doxazein918

In at BU off the waitlist. Time to sleep for a million years and maybe not have nightmares for once. 

Stanford!!!! Off the WL

I accepted Indiana.  I believe 4 of the 5 spots are now full.  Good luck, everyone.

Just in time for decision day: the APDA project releases data on how over 100 departments have done placing their students in jobs (including types of jobs and AOSs): http://dailynous.com/2016/04/15/philosophy-placement-data-and-analysis-an-update/

Accepting Stanford's offer now. I can't believe this entire process is over. It's been one hell of a ride.

Ann Arbor just offered me a spot off their waitlist, which I have declined. So if you're still on their list - they may be getting in touch with you soon!

Declining Cornell and will decline Stanford tomorrow once the system is set up for me.  I cried a little…super hard decision for me.  But I'm excited to be at Columbia!

Declining Cornell and will decline Stanford tomorrow once the system is set up for me.  I cried a little…super hard decision for me.  But I'm excited to be at Columbia!

Declining Cornell and will decline Stanford tomorrow once the system is set up for me.  I cried a little…super hard decision for me.  But I'm excited to be at Columbia!

Declining Cornell and will decline Stanford tomorrow once the system is set up for me.  I cried a little…super hard decision for me.  But I'm excited to be at Columbia!

No, unfortunately…they make you set up an ID system and it takes about 24 hours.  My fault for not setting it up earlier.

Declining Cornell and will decline Stanford tomorrow once the system is set up for me.  I cried a little…super hard decision for me.  But I'm excited to be at Columbia!

Declining Cornell and will decline Stanford tomorrow once the system is set up for me.  I cried a little…super hard decision for me.  But I'm excited to be at Columbia!

I wish I thought I would go somewhere. I really feel torn between Chicago, Princeton, and Stanford at this point. And I have no idea how I'll manage to make up my mind by Friday.

Just got admitted to UPenn!!!!!!!!

Local weather

Hi folks.  I know it's really frustrating, but please understand that part of the problem here is with programs' visiting days and not with the individual students with offers.  I have several offers, and I do not feel I can make a decision until after visiting the schools, and schools strongly encourage visiting on the official days.  But many programs have intentionally scheduled their visiting days pretty close to the deadline.  

Calling all Columbia offer holders and wait listers. (@Kel Varnsen, @SamStone, @doxazein918, ...)
I thought it would be useful to have a thread to hang out, compare AOIs and chat ahead of the Open House on April 7-8. 
One particular thing I'm interested in (as a wait lister) is gauging where the offer holders' heads are at re their Columbia offers. Sharing this would be purely a supererogatory act for you offer holders, but would certainly help with our decision calculus. Since the Columbia event is so late, that would offer some valuable psychological comfort.  
To start things off: I'm into philosophy of science and epistemology, particularly social aspects of science. As such, my interest in Columbia is basically focused on Philip Kitcher as a potential adviser. I've heard he's great to work with, and he's a giant in my area. 
I have a great offer + funding from a department that is probably better holistically (given my interests), but without a star supervisor (or, to be honest, with a slightly less star supervisor who is not 100% in my area). So that's my (hypothetical) dilemma. 
 

Stanford does have a really great program, and I'd say it's got a lot of advantages over Columbia especially on the ancient side of things.  One thing that really attracts me to Columbia is that Katja Vogt's work is very similar to the kind of stuff I want to do; I had the chance to meet her when she was at Princeton last semester and I really got a great impression from her about her work and the department in general.  On the history of philosophy side of things, I think Columbia is probably at least as strong, and I've gotten a very good impression from Christia Mercer on that front as well.  One of my biggest reasons for preferring Columbia is entirely non-academic, though:  my SO lives about an hour from New York and I've really been hoping I could be in the city for the next few years.  So with such a clear advantage in location, I feel that the departments are similar enough in strength for me still to favor Columbia.
I'm sorry to hear things didn't work out for you this year  I didn't realize how crazy a process this whole thing was until recently, and I definitely feel that I got lucky more than anything.  Hope things work out for you, whether you keep trying or decide to pursue something else!

Is anyone else a little annoyed at how late some of the visit days are?  I'm choosing among Columbia, Cornell, and Stanford and will almost certainly pick Columbia.  But since the three programs are pretty comparable in what I want to do (ancient and comparative epistemology--if anyone else thinks there's clearly a best choice among these three for that, though, do let me know!), I want to visit all three and at least have a chance to meet the people in the departments before I make my final decision.  But the visit days are all in April (Stanford's is super late at April 10-12) and I feel bad since I'll be formally declining two offers so close to the deadline and I know people are hoping to hear from wait lists  anyone else in this situation?

I got into Princeton as well! (I'm about to post it on the results list.)
So, my chances of rejecting the Columbia offer have gone up quite a lot. 
I feel so blessed. I cried on the fire escape of my philosophy building. My getting into Princeton was gravely important to me and my partner. 

Congrats!!!  I'm finishing my undergrad there so I'd be happy to answer any questions about the department/life in Princeton

Princeton!! Yeah!!!! I m crying.....

Yes I am!  It would make sense if it were just ancient people:  I got a call from Chris Bobonich, not a standardized email or anything.

STANFOOOOOOOOORD!!!! =D =D =D