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Decisions..hmm... is it rude to ask the attrition rate of students in the program? Or is there a euphemism/polite way of phrasing this inquiry? PM if you need details.

Is Stanford accepting/waitlisting any more students?

UT Austin Philosophy PhD program or University of Chicago MAPH to re-apply to a top 10 Philosophy PhD program?? Does the latter give a significant advantage?

Siegfried, thanks for your thoughtful comments! I'm trying to keep an open mind at this point. I know the philosophy job market is extremely competitive. I need to do more research on legal academia. I'm not sure which side I want to pursue, but I'd like a "scholarly" career. I will be doing visits to DC and California soon, so I think the trips will help me decide. I am concerned about living in DC...I'm not sure I could handle the snow!

Yes, I applied to the PhD program, and I'm hoping I'll get in....if I don't, I'm thinking I can't turn down the law school offer. Keeping my fingers crossed I'll get in, but I've presumably been rejected from the philosophy PhD programs at Yale and Harvard. I'm not too sure how competitive my app to Stanford is.

Thanks, Nat. I still haven't heard back.

Whoops! Don't mean to add to the confusion!

I feel the same way about all these spam phone calls I keep getting (aside from the fact that they're definitely not geared toward political revolution)!! Taking it one email/phone call at a time.

Yeah I figured. I haven't heard back from them either. Thanks for confirming. Hmm....

Siegfried, I think @philosophe posted that an "inside" source had info about when the ad comm will meet.

Still nothing from UCLA?

Rejected from Harvard! Oh well, I might have frozen to death up there! On the bright side, I got into Stanford law! Keeping my fingers crossed about the philosophy side.

I agree with that. I'd surely find other ways!