somewhat weird

I am merely reporting the themes from my conversations with tenured professors. Princeton, Oxford, etc. have delivered some sub-par professors to our school. It was the opinion of the profs. that gave me this perspective. Sorry if their opinions are insulting to you. But I tend to think they know better about the situation than I do. I'm sorry that you disagree. Also, since you are so lacking in logic and insight that you think that my lack of interest in disclosing my location indicates that I am "ill-equipped," you should probably withdraw your candidacy for a PhD and just go get a job.

Yeah, I saw that on their website too, but I was confused by the people who posted acceptances on Feb. 3.

hello! Does anyone know anything about University of Utah, it's the last place I'm waiting to hear from. There's two acceptances posted, but no other updates. Thanks!!

I agree with some of the comments here. My own institution has had some negative experience with hiring fresh PhDs from top tier universities. I'm actually appalled at how ill-equipped a lot of them are compared to a lot of less prestigious, merely Masters degree holding professors. Someone at my school actually admitted that the quality of work and also the innovation of research projects is better from less prestigious rural college graduates, who they are looking to hire as new professors. I think they totally look at your work. Maybe the university could break a tie, but I think they want to hire PhDs who will do better work in the end. That's just the sense I'm getting.