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  1. I suspect that rejection was from a theology applicant, although I may be wrong.
  2. I can claim an acceptance to UW - Madison. Very excited about this one.
  3. A lot. Judging from previous years, the following will perhaps be sending out acceptances (but probably not rejections) this week: Yale, Harvard, UCSD, Colorado, UCLA, Wisconsin-Madison, and UNC-Chapel Hill.
  4. I believe you are in the wrong thread — this is for philosophy.
  5. Thank you! Best of luck to you.
  6. I can claim an acceptance to Toronto. The department is nominating me for a fellowship, so that explains the early notification. I’m told that more acceptances will be sent out later on.
  7. I posted that on the 26th, which was a Friday. It was just a generic email from the graduate school. I have yet to be contacted by the philosophy department itself.
  8. I was surprised not just by the early timing of the rejections, but also by the stats of those rejected. I would have expected those rejected this early on to have poor stats, which would indicate that Yale is using a GPA/GRE cutoff.
  9. That was not me, so I guess they've sent out at least a couple acceptances. OSU isn't one of the higher ranked programs to which I applied, but it's nonetheless one of my top choices. I want to do early modern, and working under Lisa Downing would be incredible.
  10. Thanks! As for your question, it's hard to say. I didn't see any other acceptances go up on the results page, so perhaps they're not sending them all out at the same time.
  11. I received an acceptance from Ohio State today. The results page isn’t working on my computer, so I figured I would post it here.
  12. UCSD is perhaps the best graduate program in the U.S. for studying Kant. Lucy Allais, Eric Watkins, and Clinton Tolley teach there, and they are three of the very best Kant scholars working today. I would be wary of Brown, as Paul Guyer is probably close to retirement. Same goes for Indiana: Allen Wood will likely retire in the next few years. Also, you might check out Princeton, which just hired Andrew Chignell away from Penn.
  13. I received an acceptance from University of British Columbia a couple days ago. A fellowship is involved, which is why I was notified so early on.
  14. I can’t imagine the program would do this if you didn’t have a very strong chance of being offered a spot in their PhD program. You should be optimistic. Tentatively, congrats!
  15. be.

    Retake GRE?

    Given that you plan on applying to top departments (with a popular AOI at that), I would advise you to retake. Your quant score is bad, but it's your verbal score that will probably hurt you the most. Remember, you will be competing against applicants who are great across the board: great grades, great samples, great letters, and great GRE scores. That one of your letters will be from someone who knows you well is not all that distinguishing; I would venture to say that this is true of most (or at least many) applicants.
  16. be.

    Retake GRE?

    If your GPA isn't great (say, below a 3.5), then you might consider retaking. Otherwise, I think those scores are good. Surely, they would put you above any reasonable cut-off.
  17. be.

    Retake GRE?

    There is no reason for you to retake. For what it's worth, your scores are very close to mine, and I am not retaking.
  18. It's hard to say for sure. However, if your writing sample was less than stellar, then that was likely the most detrimental factor. For this round, making your sample as strong as it can be should be your first priority. It may, simply because you'll likely be competing against a relatively small pool of applicants. This is a somewhat controversial issue. My own opinion (which seems to be more or less in line with the majority opinion) is that the GRE is the least important part of your application. However, that doesn't mean that it's unimportant. The scores you have now will likely hurt you to some extent, and so I would encourage you to retake, if it's at all an option. That said, some people on here have claimed that continental-leaning programs don't place quite as much emphasis on the GRE. While that's plausible, I haven't seen any evidence supporting it. I would advise against this. I can't seen it helping all that much, and it might come off as brown-nosing. Generally, no. If you've been doing anything related to philosophy, then you might include that in your application. As for a professional resume, I wouldn't include it; include a CV instead. As for general advice, again, focus on the writing sample: it's the single most important part of your application. Good luck!
  19. I believe that most papers published in edited volumes are invited. So, unless you already have a strong reputation (or helpful connections) in your field, chances are you won't have the option to publish in an edited collection. That said, one nice aspect of publishing in edited collections is that, in general, your chances of acceptance are quite high, should you receive that initial invite.
  20. Here you are: http://www.thegradcafe.com/survey/ Also, here is the section of Eric Schwitzgebel's guide that discusses the GRE: http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2007/10/applying-to-philosophy-phd-programs_16.html To be sure, it helps to have good GRE scores. But having good GRE scores is nether necessary nor sufficient for admission. Less-than-great GRE scores can be outweighed by other, more important parts of the application, especially the writing sample. Thus, I would encourage the OP, if s/he is indeed set on undertaking graduate study in philosophy, to focus on writing an excellent sample. If s/he can do so, s/he will have a shot.
  21. Take a look at the admissions results page. There are plenty of people who had worse GRE scores than the OP, and yet were admitted to PGR-ranked programs. Moreover, it's widely agreed on this forum that the GRE is the least important part of one's application -- far less important than one's writing sample and letters of recommendation. (This is also the view of every professor to whom I've talked -- serveral of whom are at top-15 programs). And finally, the OP's GPA is not terrible. Hence, s/he has a reasonable shot at acceptance to a PGR-ranked program, provided the other elements of her/his application are strong.
  22. GPA and GRE are not great indicators of one's admission prospects. That said, your verbal score may hurt you slightly, and it would be worthwhile to improve your grad GPA. Nonetheless, contrary to the above comment, you still have a reasonable chance of admission to a PGR-ranked program, provided the other parts of your application are strong.
  23. If you want to land a job at a law school, then you should not get your JD from either of those schools. Law hiring is extremely prestige sensitive. T14 might even be aiming too low; Harvard, Stanford, and Yale are the only law schools that offer graduates a decent chance at legal academia.
  24. This is a bit harsh. ThePeon, you likely have a better chance of getting into a respectable program than this comment would suggest, especially if you produce a stellar writing sample. That said, I agree that focusing your applications on MA programs would be wise. However, it couldn't hurt to apply to a couple of PhD programs as well.
  25. Not to be a downer, but it's worth considering that those students may have just picked up an MA along the way.
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