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Accepted to Georgia State!

Accepted to Western Michigan!

That makes sense. I suspect something similar for UMSL, especially since their application deadline wasn't until Feb 15th.

I also see there's an UMSL acceptance from Jan 9th? That's strange.

I wonder how to report the problems? Maybe a moderator would know? @TakeruK do you have any ideas? Edit: it looks like posts in new threads are working since I was able to post this...

I'm really hoping so! I have a lot of hope riding on UC Davis.

I saw a Virginia acceptance on the fb group. But no acceptances or rejections here?

Ah, right! Sven Nykvist had an amazing eye. And Max von Sydow is unmistakable.

It's Bergman, right? Is it from the Seventh Seal?

Thanks! I wish I could take credit for it, but it's a still from Tarkovsky's Stalker.

Anyone else a fan of The Partially Examined Life? I've been listening to it a lot recently. Because I work full-time right now, it's a nice way to fit in some philosophy while I'm driving to work or walking around during my lunch break. Or I'll listen to my other favorite, Entitled Opinions, while I'm falling asleep. It's weirdly relaxing.

Someone posted this list of questions to ask when visiting graduate programs on the Facebook group. With this person's permission, I am posting the list here, because I thought others who may not be part of the Facebook group might find it useful: Topics to ask grad schools: (1) What is the climate for women/minorities like? (2) Teacher accessibility (3) Opportunities to teach (TA vs. teaching) (4) Are grad students happy? (5) Placement / prep for job market? (6) Guaranteed 6th year of funding? (7) How long does it take people to complete program? (8) Teaching workload (how many students; grading help if a lot) (9) Summer opportunities (10) Transition from coursework to dissertation (11) Opportunities to do Phil outside classroom (12) Course selection Questions to ask professors: 1. Are there opportunities to teach or only TA? 2. How does [school] prepare students for the job market? 3. What is financial support like beyond the fifth year? 4. How long does it take people to complete the program? 5. What is the teaching workload like? (How many students? Is there grading help (if a lot)? / How onerous is the teaching + grading load?) 6. What summer opportunities are available to students? What do students typically do over the summer? 7. How does [school] handle the transition from coursework to dissertation? 8. What opportunities are there to do philosophy outside f the classroom on campus? (E.g. reading groups, talks, philosophy society, school-sponsored philosophy conference, etc.) 9. How is the collection of the department library? How often is it updated? 10. Do all grad students /TAs get office space? 11. Links of the dept with professors in linguistics and other areas of cognitive science? 12. What do people typically do in winter and summer vacations? 13. People retiring in the next 2-3 years? New hirings planned in the next 1-2 years? 14. How many students is [professor] planning to take in the next few years? 15. Proto seminar- what is it like and what will it look like this fall semester? 16. Support for publishing in the initial years at _______ university? 17. Department fellowships which one can apply for later which can give time off teaching? 18. Your (professor's) current research interests and upcoming projects? 19. How often do the professors meet with students especially during the coursework stage? 20. Do professors come to reading groups and other department activity apart from colloquia? 21. What is the level of support available from the Department to attend conferences, workshops and seminars? How far does the stipend go in that area? 22. Is the funding 9 month or 12 month? What are the avenues for summer funding? Questions to ask grad students: 1. How often do you meet with professors? 2. How often do you talk about philosophy with professors when you're not in meetings/classes? (To develop as a philosopher, it is very important to develop your in-person philosophy skills--thinking on your feet, asking good questions, responding to objections, etc.) 3. Do professors come to reading groups? (Or any departmental events that aren't colloquia?) 4. Do grad students ask questions at colloquia? 5. Do you feel comfortable talking in group settings? Have you felt comfortable talking in group settings since you first came? If not, when did you start feeling comfortable? 6. Do grad students share their work with one another/give feedback with one another? 7. How often are people around the department? 8. What do you like most about being here? 9. What do you like least about being here? 10. Do older grad students spend time around the department? 11. What kind of guidance do you get from your professors/advisor? (very important- you want faculty who really read your stuff carefully and make your papers better. if the faculty are mia or not very careful when they read your papers, you may not get this.) 12. Does the culture feel combative or one-up-y? Do you feel like you have to be "on" when you're in a philosophical setting? 13. Are the students here happy? 14. What are faculty and student working on in [area]? What is doing [area, e.g. metaphysics] like here? Questions about climate: 1. Is there a MAP chapter? (You can usually find this out yourself) 1. If so, contact MAP coordinator 2. What is the climate like at [school]? 3. What has [school] done for women and minorities in philosophy? 4. What percentage of grad students are women? 5. Sexual harassment issues? [prob best to ask a grad student discretely]

Also, congrats @goldenstardust11 on the Loyola-Chicago acceptance!

Congrats @Dialectica!

Same here! And Duke.

This is a reasonable point. I think I just subconsciously filtered out the nonessential form fields, which I likely do for online forms generally. Not a conscious decision on my part.

I'm hoping for Duke early this week. They were predicted for the 27th.

Rejected by Northwestern. Received my email this morning.

Honestly, I bet you'll do fine. Everybody has weaknesses of one kind or another in their application profiles, along with various strengths. For example, my grades are good, and GRE is sufficient, etc, but I bounced around between institutions, changed majors, took a few years off, and finally transferred and finished up a BA in philosophy rather quickly. Then I took more time off before applying to graduate programs! Is this a weakness? I'd guess it might be, but I have strengths that I hope make it less important. So don't give up yet! Your strengths are likely stronger than your weaknesses. To answer your question, I currently work in web design and development. Although I enjoy the logical aspects of it, it's not especially meaningful work to me, and the work environment is very unstimulating. I've had many different jobs, and they've all served to show me that being a scholar and teacher is what I most enjoy.

I studied for the GRE while working full-time, so I feel you. While I was able to put some time into studying and felt more-or-less okay with my GRE scores, I also decided that it was necessary to write a new project for my WS in about 6 weeks, also while working full time. Because I spent so much time on the GRE, I had less time to spend on my paper than I would have liked. I ended up getting lots of helpful feedback, and felt good about the final drafts of it. However, most of the programs I applied to had earlier deadlines, so they got an earlier, and I suspect, less strong version of the paper. Oh well. What's done is done. I also want to start making a plan so I can at least look forward to quitting my much-hated job.

@goldenstardust11 @Tecumseh Valley have you heard anything from Northwestern?

Has anyone else checked their Northwestern app or heard anything? Mine is showing no decision as of now

Yeah, I'm with you. I don't have a backup plan, and there's no way I can endure my job for another year.

Starting this acceptance thread so @TakeruK can link content or merge the content from the other thread, and we'll then have three separate threads--one for acceptances, one for rejections, and one for waitlists.

No wait lists that I know of yet, but getting the thread started.