up a few weeks ago to compulsively check my application status but this requires a few more steps)
5. In Wolverine Access, go to 'Students', then 'New & Prospective Student Business'
6. Click 'Application Status' and finally, 'View Decision'
 
Considering how involved this process was, I would be surprised if they didn't send rejection emails pretty soon. 

A lot has happened since we formed this group, so I thought it deserved a new thread here, one that's representative of where we're at right now, not just where we were at when we were only an idea.    So here's the deal: philosophy is wonderful and choosing a school is exciting, but, as a discipline, philosophy is still working out some issues. A lot of these issues have to do with the treatment of women. Some schools are more supportive spaces for women than others, and it's not always easy for women to figure this out before accepting an offer.    We are currently maintaining a Facebook group page and private message thread for women who have applied to philosophy programs this season and are considering their offers. Membership in the group is 'secret', and the group page, its members, and their posts are invisible to people who are not members. The private message thread, because it happens in the inbox, is similarly confidential. To keep things maximally secure, the private message thread is open only to women who plan to begin a PhD or MA in the fall of 2014. The group page, however, is also open to women who are applying next season (ie, who plan to begin a PhD or an MA in the fall of 2015).    These venues (the group page and message thread) are meant to be safe spaces where we can chat frankly about our decisions processes and share the things that we've heard about other programs. Some of us did our BAs or MAs at schools that others of us are considering; some of us have large social networks and people we can solicit information from on each other's behalves. Sometimes we discuss climate issues more generally, whether to exchange strategies or just to share bad experiences in a place where we can count on the sympathy and support of our audience. There are around thirty of us so far, so many more than the handful I expected, and that's incredible.    I was the only woman in my MA cohort and, although my program was very supportive, I sometimes felt alienated just by virtue of being an outlier (I am also a member of another marginalized group, which has sometimes contributed to those feelings). It has been a transformative experience to suddenly be connected to so many other women who share my ambitions and face the same (and often far greater) challenges. It's been amazing to have a peer group that is actively looking out for each other. I have never felt so much solidarity before, or, for that matter, optimism.   You can get involved by sending me a private message via these forums. I'll give you my FB information and, if you add me, I'll be able to add you to the relevant group(s). If some other member of the group feels comfortable posting her contact information publicly here, then perhaps that might be a way for women not registered on these forums to get in touch with our network.   If you do not have Facebook, but are a woman who is looking for information about a school, you can message me queries or just post them here -- I will gladly pass them on, and hopefully other people will reply. I think on the whole, though, one thing that makes the group feel safe is the fact that all of the participants have identities and histories that are visible to the other participants.    If you are currently in a PhD program and want to make yourself available to women who are currently applying, you can post here and hopefully people will get in touch with you either via private message on thegradcafe or through other contact information (if you include any in your post). Feel free to post if you are a member of another marginalized group, too, or just feel like you might be able to offer some special insight into how things are for anyone at a particular school. If you don't feel comfortable posting, you can message me, and I can privately pass your contact information on to the other members of the group.   My hope is that women will continue to organize in a similar way next season and benefit from the same things that we have so far. My other hope -- one for right now -- is that more women who are currently prospectives get involved in what we're doing! 

