FoxAndChicken
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7 hours ago, brando84back said:
Hey all! I guess I'll introduce myself.
1. I have a 3.63 GPA with (3.77 in B.S. Mathematics). I am going to graduate with a B.S. Mathematics and a Philosophy minor. I have enough credits to be a bachelor in Philosophy. I wrote my Philosophy thesis on J.G. Fichte and my Math thesis on Dirichlet's Problem.
2. My areas of Interest are: German Idealism (J.G. Fichte), 19th Century Philosophy, Existentialism, Berkeley's infinitesimals, Philosophy of Math, Category Theory, Complex Analysis, and PDE. Recently, I have been reading Heidegger. Wittgenstein isn't very appealing yet to me. I really like extrapolating the mathematical frameworks of philosophers and putting them to the test mathematically.
3. I am applying to 6 schools in Philosophy and this is my first ever application cycle. So yes, I am a bit nervous. I know my AOIs may be out of the mainstream, but I think this makes me stand out as an applicant.
Good luck to all!
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?
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Princeton's app was due way earlier this year. Sadly, not me. I'm surprised it's Saturday though.
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1 minute ago, polarimetric said:
Hmm, let's see... 8am, 9am, 10am, 10:30am, 10:45am...
Seriously, it's bad, but these decisions can really come at any time! I was getting ready for bed the other night at 11:30pm, wasn't even bothering to check my phone because I figured it was way too late to hear anything (I'm in EST and so are almost all of my schools). Looked at it one last time, had an email notification: acceptance from Pittsburgh. There really is no rhyme or reason to it. I think I'll calm down at the end of next week, though--I'm bracing for a waterfall of decisions on the 17th and 18th based on previous year's results. I could feasibly hear from seven schools in one day.
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
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41 minutes ago, DC1020 said:
People really hate the MAPH program, huh?
Omg look at the Philosophy Chicago ones from today. So much salt.
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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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7 minutes ago, Archaic_Smile said:
Hey all, I have an MA in Classical Archaeology but have only been waitlisted and rejected by schools up to this point. Waiting on 3 more schools, but you know, starting to think about Plan B. Part of me wonders if my languages weren't strong enough in my application. I only took one greek class last year in favor of more archaeology and history classes. I'm wondering if I should get a post bacc or half of a post bacc. Does that sound like a bad plan? Or a ludicrously expensive one?
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.
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1 hour ago, sjoh197 said:
Thank you everyone for the nice words about the cards. I had never really thought about making them for other people. I have an entire smashbook of crap like that that I've been saving from our entire relationship. Movie tickets, event tickets, bottle caps, postcards, pictures, etc. I like the crafty stuff.
@gingin6789 That really sucks. When I get really really really stressed... as in "in front of everyone doing a presentation" or an interview or something big like that, I literally break out in hives on my chest. I even had a professor come ask me after a presentation if I was alright and if I was having an allergic reaction/ needed to go to the doctor. Lol.
I guess you could say I'm allergic to public speaking.
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.
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40 minutes ago, sjoh197 said:
It's a burlap canvas. My mother made a burlap wreath once and had a bunch of leftovers... so now I have like a whole yards worth of burlap with nothing to do with it lol.
Sounds like a fashion opportunity!
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Just now, bugabooo said:
Another issue is that when I tell people I'll be going to grad school soon, I get something akin to "so you and your long term boyfriend are breaking up?" Um, no? Why would grad school = end of relationship? Why is that their first comment so often? And anyway, why would that be any of anyone's business?? (And don't even get me started on people saying I'll be in debt forever.)
I wonder if men get asked this a lot, too.
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Just now, nevermind said:
Same here. I'm the first person in my family to go to college...and then grad school....and then grad school again...and most of my family members don't really understand what I'm doing. Everybody says to me how much I "love school" (which is true), but they say it with an incredibly pejorative tone, like I can't be successful doing anything else. It's also, "oh so what are you going back to school for NOW?" like I'm just on this academic treadmill, racking up degrees with no life goal or plan.
I don't really expect people who aren't excited by the prospect of academia to get it. I just ask that people don't disparage me from doing what I enjoy.
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.
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2 minutes ago, Neist said:
I've gotten a bit off comments from family members that I'm going to be in school forever and there's no point to my education. I've also gotten comments akin to what you've described. I've largely tried to ignore them. None of my family has college experience so it's difficult for them to see the value in what I'm trying to do.
My wife is on my side, and ultimately that's all I really need.
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.
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14 minutes ago, Neist said:
If hostile environments were my only options I'd probably reconsider going to graduate school.
I can only speak for myself, but I'm going to graduate school because I want to learn, and I want to wherever I go to be the ideal place to learn. To me, an ideal place to learn is not one where I'm constantly worrying about the volatility of those around me. I'd much rather go to a low ranked school where I'm skillfully mentored than a place where I'm always on edge.
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.
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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.
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56 minutes ago, MVSCZAR said:
How does that work? Or like, if a rec letter writer is on the admissions committee? What happens? Is it awkward?
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.
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6 minutes ago, psm1580b said:
*phone in lap*
*email open*so whats up people?
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.
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7 minutes ago, Pink Fuzzy Bunny said:
Rap... opera?
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.
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25 minutes ago, designer peirce said:
One of those is mine. I got an email at around 10:00am yesterday (Monday), but it contained limited information, as the official letter is apparently on its way. I'm arranging to talk to my contact about the program on Friday, but all I know from the wording so far is that some sort of stipend might be involved. (Super stoked....)
Does that mean there's still hope for us maybe?
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5 minutes ago, brekekexkoax said:
does somebody want to claim the boston college acceptance, which was received via mail??
Or the CMU's?
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2 hours ago, RCtheSS said:
That feel when you see the first decision of this app cycle from one of your programs posted on results search.
"What's this, they were alerted via email? Time to refresh my inbox...and refresh...and refresh..."
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.
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Eep. Acceptance posted to one of the schools I applied to. I haven't heard anything though, so probably not getting in there. :/
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Just now, hippyscientist said:
So there's this huge storm going on outside. I have no internet (other than cell phone) and no power. I was planning on reading my kindle but it needs charging and there's no light to do any work by.
Now I'm worried about emails not coming through!
I also noticed last night that there's definitely a rat or something living in my walls because it scurries around nocturnally and I'm scared it's going to nibble through into my room.
Leaky ceilings sound bad though! Duct tape?? That fixes everything!
All of that sounds terrifying! D:
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3 minutes ago, Pink Fuzzy Bunny said:
Guys.... I'm totally having the opposite problem than what I thought I'd have. Professors contacting me from schools I've been accepted to wanting to chat with me on Skype. Like nooooo! WHY? THE SOCIAL ANXIETY!!!!
Think of it as a chance to nerd out with someone who knows about all the things you want to know about!
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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.
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