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Hi, Larry. Sorry to hear that you're still waiting for news from UBC. I did receive an acceptance (PhD) about a week ago, so they have certainly begun reviewing and deciding on applicants. I have been out of the online-admissions loop, but maybe others have more information on how many students they're looking to accept this year. I did take the offer, so that is one spot gone. I also rejected an offer from McGill, which hopefully speeds up the waitlist! For anyone that happens to get into McGill, I wanted to quickly note that at least two faculty members, Prof. Fiasse and Prof. Al-Saji, are, by my lights, quite kind and personable. (Of course, this is just one experience.)

I agree with the point about transparency. Moreover, I wanted to note that the University of British Columbia also makes this information public: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/graduate-degree-programs/phd-philosophy. If you scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "Enrolment, Duration & Other Stats" dropdown link, enrolment data from 2015-2019 for their Ph.D. program is available. This also holds for their MA program.

Accepted to Simon Fraser, including full funding, travel funds, and the special graduate entrance scholarship. I am surprised: my writing sample was extremely niche, disallowing me to gauge how the committee would view it. Whatever the case, I am glad they found my research outline appealing, as I was nervous about this a month ago.

Thank you! I received the email this evening.

Accepted to the MA at UofT w/ full funding. Extremely comforting as I grew up in TO. ?

Also rejected from Emory earlier. Not awfully surprising, however.

Accepted to the MA at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)!

Congratulations on your acceptance! Although, as a heads up, you appear to be in the wrong section: this section of the forum is for philosophy applicants. But if you ever want to change your mind and enter a ruthless academic job market, I imagine we'll welcome you with open arms! ?