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I wish this was true. I've solicited UCR twice and gotten no response. They did give someone a solicited rejection 2 days ago though. So either that's my fate and they're just ignoring me, or they've got me on a waitlist and might make me an offer but don't want me to know I was on a waitlist. As asking these departments for decisions hasn't gone well for me this season, I plan on keeping quiet and hoping for the latter on this one.

Those are both live possibilities. It depends on the program, and you should be able to get a clue how they operate by looking at their history on the survey: https://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php?q=philosophy for example UCR tends to never send out rejections, and SIU Carbondale has not sent any decisions yet. Also, a Stanford acceptance just came out of nowhere yesterday.

DePaul and UNM said nah, and UC Riverside's non-response likely means a nah, as does Vanderbilt's, which leaves just SIU Carbondale to hear from this season.

UNM said an admissions decision was sent out 12 days ago by mail and I haven't received anything. It's fascinating that they sent sealed letters on separate occasions to say "one of your transcripts is missing" and "we received your GRE scores" but then managed to fail heroically in the task of informing me of an admissions decision. Legends. I'm strongly tempted to decline any offer from them, provided they made me one and this information is ever made known to me.

Boston C. got back to me with the solicited rejection news and said the letter was in the mail.

Finally got the rejection from Fordham. There are 4 depts I've solicited news from who are not responding at all: UCR, UCSD, Depaul, Vanderbilt Should be hearing from SIU Carbondale soon. UNM letter's on the way. I was also rejected from the U.Chicago Nef Committee on Social Thought a few days ago.

Congratulations on your acceptance and I hope you'll get your pick. I'm not fretting about it as the department which is likely the best fit for me made me an offer. Solicited rejection from TAMU (Texas A&M) via email: " The graduate admissions committee has had its meeting and made our decisions about initial acceptances and the waitlist. Unfortunately, we did not put you in either group. I hope things are going well for you otherwise."

"The decision letters for the department were mailed out on Tuesday and should arrive soon." Sounds like all decisions have been sent out.

For any applicants this may concern: I am planning to accept USF's offer unless UCR, UCSD, Baylor, Fordham, or UNM make me an offer. In the latter case it'll probably come down to doing some visits.

Replies from Syracuse (R), Boston C. (R), Fordham (decision next week), and UNM (decision was snail-mailed out on Tuesday).

Just solicited responses from: UCR (2nd attempt), UCSD (2nd attempt), Syracuse, Vanderbilt, Boston C., Texas A&M, Fordham, SIU Carbondale, Depaul, UNM With the exception of the last 3 (who seem not to have released any decisions yet), I am doubtful that this silence bodes well for my plans of attending these programs.

I missed this but it came up in the search I just did- congratulations! USF is loaded with philosophers that do my AOI's. It's about as perfect a fit as I could ever hope for, really.

Solicited UCSD and UCR to no avail a day and a half ago. Looks like we're headin' down into a good old-fashioned standoff, folks!

still nah

Thanks Vivec! Was looking like a shutout but I'm glad I decided to dig extra deep to fund the process. It sounds like a neat city, and the department is a great fit for me. I love how much Heidegger and Nietzsche (and a lot else) they have going on. What was your sense about metaphysics and epistemology from your experience in the department? They seem fairly inclusive across the a/c divide from what I see so far.