MishaPanda

Oh man, I’m so sorry to hear this! Hope you’re feeling better. I’d say from experience that thinking about it as ‘just’ anxiety could lead to a little trouble. Please be as good to yourself as you can, and look after yourself just as much as if your condition were more explicitly physical. One of the reasons I study philosophy of mind is that I’m hoping that I can contribute something meaningful to the conversation about our tendency to divide ourselves in half that way. Make sure you’re breathing, eating properly, and in general doing things that can help you feel balanced and calm. We’re all here for you.

This nearly made me laugh out loud in the library reading room ? Congrats to those with USC acceptances! I’ve got no skin in this particular game but I’d be happy for you even if I had.

BTW just a message to any lurkers who may be reading this: I promise you it’s way more fun on the inside!

I’m with you waiting on CU Boulder. It looks like in the ‘16 season they were sending out acceptances and waitlists on 10 Feb, and last year there was an errant acceptance on the 14th and the remaining decisions (in all three delicious flavours) trickled in on the 15th, 19th, 23rd...even some acceptances into the first week of March. So I’d say it’s safe not to try to predict any patterns based on what you may see early on.

Sorry to hear about the rejection, but brilliant touch with the truffles!

I can’t recommend it highly enough, it works a treat!!

Rejected from Brown. I expected a rejection from them might make me cry, but I feel calm and shall soon simply eat a whole pizza. It’s already in the oven. So far I’m at 0A/0W/2R, awaiting decisions from 4 programmes that I would, for varying reasons, be over the moon to attend. Big love y’all, stay strong.

Btw what’s your AOI?

This is super inspiring to me too, I’ve only done one masters but I’m 34 and it feels like a slightly different game...I’ve only got one response so far (rejection from Berkley) and I’ve still yet to hear from Brown—my top choice at this point—but thanks for keeping my hope alive!

One acceptance, one waitlist, one rejection is like a perfect hat trick!

Just imagining myself in your shoes for a moment...very exciting!!!

I’m sorry to hear that. I’ll wait and see...

I’ve not yet heard back from Brown. There’s been one acceptance so far on this thread...so I’m predicting (perhaps overly optimistically) a waitlist for myself?

Congrats! Do tell! Phone call, email, carrier pigeon?

Which program waitlisted you @icedamerican0? I understand the frustration but it’s not over yet! Bon courage!

This is a Philosophy acceptance/rejection thread, so you may not have anyone who is qualified to answer that particular question here. In in other news, I finally received my first rejection! From Berkeley. It comes as a bit of a relief, as I’d seen a number of folks here were accepted and waitlisted, and I was just waiting for that shoe to drop. Berkeley was definitely my biggest “reach” school, so I’m disappointed but not shocked. I saw there were a few others to post rejections from them today, so big love to anyone else who got that sad notification as well.

My writing sample was on neutral monism (à la Mach, James, and Russell) and embodied consciousness. Curious to see how others are coping with the stress of waiting. Other than checking their email and gradcafe every 5 seconds...which I’m feeling is contributing to rather than alleviating my stress! But what a sweet sweet addiction it is.

Prof Noë is the man! Not only does he have the most epic beard, but he’s also one of my dream supervisors.

Congratulations! Was this the programme you were talking about having heard from in the post from yesterday?

I’ve just seen somebody just posted receiving an acceptance email from Berkeley today, so we can all start biting our nails more feverishly again! (That’s one of the programmes I’ve applied to, so my nail-biting shall commence promplty!)

I’m trying over here as well! I’ve found that the best way to distract myself from obsessing over admissions decisions is to participate in pub quizzes. I’d love to do a Pub Quiz PhD...

I’m new here, I’ve applied to seven programmes and am currently awaiting decisions. Just wanted to say a quick hello, congrats to those of you who have received positive results...and for the rest of you, don’t lose heart! We’re all in this together! Be Well, M