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1 hour ago, Nat_Foot said:
Uninformative update from McGill: Offers of admission start going out in mid to late March. Graduate students are selected for admission by the graduate committee based off of the strength of their application file.
(The second sentence was presumably in response to my question as to whether they admit internationals.)
Hey Nat, thanks so much for checking!
Ugh, the waiting is killing me..
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3 hours ago, MVSCZAR said:
Gonna claim DePaul and Duquesne. It's gonna be a big week, everyone, so good luck!
So happy for you! Congrats!
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5 minutes ago, MVSCZAR said:
It's coming through snail mail:
I saw that DePaul sent someone a rejection in the mail.. so yes. Yes it is.. (presumably)
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Best thing about living in a very different time zone to all the schools I applied to? I sleep through the day there so I have hope of something when I wake up.
Getting pretty sick of waiting though. Nothing again... -
47 minutes ago, Cecinestpasunphilosophe said:
I often feel this way when writing term papers.
It's pretty much my MA thesis.
"Kant mentions anthropology once here. Let's see what we get if his whole project was anthropology." -
Matt Giles.
M GilesMc Gil--es
McGill will release their offers soon.
See, through simple bullshit, I've arrived at just what I wanted to hear.
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At this point, I guess I'm assuming a rejection from villanova
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Sorry for the double post, but I thought I'd share my prediction for McGill
In 2010 it was the 19th Feb (last Friday of Feb)
In 2011 there are no reported admits
In 2012 16-18 Feb (end of the second week of Feb)
In 2013 it was the 22nd Feb (last Friday of Feb)
In 2014 no reported admits
In 2015 it was the 25th Feb (last Wednesday of Feb)
Based on the fact that the last few years the admits have always been released in February (and in the last two years I have data for, in the last week of the month), then I predict that if we don't hear today, then probably middle of next week.
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Hmm.. Is it possible Villanova has more interviews to send out? There are only 3 reported, and I know there are so many of us here waiting.
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Kant's An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment?
To me, this is the text that encapsulates everything that the Enlightenment stood for, and has so little of what was bad about it.
It has everything in it, and I'm pretty much writing my (MA) thesis about it. -
I have a huge feeling that McGill will release offers while I'm asleep (Friday North American time).
My reasons:
1. That ping on my academia profile (yeah, it's circumstantial and likely nothing, but I have nothing so far, so I'm going to take this as a portent)
2. the weird periodic inability to log onto the application page
3. I wish really hard that this will happen
4. I don't care, it's just like, whatever.. I haven't got any emotional or other stake in this whatsoever. Not at all. Not me, sir or madam or person, not at all. -
Honestly, I mostly mentioned it because it was from the precise area McGill is located in, and also, because I have so little hope that any sign, however faint, seems like a pyre burning atop a mountain.
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2 minutes ago, AgentScully said:
I've been getting hits from Toronto and New York - dying to know what it means.
16 minutes ago, oldhatnewtricks said:Just got a random academia.edu hit myself from Greensboro, NC -- not too far out of Chapel Hill... ? What could it mean?!?! Maybe it bodes well for each of us? Good luck!
45 minutes ago, MVSCZAR said:ohgodohgod. EEEEEEEEEE. Fingers crossed.
My fingers are crossed so hard for everyone here.
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Omg.. Someone from the same suburb as McGill checked out my Academia.edu profile. Hoping so hard that they send me something, they're a near perfect school for me. PLEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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59 minutes ago, brekekexkoax said:
oh yeah what's up with McGill??
1 hour ago, philosophe said:try it from a different browser? maybe chrome instead of safari, etc?
Not sure why it wouldn't let me log in at home (I was using Chrome on Mac), at work (IE [I KNOW, RIGHT?!] on Windows) and it works fine, no news as yet
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26 minutes ago, Nat_Foot said:
Update on Oregon (from DGS): "We have indeed notified individuals who were accepted to our PhD program and who are on our wait list. You will be notified about the status of your application shortly."
Georgetown: ~2 weeksToronto HPS: early March to mid-March; will be taking internationalsMcGill & Penn: No answer via phone; emailed.U Conn: Secretary didn't have any info; emailed DGS.Sorry, I know this is probably not very helpful. I'll get back to you with what I hear back over email.Thanks Nat!
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Can anyone applying to McGill get into their application online? I tried logging in and it told me "ACCESS DENIED"
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16 minutes ago, MickeyRay said:
I think you may be referring to me. Just for clarification: sounds like Villanova is finalizing this week, and by the end of the week we should see invitations for interviews that will be conducted by early next week. Not sure when offers will go out, but probably by the end of next week or something. Good luck!
Yes, probably. Thanks for clarifying!
I'm just dying for any news at this point.. everything I've heard so far from the places I've applied was disheartening. -
Someone mentioned Villanova is going to release their offers at the end of this week. Any idea if this means Friday or.. maybe THURSDAY?!?
Please, let it be Thursday, because that means I might wake up to an email, and then life would be good again. -
Just now, MVSCZAR said:
Oh god. I don't even know if I said words and I may have insulted the entire Catholic Church. Oh god.
The Catholic Church is a pretty easy target.. don't worry.
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32 minutes ago, lisamadura said:
Penn State is mine.
Well done! You're killing it this season!
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8 minutes ago, Nat_Foot said:
U Toronto (Philosophy): General admissions have not been released yet, and they will not be released until the end of February. I asked if any had been released, and she said a few, possibly, if there were special circumstances but none for general admissions yet. Also asked about international: they always have a quota of how many visa students they accept (and there's a limited number of those they can accept, of course). So you can assume there will be a few international students accepted.
Sorry, but I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow to contact the Toronto History & Phil of Science program or any other schools. I'm a bit busier today than expected..
If there are any other requests, let me know and I'll get to them tomorrow. Alternatively, if someone wants to fill in for me for the rest of the day and post the results, that'd be welcome too.
Thanks, Nat!
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6 minutes ago, MVSCZAR said:
Yes! It's happening in 4 minutes
Good luck!
You'll do great. Remember they wouldn't want to Skype if they didn't already think you were awesome
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1 hour ago, blacklake said:
In case anyone is wondering about DePaul: first wave of interviews are going on this week, but they will most likely do another wave after this one (with people who haven't been contacted at all yet). My prof also told me that someone at a school I applied to actually called them to ask about me. I had no idea they do that!
OH!!!!
This give me hope.
I also now realize my life is like Kafka's Trial.. I'm here waiting for the results of my plea, from a jury that I can't ever see, with laws that I'm not allowed to know.. And I get slight hope, only to have it yanked away in a week (probably)....,
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Will tonight be my night? Will I finally get an offer?
I no longer care (in a sense).. I've worked out my plan B - it might be better in the end.