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Today marks the end of the application season. I guess, at least for most of us, we won't be posting on this forum anymore soon. I've certainly learnt a lot from this supportive community. For that, I'd like to thank all of you. Wherever you may be heading, I wish you success in your future endeavors and in your philosophical journeys!
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Declined Wisconsin Milwaukee and, slightly earlier, Georgia State.
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Declined Indiana and removed myself from Colorado's waitlist.
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Declined Western Michigan and Dalhousie.
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4 hours ago, Dysexlia said:
Hi! It me. I've gotten both the informal letter and the formal acceptance. This is in addition to a status update on the website. I believe there may also be a waitlist, though I don't know whether is is "visible" or "invisible." I think someone in the FB group is turning down their Brandeis offer, so perhaps this will help!
Also, I will be attending in the fall! Hooray!
Hello! Congrats!
I got rejected from Brandeis! Not even wait-listed! :<
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19 minutes ago, Turretin said:
Yes. I can't remember the handle, but I know of one.
After searching "Brandeis" in this sub-forum, the most I've seen is those who have received an informal notification but who have yet to receive a formal letter. Sadly, I've not even received an informal notification. Thanks anyway!
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Not really venting here, but has anyone not heard from Brandeis yet?
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1 minute ago, Sam Anscombe said:
I spoke to someone who is visiting now and I'd be willing to bet that most who have not been accepted or waitlisted will be rejected. Perhaps there are a few on a "hidden" waitlist, but I wouldn't count on it.
Thanks!
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Come on, UNC.
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14 hours ago, Gnothi_Seauton said:
Regarding UNC, I don't have any privileged info, but I'll say a couple things that might factor in. First, we are still in the middle of a few faculty searches, which might be delaying sending out rejections. Second, we had a pretty significant yield a couple years ago, so our admissions practices have changed a little so as to avoid getting more students than we can fund. The result is a smaller-than-in-the-past group of accepted students, a larger-than-in-the-past group of officially waitlisted students, and, I believe, a so-called "hidden" waitlist. The purpose of the hidden waitlist is to keep some students in the running without having to fund prospective student visits for them (which can get expensive for the department). If you haven't heard anything at this point, then you are either on the "hidden" waitlist or else rejected. Our prospective student visit is this weekend/early next week, so if you're hoping for good news, stay tuned until at least next week.
Could you kindly tell the admissions committee to accept me?
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3 minutes ago, Schopenhauerfanboy said:
My letters were from people on my M.A. committee at another institution.
I see.. good luck!
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You're not the only one! I've been thinking about this, too.
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By "international applicants", I mean those who aren't also currently in the US (or whatever country that you're planning to study in for an MA/PhD in Philosophy).
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26 minutes ago, shayhenckel said:
I hope that doesn't mean we're out of the running.
I hope I'm wrong but I think I'm out of the running. (Take a look at past years' record on the TGC results page)
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10 minutes ago, shayhenckel said:
I haven't heard anything yet. Either of you mind sharing your stats?
Same here...
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21 minutes ago, Dysexlia said:
Ok, question for everyone, and I am sure this has been talked about on this forum before, but: how long is it appropriate to wait before soliciting a response from a particular department if you know that others have already gotten responses from them, and you have other offers that you are seriously considering but would reject, if you got into said school?
Not sure what's appropriate but I'm trying to wait until March 15.
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8 minutes ago, Witsclaw said:
Yay! That sounds like excellent news then (re: interest fit). And yeah, it's tough to be Rutgers' placement record!
Are you planning to go out for the visiting days?
You should be convincing @HarlanTheTechnician to reject Rutgers' offer, not encourage her/him to accept it! (I'm looking at your signature) xD
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Congrats, and thank you, @eeeeeeeeeeeee!
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To the person who received the acceptance letter from Indiana Philosophy, when was the letter posted out? A week ago?
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Seems like Wisconsin Madison has begun to send out its waitlist offers (see TGC Results page)...
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Go ahead and apply to some PhD programs, if you'd like to. I didn't have a C grade but I did have a couple of B- grades in Philosophy courses (albeit introductory classes) and I received a PhD offer from a good program (also, I wasn't from a top institution).