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Yes that makes sense. I would guess it depends on each school's policies on admissions for the same or a similar degree. Maybe it's on a case-by-case basis, but probably for most schools the answer is no. I know for PhD admissions to philosophy most every school will not admit a student for a PhD who already has a PhD in philosophy, and there's no reason to think it's any different for masters degrees.

A friend of mine who has a masters degree in philosophy asked me about this, and I wasn't sure of the answer. He has a masters degree in philosophy from a public university (West Coast). He didn't do so well, and he thinks that if he applies to PhD programs in philosophy, he will almost certainly be shut out. He asked me whether getting a second masters in philosophy with a slightly different specialization would be possible (metaphysics as opposed to philosophy of science). I haven't really heard of such a thing, but I figured I would post to get people's reactions. I would think philosophy graduate programs would not admit a student who already has a masters in philosophy solely to get a second masters degree in philosophy. But then again, if a student has a masters degree in philosophy and applies to a PhD program and gets admitted, s/he will receive a second masters degree along the way anyway. Any thoughts?

Anyone attending CUNY feel free to pm me.

Thank you everybody also for replying to my many, many posts and questions throughout this endeavor. I appreciate the support you have given me.

Accepted at CUNY and will be attending. Full fellowship support.

Is anyone still making up their minds about CUNY?

I emailed UW-Madison and specifically asked for my rank on the wait list, but the only thing the admissions person told me was that they were waiting for some of their initial admitted offers to make their decisions, which they would do by April 15th. That's it. So I take that to mean I am not highly ranked on the wait list. Someone at CUNY told me my admissions chances were "pretty good" and that "it is looking good" and so I hope I will be able to go there next year! I am admitted to Syracuse but wait-listed for funding there.

I heard at the University of Miami that there are two spots left, and two offers still outstanding. So whether or not they go to their wait list depends on whether the last two applicants left to reply accept their offers or not. As far as UW-Madison, don't forget that quite a few people have declined a spot on their waitlist, so if the list was originally around, say, 30 people, it's probably down to ~20 now. I emailed someone on the admissions committee at CUNY over the weeked. He said the wait list hasn't budged yet, but he was "sure" there would be news on Monday. Does that mean I should feel free to email him and ask for another update? Or is it best to just leave him alone for now?

Lots of schools are forced to wait until the 15th, because their initial applicants who were accepted often don't make final decisions until that day. That's what one professor told me. I would not infer anything negative at this point, especially if there are no other posts up indicating that applicants from those schools had been accepted off the wait list yet.

I haven't heard anything from Miami since they responded to my email in late February. I had asked them whether there were any updates, and they said no, most applicants make their decisions the last week before April 15th. They said if anything changed, they would email me. Now, should I email them again asking them if anything has changed on the wait list? It is the last week before the 15th, after all. CUNY got back to me and said unfortunately nothing has changed with their wait list, but they were "sure" there would be news by Monday.

I emailed all of my wait list schools and two of three got back to me. The only one that didn't respond at all is CUNY. I'm guessing I should take that as a bad sign. Some schools are more re tight lipped than others, though. Either way, like your you said we will find out in a few days.

Is this all really going to come down to the last two or three days? (April 13th-15th) I was looking over past years, and it seems that many schools were already taking people off of the wait lists by April 7-8th. But it's already the 9th and not much is posted on the results page. And it seems none of the results are from the big-name schools.

I contacted Wisconsin and the only thing they told me was that I was still on the wait list. I had specifically asked for my chances of admission, but they said nothing. I emailed CUNY and Miami and hopefully they will get back to me soon.

When were you accepted off of the wait list at CUNY?

I emailed my waiting list schools to see what my chances are. Only Wisconsin got back, but the only thing the person said was that I was still on the waiting list. That's it. Is there some policy certain schools have about being deliberately tight lipped about their wait lists? Because in March the other schools had told me I should feel free to check up with them in April and that they would update me accordingly. What should I take from the fact that he didn't tell me anything?