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also- Brandeis epistemology students have done really well, especially in recent years!

Biased but would  highly recommend Brandeis
Beri Marusic is incredible and does a lot of great work esp at the intersection of epistemology, ethics, and action.
Peter Epstein is joining the department  though I'm less familiar with his work
Eli Hirsch, mostly known for his work in meta-ontology wrote a book recently about skepticism and advises epistemology students all the time.
 
 
 

heading to Stanford

heading to Stanford

Accepted off the waitlist at Stanford earlier today

Accepted off the waitlist at Stanford earlier today

Same! 

As a Brandeis grad, I can say it’s an incredible place to be especially if you’re interested in epistemology and mind. Also the placement for this year isn’t up yet but should be quite strong. Feel free to pm me and we can discuss further. You’ve got a number of great options!

As a Brandeis grad, I can say it’s an incredible place to be especially if you’re interested in epistemology and mind. Also the placement for this year isn’t up yet but should be quite strong. Feel free to pm me and we can discuss further. You’ve got a number of great options!

As a Brandeis grad, I can say it’s an incredible place to be especially if you’re interested in epistemology and mind. Also the placement for this year isn’t up yet but should be quite strong. Feel free to pm me and we can discuss further. You’ve got a number of great options!

Waitlisted at Stanford

Declined UT Austin and removed myself from the waiting list at Stanford. 

Would you mind PM'ing me as well haha? Also very interested in Stanford

Waitlisted at Stanford

Waitlisted at Stanford

Waitlisted at Stanford

@topplegänger I was a Fine Arts major that transitioned to philosophy: I did my BFA in Studio Art at a top-5 art school with no letter grades or GPA. I then worked in the NYC art world for a few years writing art criticism while studying analytic philosophy on my own. I was able to get into a number of terminal MA programs and ended up choosing Brandeis. This season, I applied to PhD programs and was admitted into many good places (including a waitlist to a Leiter top-10). I'll now be starting a PhD at a Leiter top-20 in the Fall.  My AOS is in analytic metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of language. TLDR: With enough work, transitioning is definitely possible! Please feel free to DM me; I'd be happy to chat.

Suppose I've been admitted to a top-20 department — call it University X. Suppose also that I've been admitted to a department whose ranking is in the mid-40s – call it University Y.
University Y is clearly not as well-ranked as University X and, seemingly, X has more ‘prestige’ than Y. But Y has one faculty member whose research interests almost perfectly align with my own. Also, most of the grad students at Y seem to have research interests that are in line with my own. The same can’t be said of the grad students at University X. Moreover, while X also has one faculty member whose research interests are in my subfield, they don’t seem overall as salient to my own, nor does that faculty member seem as involved in same ‘subfield scene’ as the faculty member at University Y (the ‘subfield scene’ I’m interested in).
Assuming University X and Y have roughly the same job placement success (or lack thereof), and assuming X and Y have similar funding packages, is it better to attend X or Y?  

You have so many great offers! Where do you think you will end up going? Also when did you hear from UBC?

Hey, just on the point about teaching, Brandeis guarantees at least one semester of TA-ship though, almost always, you can TA far more often than that. I've found it to be an invaluable part of the program so far!

Hey, just on the point about teaching, Brandeis guarantees at least one semester of TA-ship though, almost always, you can TA far more often than that. I've found it to be an invaluable part of the program so far!

If anyone has questions about Brandeis let me know! I'm currently there and serve as the Graduate Student Representative, so very happy to answer questions. 

Brandeis has big strengths in Metaphysics  (Eli Hirsch) Kant (Kate Moran is here and Jens Timmerman is here for a semester each year, he regularly advises students), Professor Hirsch teaches a course of philosophy of religion and Palle Yourgrau teaches courses and supervises theses on the Ancients! Brandeis might be a good fit, though -- of course -- as a current student I'm biased. Let me know if you have any other questions!

Got the WL email for Hopkins this morning and an acceptance from UCSD just now. I lost my shit alittle about UCSD. Only four schools remaining, I absolutely cannot wait to be finished and start narrowing/planning. 

I audited a class at Brandeis while at Tufts and can confirm that Hirsch is both friendly and involved and that he is an important figure in metaphysics.