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Also accepted to Western!!!! From my unranked school and getting shut out last year to this - I can't even believe it.

My decision will probably be made for me, but Calgary was probably my 4th or 5th choice, so I certainly won't be sad. I don't really care if I end up in a less desired academic position (college, BA only institution), but placement data is still pretty important. I just want to continue doing academics, and I didn't apply anywhere I'm not willing to go.

I feel the same way! Often, I feel like even rejection emails are better than limbo. I know UCSD and UPenn have sent out all/some of their acceptances, but I've heard nothing. I assume they're both rejections, so why won't they just send them already?!

Accepted to Calgary!! I have a chance of staying in my land of healthcare! I'm not shut out! Happy day

Anyone think we'll hear from UC Davis today? It's their predicted day....

Indiana HPS waitlist. This makes me think my writing sample wasn't a complete piece of crap, which is nice.

On a similar note, I dreamt a couple nights ago that Western University had accepted me to a PhD program, but not in philosophy. I was accepted to one of those quirky programs like underwater basket weaving. Guess I know what my backup should be.

Gahhh, I feel like I could have worked on my writing sample more had they merely announced this extension with ample time before the initial deadline! *shakes fist vigorously*

I noticed you applied to IU as well, which is supposed to be today. To the philosophy program, I assume? I wonder if HPS has a similar timeframe of notification as the phil program. Gaaahhh, I wish it was standardized and that we used the same system to apply to all schools and on some pre-specified date, we just log into the system and it tells us all our accepts/rejects.

Supposedly, I'll be hearing back from some places this week. Still trying to think positive or withhold judgement or whatever, but I can't because determinism.

I try to always put mine in, but I will admit, sometimes I'm feeling particularly lazy and those extra 3 boxes to tab and type through just get looked over. It would be nice if more people consistently put it in.

SAME. I know that my phone will notify me if I get something, but I can't help but think that it's sync is just broken. Also, Indiana sent out a mass email (maybe only to their internationals) about the immigration ban, but it was titled "You are Welcome Here". WHY IU, WHY WOULD YOU TITLE IT LIKE THAT??!?! What an emotional rollercoaster.

I mentioned in the venting thread that were I accepted and decided to go to a US school, I would feel like I'd be trading in my safety for an education (am POC). I'm factoring this into any possible decisions, and I do think that most of my Canadian schools have been bumped up my preference list.

I seem to be stuck on some Montreal based telemarketer's list. They've called once a week for the last 3 weeks. I can't even just ignore it because I keep thinking, "what if it's McGill?!?!"

A lot of my predictions are slated to come out around my birthday (mid-late Feb). At least I'll have cake and wine to drown my sorrows as the barrage of rejections come in.

Stomach problems, problems sleeping, problems enjoying the things I normally enjoy. yes to all of the above. I'm just a ball of anxiety in so many ways. I keep thinking that if I get in nowhere, then that's probably it for me since this is my second time applying. As a POC, I'm also scared about the US political situation despite being a Canadian citizen. Obviously, most of the schools I've applied to in the US are in the more left leaning states, but I can't help fret over the feeling that I'd potentially be trading in my safety for an education if I were admitted there. I can't even imagine what students from the 7 visa banned countries are feeling. I'm trying to keep these thoughts at bay until I actually hear back from more schools since it's really no use getting anxious over all these what if scenarios before I have any amount of information, but it's just so difficult.

Thanks. I'm definitely wary (and weary) going into this season and getting my hopes up. But it's certainly not the case that I received an outright rejection, so this at least makes me feel a bit better about my application dossier. I do think UMN would be a great fit for me, so I'll just keep a small hope that someone accepted thinks it wouldn't be the best fit for them.

Minnesota waitlist. They said it's an unranked waitlist. I'm already doing better than last season lol :'(

This is amazing, thanks for all your hard work! I'm seconding Cartwright, and I think Anjan Chakravartty would be cool.

ayyyy, I've also been knitting up a storm. I'd totally partake in a philosophy themed KAL. EDIT: also, yes, anxiety is hitting hard (hence the knitting). No backup plan, and the real job sucks.

What I'm taking away from this thread is that I probably have better chances of being accepted were the process actually a totally random pick a name out of hat sort of scenario.

Apparently BU's application system decided by itself that I didn't waive my right to access recommendations. I double checked, and I do indeed have the waive my right box checked off. Now I have to deal with whatever tech support they want to give me. Can I just curl up into a ball and cry yet?

I'm so tired of re-reading and re-re-reading my writing sample. I'm also tired of filling out my name, my school information, and my referee information a bajillion times. I know we're on the last stretch here, but with so many deadlines on Jan 15, I feel like it's less of a last stretch as much as it's just piling up near the end. Juggling this crap with a job really just makes me want to get all the applications over with. Of course, I know how much money I'm spending and how much this means to me, so I can't half ass anything. I will be very upset if I get shut out.

Most Canadian schools aren't on the top 50 ESW list (and surprisingly, also not on the top 50 US list!?!?!), so I guess those are technically "unranked". Mine are: Boston U, Washington Seattle, McGill, Alberta, Calgary. I might also apply to a couple really really unranked Canadian schools (Guelph, York) because we desperate, fam.

Yikes, as an international applicant, my first apps are due Dec 1 (Indiana, Colorado sort of). I'm not mentioning any specific individuals in my application unless I'm like very thoroughly familiar with their work. In my SoP, I'm just outlining my academic history (MA thesis info), current interests, what I've been up to since finishing my MA, and how I wish to contribute both academically as well as in the graduate student community.