A lot has happened since we formed this group, so I thought it deserved a new thread here, one that's representative of where we're at right now, not just where we were at when we were only an idea.    So here's the deal: philosophy is wonderful and choosing a school is exciting, but, as a discipline, philosophy is still working out some issues. A lot of these issues have to do with the treatment of women. Some schools are more supportive spaces for women than others, and it's not always easy for women to figure this out before accepting an offer.    We are currently maintaining a Facebook group page and private message thread for women who have applied to philosophy programs this season and are considering their offers. Membership in the group is 'secret', and the group page, its members, and their posts are invisible to people who are not members. The private message thread, because it happens in the inbox, is similarly confidential. To keep things maximally secure, the private message thread is open only to women who plan to begin a PhD or MA in the fall of 2014. The group page, however, is also open to women who are applying next season (ie, who plan to begin a PhD or an MA in the fall of 2015).    These venues (the group page and message thread) are meant to be safe spaces where we can chat frankly about our decisions processes and share the things that we've heard about other programs. Some of us did our BAs or MAs at schools that others of us are considering; some of us have large social networks and people we can solicit information from on each other's behalves. Sometimes we discuss climate issues more generally, whether to exchange strategies or just to share bad experiences in a place where we can count on the sympathy and support of our audience. There are around thirty of us so far, so many more than the handful I expected, and that's incredible.    I was the only woman in my MA cohort and, although my program was very supportive, I sometimes felt alienated just by virtue of being an outlier (I am also a member of another marginalized group, which has sometimes contributed to those feelings). It has been a transformative experience to suddenly be connected to so many other women who share my ambitions and face the same (and often far greater) challenges. It's been amazing to have a peer group that is actively looking out for each other. I have never felt so much solidarity before, or, for that matter, optimism.   You can get involved by sending me a private message via these forums. I'll give you my FB information and, if you add me, I'll be able to add you to the relevant group(s). If some other member of the group feels comfortable posting her contact information publicly here, then perhaps that might be a way for women not registered on these forums to get in touch with our network.   If you do not have Facebook, but are a woman who is looking for information about a school, you can message me queries or just post them here -- I will gladly pass them on, and hopefully other people will reply. I think on the whole, though, one thing that makes the group feel safe is the fact that all of the participants have identities and histories that are visible to the other participants.    If you are currently in a PhD program and want to make yourself available to women who are currently applying, you can post here and hopefully people will get in touch with you either via private message on thegradcafe or through other contact information (if you include any in your post). Feel free to post if you are a member of another marginalized group, too, or just feel like you might be able to offer some special insight into how things are for anyone at a particular school. If you don't feel comfortable posting, you can message me, and I can privately pass your contact information on to the other members of the group.   My hope is that women will continue to organize in a similar way next season and benefit from the same things that we have so far. My other hope -- one for right now -- is that more women who are currently prospectives get involved in what we're doing! 

A lot has happened since we formed this group, so I thought it deserved a new thread here, one that's representative of where we're at right now, not just where we were at when we were only an idea.    So here's the deal: philosophy is wonderful and choosing a school is exciting, but, as a discipline, philosophy is still working out some issues. A lot of these issues have to do with the treatment of women. Some schools are more supportive spaces for women than others, and it's not always easy for women to figure this out before accepting an offer.    We are currently maintaining a Facebook group page and private message thread for women who have applied to philosophy programs this season and are considering their offers. Membership in the group is 'secret', and the group page, its members, and their posts are invisible to people who are not members. The private message thread, because it happens in the inbox, is similarly confidential. To keep things maximally secure, the private message thread is open only to women who plan to begin a PhD or MA in the fall of 2014. The group page, however, is also open to women who are applying next season (ie, who plan to begin a PhD or an MA in the fall of 2015).    These venues (the group page and message thread) are meant to be safe spaces where we can chat frankly about our decisions processes and share the things that we've heard about other programs. Some of us did our BAs or MAs at schools that others of us are considering; some of us have large social networks and people we can solicit information from on each other's behalves. Sometimes we discuss climate issues more generally, whether to exchange strategies or just to share bad experiences in a place where we can count on the sympathy and support of our audience. There are around thirty of us so far, so many more than the handful I expected, and that's incredible.    I was the only woman in my MA cohort and, although my program was very supportive, I sometimes felt alienated just by virtue of being an outlier (I am also a member of another marginalized group, which has sometimes contributed to those feelings). It has been a transformative experience to suddenly be connected to so many other women who share my ambitions and face the same (and often far greater) challenges. It's been amazing to have a peer group that is actively looking out for each other. I have never felt so much solidarity before, or, for that matter, optimism.   You can get involved by sending me a private message via these forums. I'll give you my FB information and, if you add me, I'll be able to add you to the relevant group(s). If some other member of the group feels comfortable posting her contact information publicly here, then perhaps that might be a way for women not registered on these forums to get in touch with our network.   If you do not have Facebook, but are a woman who is looking for information about a school, you can message me queries or just post them here -- I will gladly pass them on, and hopefully other people will reply. I think on the whole, though, one thing that makes the group feel safe is the fact that all of the participants have identities and histories that are visible to the other participants.    If you are currently in a PhD program and want to make yourself available to women who are currently applying, you can post here and hopefully people will get in touch with you either via private message on thegradcafe or through other contact information (if you include any in your post). Feel free to post if you are a member of another marginalized group, too, or just feel like you might be able to offer some special insight into how things are for anyone at a particular school. If you don't feel comfortable posting, you can message me, and I can privately pass your contact information on to the other members of the group.   My hope is that women will continue to organize in a similar way next season and benefit from the same things that we have so far. My other hope -- one for right now -- is that more women who are currently prospectives get involved in what we're doing! 

