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Yes, I can claim one of them. My interests are metaethics, philosophy of language, and to a lesser extent, epistemology. I have no idea if I'll accept or not. I have a tough choice to make between them, Yale, and USC. I'll have a better idea after I visit at the end of March.

Also, if it's any consolation, I and a few friends also regret not applying to Princeton this year. For some of us, it was a matter of the deadline coming so early and being in school, and for others, it was a matter of underestimating our chances at getting into top 10 schools. So a lot of us are right there with you. That said, there's still a very good chance that we each would have been rejected had we applied to Princeton, so maybe it was one less rejection to deal with. In any case, all of us have top 10 schools to go to, so we can't be too down. (Sorry if that didn't sound sympathetic at the end -- I deeply, deeply regret not applying to Princeton. For various reasons, I think I would've stood a chance. One of them is that I wrote my thesis on a large body of one Princeton profs' work. It would've been a great fit for me, but alas.) No one talks much about transferring, but some profs have done it. I know one who transferred from USC to Princeton and another who transferred from Rutgers to Harvard. It's definitely a live option, and it's certainly easier to do if you're already at a top school

Congrats!!!

If I were you, I would definitely not do that. Columbia is a great school (it's top 10!), and it's fully funded. Most masters programs are not funded, and even if you go to one, there's no guarantee that you'll get into Princeton or NYU. Heck, there's no guarantee that you'd get into Columbia again (it seems impossible to predict admissions). If you really want to go to Princeton, you may be in a position to transfer there after a year at Columbia. If I were you, I'd try that. You may even really fall in love with Columbia!

I know someone who was just accepted to Stanford. She got a call from her POI.

I declined today if that's any consolation.

Coincidentally, I just got into UCLA... will be declining soon. I'm fairly certain that means the offer will be going to someone else this week.

Just received this from UCLA: "Thank you for your inquiry. Your application is still under consideration. The department has made a number of offers of admission so far, but it may make some more. At this point, while it is not likely that you will be offered admission, it is still possible."

Declined Brown wait list.

It was supposed to be a Wait List at Brown

I'll claim the total fail -- though I hear the program is quite competitive (Clearly, I have not had enough coffee yet.)

Also claiming an acceptance from USC! Extremely excited.

You have to go to you.usc.edu --> Decision Status. If you were rejected, you'll be able to click on a PDF with a rejection later. If you weren't, you'll see no mail and "One or more of your applications is still under review and a decision has not yet been posted."

Same -- I only got that message temporarily. I think it had to do with not being in the browser for a few minutes and then refreshing the page, or something like that. It's gone now. I now see: "One or more of your applications is still under review and a decision has not yet been posted."

Congrats!! Can I ask when you got the call? Trying to determine if I should assume rejection at this point.