FoxAndChicken

I had to write a portal fantasy for a random elective I'm taking, and so I wrote it about logic stuffs, because that's my field. The protagonist is something of a walking contradiction and is not paying attention in a logic class and gets into an elevator, where she presses the A button for alley, but wonders if they know it's upside down. So, this elevator opens to the alley and she realizes she's in a place where first order logic is the literal basis for all of the laws of physics and stuff. Being a walking contradiction, she can derive anything, and that gives her a lot of power but also make the universe start to fall apart because it isn't consistent. I was feeling a bit dark when I wrote it though and toyed with the idea of her deriving herself out of existence. (It ended up having a funny and happy ending instead. )

Hi! I'm a logic major, and one of my big interests is philosophy of math. I keep going back and forth as to whether the admissions people will receive my application well. I have letters of recommendations from people they probably know, but I have a lower GPA because the math department really did a number on my GPA before I was used to college mathematics. (I went to a very literature/history/classical education heavy high school, and they weren't big on math or science.) I'm taking an independent study on math logic right now, and I'm supposed to find out everything I can about hyperoperations. They're SO COOL. Did you apply to Berkeley LMS?

Princeton's app was due way earlier this year. Sadly, not me. I'm surprised it's Saturday though.

Yeah, it's also weird because different disciplines are on totally different schedules. I haven't heard anything yet, but my friends in math have all been notified... It's hard, because they keep tiptoeing around the subject like "If you haven't heard, you may have been shut out..." But like, they actually haven't notified anyone yet. T_T

Omg look at the Philosophy Chicago ones from today. So much salt.

Mine is because I'm a logic major, and our school has a late night taxi service that takes you home from the library when you're studying pretty late. Every time I've taken it, I've had almost the exact same conversation. "So, what do you study?" "Logic! It's really fun stuff!" "So, have you heard the one about the chicken, the fox, and the bag of grain?" "Uh, yeah." And I'm usually too tired to explain that that's not what I do. (I think that question falls under graph theory, actually.) But it's funny to me, because I get this question so much, and it's always a different person. I think it's kind of like when math majors tell people they do math and someone asks them what 26*32 is.

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Hi! Are you applying to philosophy? I don't think that's a huge issue in this discipline. Regardless, one of the professors I spoke to recently said that when she applied to graduate school she was rejected from everywhere, took two years at a local community college to learn a couple languages, and then reapplied and got accepted everywhere! She was a history professor, though. Graduate applications can be super random.

I have this, but not with public speaking. (I do a lot of that, so it's not scary to me.) I was dating a guy for a while who had a grandmother who was very proper, and before I went to meet her both his sister and his mom were like wishing me good luck and stuff. It made me super nervous and I broke out in hives (on my face, no less). Turns out she was incredibly sweet. They had me scared for no reason.

Sounds like a fashion opportunity!

I wonder if men get asked this a lot, too.

This is exactly my experience. Like, my mom didn't complete high school, but is convinced that "those who can't do teach" applies to going into academia.

Omg. So many comments from my mom about my "Professional student plan" because getting a Ph.D. is SO like my cousin taking 5 years to get an associates degree. Also, when I first told her that I was applying for Ph.D. programs she told me that's what I think I want, but I have changed my mind before. One of my friends said it's a bit like her experience with coming out as gay. You do what you're going to do, and at some point they are the ones who look ridiculous for saying it's just a phase.

I kind of enjoy being around condescending people. I put myself in a lot of hostile environments, because it often pushes me to do better. I hang around a bunch of undergraduate math majors who think my field is a hand-wavey version of what they do. It's good because it keeps me from getting complacent, and it makes me think about why what I do is useful. Which are good skills to have if you ever want to interview for anything. Also, I take a lot of the things they say like "IS THAT A CHALLENGE?" But also, there are different kinds of hostile environments, and some of them I definitely wouldn't want to be in.

Two of the programs I applied to have posted some acceptances. Eep. Doesn't look good for me, sadly. I haven't heard anything official yet, but these two were probably best fit programs for me.

I have no idea actually. I was in a class she taught last semester and I talked about how stressful the process was to her so much, and then I learned this was her thing. O.o she didn't write a letter or anything. It's a bit better because I'm not a philosophy major, but also one of my profs said it's not impossible for me to get in here, but standards will be higher for me than if I were coming from another school.

I think this class has a no cell phone policy but like also I need to check my email. On the other hand, the prof is *the chair of the admissions committee to a program I applied, so I know those results won't be going out now at least.

I haven't heard of it. But I listen to rap in French, Spanish, African(?), Swedish, and Korean. Rap in other languages sounds super awesome.

When I'm intoxicated I buy office supplies. I ain't even mad. I love my Pilot G-2 pens.

Does that mean there's still hope for us maybe?

Or the CMU's?

Going through that with CMU. Amazing program, but all of the ones I applied were reaches. . . So this isn't unexpected that I haven't heard anything yet, but I don't have much hope either.

Eep. Acceptance posted to one of the schools I applied to. I haven't heard anything though, so probably not getting in there. :/

All of that sounds terrifying! D:

Think of it as a chance to nerd out with someone who knows about all the things you want to know about!