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Based on what I've heard I don't think they get any funding. But the safe bet is to just ask the department via email or phone.

Yea that's a good idea. I'm still considering living alone myself but I haven't actually done any budget calculations yet to see what that'd be like. I like to spend a lot on food.

Same. If any of y'all want to rent a place together I'd be down. (Same goes to any FSU lurkers).

A rejection on april 13: Sure, they rejected me, but at least they made me wait about as long as they could. 0a/1w/5r (8 total)

@R614 @MentalEngineer @metaphysician I'll also be attending FSU! So what housing plans do you all have?

One thing I noticed is a lot of MA programs (e.g. VTech) offer lots of graduate level survey courses, whereas others offer mostly seminars on particular topics (e.g. FSU). I'm wondering which type of class will put me in a better position to make a good writing sample? I've never taken a graduate seminar before. Survey courses are nice in that they get you thinking about a lot of things and give you good background knowledge, but I'm afraid they don't go in depth enough on any topic to be able to write a novel paper on that topic.

I think it would be appropriate if only because English undergraduate degrees in philosophy teach you more then American ones since they are more focused. My main concern with the Bphil is the lack of funding and the fact that you probably won't be able to continue to the dphil afterwords.

I noticed that the 2016 acceptance thread has just as many views and twice as many posts as the 2015 acceptance thread. Are more people going on grad cafe these days or are we just particularly talkative this year?

I'd be interested in hearing your general impressions

A rejection from UW-Madison I found amusing: Solicited rejection. They didn't even review my application, because my SOP did not upload correctly. No email, no phone call, nothing. I guess I'll consider it a $100.00 donation to a failing university. The real question is whether I can write it off in my taxes...

I'm deciding between the MA programs of FSU, UF, VTech, and NIU. I have funding at two of these and am wait-listed for the other two. If I get funding at all of them, though, I'm not sure which I'd accept. FSU seems to be a tier above the others in terms of faculty, but it has the downsides of being primarily a PhD program. However, I'm told that the PhD and MA tracks are exactly the same for the MA portion of the program (i.e. the first two years) so I'm not sure whether this should even be a concern of mine. The Florida MAs have the best funding, and I'd also like living in Florida. However, VTech and NIU have a proven placement record and I'll be with a cohort of students applying to PhD programs. Another concern is that lots of FSU MA students transition into the PhD program, and I'm afraid my professors will be offended if instead of doing that I try to apply out of the program.

I feel you--that's why I didn't apply to MAs that don't fully fund a sizable group of incoming students. If poor ass public schools can fund their graduate students, Tufts and Brandeis sure as hell can.

At my university grad housing was basically a first come first server basis, so it would be important to get your housing application in soon. Of course you can call housing directly and they should be able to answer this question for you. I think it would be unethical to go to the open houses of schools you know you aren't attending if they are funding your visit. If it's a self-funded visit than I think its much less objectionable, though it will probably lead to some awkward situations. Declining offers sooner than later also helps everyone in the application process. Try to refund your airline tickets. You can usually at least get credit for future flights.

Yea I got the standard rejection email 3 hours ago

I also haven't received an email, though I'm suspecting its gonna be a USC 2.0.