Thank you! I received an email today telling me that they tried to call me. It was from David Manley and said the waitlist was short. I also have an offer to visit the campus during prospectives week. This is a real surprise for sure. 

I received an email letting me know that I was on a short waitlist for Michigan Ann Arbor. I believe they tried to call me a day or two ago, but my phone wasn't working. 

A lot has happened since we formed this group, so I thought it deserved a new thread here, one that's representative of where we're at right now, not just where we were at when we were only an idea.    So here's the deal: philosophy is wonderful and choosing a school is exciting, but, as a discipline, philosophy is still working out some issues. A lot of these issues have to do with the treatment of women. Some schools are more supportive spaces for women than others, and it's not always easy for women to figure this out before accepting an offer.    We are currently maintaining a Facebook group page and private message thread for women who have applied to philosophy programs this season and are considering their offers. Membership in the group is 'secret', and the group page, its members, and their posts are invisible to people who are not members. The private message thread, because it happens in the inbox, is similarly confidential. To keep things maximally secure, the private message thread is open only to women who plan to begin a PhD or MA in the fall of 2014. The group page, however, is also open to women who are applying next season (ie, who plan to begin a PhD or an MA in the fall of 2015).    These venues (the group page and message thread) are meant to be safe spaces where we can chat frankly about our decisions processes and share the things that we've heard about other programs. Some of us did our BAs or MAs at schools that others of us are considering; some of us have large social networks and people we can solicit information from on each other's behalves. Sometimes we discuss climate issues more generally, whether to exchange strategies or just to share bad experiences in a place where we can count on the sympathy and support of our audience. There are around thirty of us so far, so many more than the handful I expected, and that's incredible.    I was the only woman in my MA cohort and, although my program was very supportive, I sometimes felt alienated just by virtue of being an outlier (I am also a member of another marginalized group, which has sometimes contributed to those feelings). It has been a transformative experience to suddenly be connected to so many other women who share my ambitions and face the same (and often far greater) challenges. It's been amazing to have a peer group that is actively looking out for each other. I have never felt so much solidarity before, or, for that matter, optimism.   You can get involved by sending me a private message via these forums. I'll give you my FB information and, if you add me, I'll be able to add you to the relevant group(s). If some other member of the group feels comfortable posting her contact information publicly here, then perhaps that might be a way for women not registered on these forums to get in touch with our network.   If you do not have Facebook, but are a woman who is looking for information about a school, you can message me queries or just post them here -- I will gladly pass them on, and hopefully other people will reply. I think on the whole, though, one thing that makes the group feel safe is the fact that all of the participants have identities and histories that are visible to the other participants.    If you are currently in a PhD program and want to make yourself available to women who are currently applying, you can post here and hopefully people will get in touch with you either via private message on thegradcafe or through other contact information (if you include any in your post). Feel free to post if you are a member of another marginalized group, too, or just feel like you might be able to offer some special insight into how things are for anyone at a particular school. If you don't feel comfortable posting, you can message me, and I can privately pass your contact information on to the other members of the group.   My hope is that women will continue to organize in a similar way next season and benefit from the same things that we have so far. My other hope -- one for right now -- is that more women who are currently prospectives get involved in what we're doing! 

