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  1. I'm in exactly the same spot right now. A professor in the department told me that if one person ahead of me turns down the offer, I'll receive funding. What happens if someone pulls out just after I turn down the unfunded offer? Will I lose my place? Is there a way of making my response contingent upon the possibility of aid?
  2. So Orwin is beginning to occupy Kenneth Green's niche? Or, does Green do much research outside of Jewish thought?
  3. Oh no, you're completely right. Orwin is really an impressive guy. I had heard a rumor that he is retiring. Not true?
  4. Alexisde-Congratulations to you on Michigan State! It sounds like a great program. At this point, I'm leaning towards getting the MA at BC. Apparently I can transfer most of those credits to the PhD program at Claremont if I decide to matriculate there in a couple of years. I got some funding at CGU but not enough to make it an unambiguously good move. I'm still waiting on Notre Dame (long shot), Toronto (not the most desirable), and Tulane which is the only philosophy program that I applied to and, owing to Ronna Burger and Richard Velkley, it's a possibility that I'm really holding out hope for. Where are you getting your MA? Having nearly finished, what are your thoughts about these sorts of MA programs in general? Has it been worthwhile? Thanks and good luck!
  5. Alexisde- I received an email just last Thursday from Claremont notifying me that I had been accepted into the PhD program. I ended up tweaking my list of schools since I started this thread last fall--I ended up not applying to MSU or UNT and, instead, applied to Notre Dame (still haven't heard a word). Do you think you might consider the MA at BC? It really is tempting considering the excellent theory faculty. Paleo- Mary Nichols really is great and, in retrospect, I probably should have shot an application off to Baylor. I've had a few professors who studied under her at Fordham and CUA. All speak very highly of her. I hear great things about Jonathan Culp at Dallas, although Thomas West is not my favorite. Where else did both of you apply? Any luck?
  6. Just received my decision: rejected for PhD, accepted for MA. It'll remain a real possibility.
  7. I also have heard nothing. I called graduate admissions last week and they told me that my application was still under review and that I should expect to hear back by the end of this week. I'm really not counting on getting picked up for the PhD since--as already mentioned--nobody ever seems to get accepted. Do you have a sense of just how difficult it is to get into the MA program?
  8. And at that school would particularly bad candidates get rejected earliest in the process? Thanks.
  9. Everyone makes it sound like acceptance letters are sent out separately from rejections. My problem is that two of my schools--notre dame and boston college--have been sending out a peppering of rejections and acceptances over the past couple of weeks. There seems not to be any rhyme or reason to the process. Why do they drag things out like this? Why these episodic waves of notifications? Are they sending out notices as they go? This is all really distracting. I can't keep twiddling my thumbs forever.
  10. Are there schools with a terminal MA that customarily require applicants to apply separately for a PhD and MA? Seems impractical. Thanks for the response.
  11. That's encouraging. Thanks for the response.
  12. Are most PhD candidates automatically considered for the MA if rejected? I can't seem to get a clear answer either way. Does it just depend upon the particular school?
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