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So you've been on those wait lists since 2013? That's a lot of waiting.

Good point. They might do things very differently this year. They might actually reject people before April 19th!

UConn seems to have a *very* long wait list. They seem to wait until *much* closer to the deadline to reject any large amount of applicants. I don't know of another top department that does something similar. If, for example, you look at the UConn applications results posted for 2013 on the results page, you'll notice there are a ton of rejections posted on April 19th: http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=philosophy+connecticut&t=a&o=. In2014, when I was wait listed, there were offers given out as early as Jan 23, maybe even earlier. Then I was kept on the wait list all the way through until April 15th -- I took myself off the wait list April 16th: http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=philosophy+storrs&t=a&o=&pp=25

I know someone in the UConn PhD program right now, who applied there at the last minute (day of the deadline) and was accepted well under two weeks later. Also, I've been on UConn's wait list before (last year), and I know that they do their admissions -- or at least have done so in the past -- in a pretty unique way. Anyway, I hope you get an offer! Are they one of your top picks?

Facetious guesses are not allowed

Sounds right. Looks like UNC is usually very early as well, judging from past years' results. I was under the impression that Cornell and Berkeley don't give out their offers until mid-Feb. But I could just be wrong.

Anyone have any guesses, estimates, predictions, or soothsaying knowledge-claims as to which school will be the first to send out some results?

Thanks. They're both in a fairly long footnote, so hopefully I'll be okay. But I'm sure I will go 0/12 anyway

Then I'd have to give up twice!

Well I think we can all agree that there isn't deductive entailment such that (Less philosophy applicants active TGC) --> (Less philosophy applicants in general). But it seems like the antecedent at least helps provide a good reason, especially if there is other empirical evidence, for thinking that the consequent might be true. Having said that, I took a look at TGC forums for philosophy applicants in the 2014, 2013, & 2012 seasons, and it looks like last year's cohort was especially active for some reason. Ultimately, the only way to get reliable empirical evidence would be to get the applicant numbers from the DGS or someone like that, for the Fall 2015 season at the top 50 PGR departments (or at least like 15+ of them).

Has anyone else noticed that Brown's placement record is pretty abysmal? They have a bad record for a top-50 program, let alone for a top-20. Is this a good reason to not apply to their PhD program? I'm genuinely interested in opinions, since I was planning on applying to Brown this year. Placement record here: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Philosophy/grads-placement.php

Thanks very much for posting this! I ended up watching the whole thing. Really informative.

Interesting. By "the significance of symbolism" I assume you mean the much heavier use of symbolism in the period you mentioned, namely, the past ~250 years? I ask because (a) symbolism in logic has been in use for much longer than 250 years, and (b ) the symbols themselves aren't really important -- what's important is what the symbols stand for.

Thanks, you too! My AOI is Ancient. What topics in philosophy of logic are you working on and/or interested in?

Hi all. Reporting in for 3-4 months of abominably stressful waiting.