A lot has happened since we formed this group, so I thought it deserved a new thread here, one that's representative of where we're at right now, not just where we were at when we were only an idea.    So here's the deal: philosophy is wonderful and choosing a school is exciting, but, as a discipline, philosophy is still working out some issues. A lot of these issues have to do with the treatment of women. Some schools are more supportive spaces for women than others, and it's not always easy for women to figure this out before accepting an offer.    We are currently maintaining a Facebook group page and private message thread for women who have applied to philosophy programs this season and are considering their offers. Membership in the group is 'secret', and the group page, its members, and their posts are invisible to people who are not members. The private message thread, because it happens in the inbox, is similarly confidential. To keep things maximally secure, the private message thread is open only to women who plan to begin a PhD or MA in the fall of 2014. The group page, however, is also open to women who are applying next season (ie, who plan to begin a PhD or an MA in the fall of 2015).    These venues (the group page and message thread) are meant to be safe spaces where we can chat frankly about our decisions processes and share the things that we've heard about other programs. Some of us did our BAs or MAs at schools that others of us are considering; some of us have large social networks and people we can solicit information from on each other's behalves. Sometimes we discuss climate issues more generally, whether to exchange strategies or just to share bad experiences in a place where we can count on the sympathy and support of our audience. There are around thirty of us so far, so many more than the handful I expected, and that's incredible.    I was the only woman in my MA cohort and, although my program was very supportive, I sometimes felt alienated just by virtue of being an outlier (I am also a member of another marginalized group, which has sometimes contributed to those feelings). It has been a transformative experience to suddenly be connected to so many other women who share my ambitions and face the same (and often far greater) challenges. It's been amazing to have a peer group that is actively looking out for each other. I have never felt so much solidarity before, or, for that matter, optimism.   You can get involved by sending me a private message via these forums. I'll give you my FB information and, if you add me, I'll be able to add you to the relevant group(s). If some other member of the group feels comfortable posting her contact information publicly here, then perhaps that might be a way for women not registered on these forums to get in touch with our network.   If you do not have Facebook, but are a woman who is looking for information about a school, you can message me queries or just post them here -- I will gladly pass them on, and hopefully other people will reply. I think on the whole, though, one thing that makes the group feel safe is the fact that all of the participants have identities and histories that are visible to the other participants.    If you are currently in a PhD program and want to make yourself available to women who are currently applying, you can post here and hopefully people will get in touch with you either via private message on thegradcafe or through other contact information (if you include any in your post). Feel free to post if you are a member of another marginalized group, too, or just feel like you might be able to offer some special insight into how things are for anyone at a particular school. If you don't feel comfortable posting, you can message me, and I can privately pass your contact information on to the other members of the group.   My hope is that women will continue to organize in a similar way next season and benefit from the same things that we have so far. My other hope -- one for right now -- is that more women who are currently prospectives get involved in what we're doing! 

A lot has happened since we formed this group, so I thought it deserved a new thread here, one that's representative of where we're at right now, not just where we were at when we were only an idea.    So here's the deal: philosophy is wonderful and choosing a school is exciting, but, as a discipline, philosophy is still working out some issues. A lot of these issues have to do with the treatment of women. Some schools are more supportive spaces for women than others, and it's not always easy for women to figure this out before accepting an offer.    We are currently maintaining a Facebook group page and private message thread for women who have applied to philosophy programs this season and are considering their offers. Membership in the group is 'secret', and the group page, its members, and their posts are invisible to people who are not members. The private message thread, because it happens in the inbox, is similarly confidential. To keep things maximally secure, the private message thread is open only to women who plan to begin a PhD or MA in the fall of 2014. The group page, however, is also open to women who are applying next season (ie, who plan to begin a PhD or an MA in the fall of 2015).    These venues (the group page and message thread) are meant to be safe spaces where we can chat frankly about our decisions processes and share the things that we've heard about other programs. Some of us did our BAs or MAs at schools that others of us are considering; some of us have large social networks and people we can solicit information from on each other's behalves. Sometimes we discuss climate issues more generally, whether to exchange strategies or just to share bad experiences in a place where we can count on the sympathy and support of our audience. There are around thirty of us so far, so many more than the handful I expected, and that's incredible.    I was the only woman in my MA cohort and, although my program was very supportive, I sometimes felt alienated just by virtue of being an outlier (I am also a member of another marginalized group, which has sometimes contributed to those feelings). It has been a transformative experience to suddenly be connected to so many other women who share my ambitions and face the same (and often far greater) challenges. It's been amazing to have a peer group that is actively looking out for each other. I have never felt so much solidarity before, or, for that matter, optimism.   You can get involved by sending me a private message via these forums. I'll give you my FB information and, if you add me, I'll be able to add you to the relevant group(s). If some other member of the group feels comfortable posting her contact information publicly here, then perhaps that might be a way for women not registered on these forums to get in touch with our network.   If you do not have Facebook, but are a woman who is looking for information about a school, you can message me queries or just post them here -- I will gladly pass them on, and hopefully other people will reply. I think on the whole, though, one thing that makes the group feel safe is the fact that all of the participants have identities and histories that are visible to the other participants.    If you are currently in a PhD program and want to make yourself available to women who are currently applying, you can post here and hopefully people will get in touch with you either via private message on thegradcafe or through other contact information (if you include any in your post). Feel free to post if you are a member of another marginalized group, too, or just feel like you might be able to offer some special insight into how things are for anyone at a particular school. If you don't feel comfortable posting, you can message me, and I can privately pass your contact information on to the other members of the group.   My hope is that women will continue to organize in a similar way next season and benefit from the same things that we have so far. My other hope -- one for right now -- is that more women who are currently prospectives get involved in what we're doing!