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Eigen, your first two posts on this page received the downvotes they did because you evidently missed the reason people were reacting negatively to Nikolay's posts. I suggest that you take the time to read through his posts on this thread, starting from page 19. Nikolay claims to have gotten into UNC's top-ranked program, despite not having heard anything from their department; claims to have refuted intelligent design in his six-paragraph blog post; makes fun of other people's news of acceptances; and encourages another applicant to personally write to a professor at UChicago to inquire about the status of their UC Davis application. All of these things point to a pretty clear intent of provoking reactions and derailing the conversation: this is why most people on this forum are downvoting, rather than directly responding to, his posts. No one here is downvoting him because he is from a "non-US cultural background." Your last two posts received the downvotes they did because, frankly, they are infantile. I agree that there's some irony in the fact that your post about down-voting received plenty of downvotes itself, but this is nowhere as hilariously ironic as the fact that you are lecturing us on "being mature" all the while engaging in what's probably most passive-aggressive display of shit-throwing I have ever seen on this forum.

No problem: I would be happy to answer. I am a fourth year undergraduate at an American liberal arts college. My main interests are in mind, language, and epistemology, but I have side interests in the history of philosophy (My writing sample was on Leo Strauss's reading of Maimonides).

Hi, I have just (4:30 EST) received an offer of admission and funding from JHU via email. No news on the visit yet.

Congratulations to everyone accepted to Pitt! See you all on March 18.

This is my first application season and I am pretty new to this site, so I apologize if I have been violating forum etiquette; I didn't mean to come off as arrogant or presumptuous.

Hi, I have declined both my Northwestern and my UBC offers. I have not asked whether UBC keeps a waitlist, but I hope this helps someone.

On the contrary, it seems to me that such a group is more needed in philosophy than in any other discipline. A small addition, if I may: those who identify as members of underrepresented groups (women included) should check out the UPDirectory, if they haven't already done so. http://www.theupdirectory.com/ Many of the philosophers in the directory have volunteered their contact information, and so presumably won't mind sharing information regarding the overall climate in the institutions with which they are affiliated. I imagine this will be a good resource for those trying to decide between schools.

Hi there, It's very considerate of you to make this thread. For those of you so far waitlisted: I applied to quite a few Ph.D. Programs (8), and therefore it is overwhelmingly likely that I will end up having to decline several offers. I expect this will help out at least some people, though I am afraid I will probably have to wait until April to make my final decisions. Don't lose hope, and best of luck to everyone!