mithrandir8

Completely fair, thanks for all your help this applications season!

As the generous keeper of these statistics, do you have any sense for when different programs tend to release their rejections? This seems like a particularly pertinent problem with respect to programs that have a reportedly "hidden" waitlist. It's one thing to have the frustration of knowing that you've been rejected while the program hasn't gotten around to telling you yet and another to just not have any idea whether you're still under consideration a significant amount of time after acceptances have been released.

This but for me thinking the post is fake

Can anyone claim the Michigan acceptance?

Waitlisted at UC Berkeley just now—Very happy! Email says that "in the past we have very often been able to make offers to applicants on our wait list, so there is a good chance you will be offered admission."

Can anyone claim the Berkeley acceptance?

Unless I'm missing something, if the amount of money is constant, wouldn't you want a 9 month stipend instead of a 12 month stipend?

Submitted all 10 of mine. Hoping to catch up on some hobbies and assume I'm not getting in until I start hearing news.

Either this is you, or someone else has the same problem: https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2018/12/university-of-southern-california-has-the-worst-on-line-system-in-the-anglophone-world.html For what it's worth, I didn't have trouble with the system, but I also used Interfolio, so the professors didn't interact with it.

I really like the idea of this thread, I've been struggling with my writing sample choice for a while. My AOIs are in philosophy of language, metaethics, and philosophy of law. I wrote a 50 page fellowship paper in the intersection of those areas (concerning the semantics of moral terms in legal texts) that is more representative of work I might do in grad school. However, I wasn't able to get much substantive feedback on it, and my recommenders have emphasized using a paper that has received feedback so that I can have a better chance of really improving it. That, plus the length and difficulty of shortening the paper and the difficulty of making a shorter version that would be accessible without some background in law, has made me start working on improving a philosophy of language class final paper. That paper was well received and involves a new angle on the classic debates about the semantics of names. I'm just a little worried that people will ask why I didn't submit something more at the core of my interests.

Just got word that GREs will be good for five years this upcoming cycle!

I emailed the person and it turns out that, on a year-to-year basis, they sometimes accept GREs that are up to 5 years old, but that that is a decision for the admissions director, who has yet to be determined for the coming cycle. I'll let you folks know if I hear anything more.

Feel free to message me, I did something like this 3 years ago and just graduated from law school and am applying again

Apologies for the narrow post topic, but I was just looking at Pittsburgh's application page (https://www.philosophy.pitt.edu/graduate/apply), and it says that GRE scores "should be no more than two years old." My past impression, and the policy I've seen everywhere else and on the GRE website, is that the scores are good for five years. Does anyone know anything about this? I would really rather not choose between not applying there or taking the GRE again.

Applying in 2019 after getting my JD this year. Main AOIs in Philosophy of Language, Metaethics, and Philosophy of Law. This will be my second time applying (applied at the same time I applied to law school).

Will do! I will be going to U Chicago.

Unfortunately not an option at my school, although it was one of the things I looked into.

Hey folks, first-time poster, but long-time lurker. I was shut out this application season (2 acceptances without funding, 2 unsuccessful waitlists, a whole wreck of rejections) and will be pursuing a law degree this fall. I got into a very good law school and I am excited about my studies there, but I really want to get back into philosophy after law school, a route which would also open up the possibility of going into legal academia. Does anyone have any tips for keeping fresh in philosophy/improving my skills and my application in the interim? Suffice it to say I was really hoping to grad school, but I'm trying to keep a level head about the situation. The good news: I will have a very marketable degree in an engaging field that I can use as a safety net if apps fail or family situation arises and committees might look favorably on my law education. Thanks to some generous help from the school, I won't have a bunch of debt hanging over my head. The bad news: I'll be older, more distanced from my recommenders, and won't have done a lot of serious philosophy in some time. Will I need to apply for masters programs on the other end to remedy some of these downsides? There's always the possibility that I won't make it back (3-5 years seems like a long time), but I do want to keep the option open. I've really loved philosophy, and I still think being a philosophy professor would be the perfect job for fulfilling my intellectual passions. I thought I was a pretty competitive candidate this time around (3.9+ philosophy and overall gpa from a leiter-ranked school, very good GREs, and honors in philosophy with a thesis which was my writing sample), but I'd really like to make sure I have a better chance in the future. Any tips would be greatly appreciated.