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    political/social philosophy, moral philosophy, environmental philosophy
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    2020 Fall
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    Philosophy

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  1.    philosofrey reacted to a post in a topic: 2020 Rejection Thread
  2.    711fanatic reacted to a post in a topic: 2020 Rejection Thread
  3. Descartes blanche
    I'm guessing everyone can agree that dream-denial comes in degrees, and that it's reasonable for any loss to be upsetting. It's not the consistency of your *own* grievances and losses that bothers people. It's the proportionality of it all that makes your comments seem tactless. After a large meal, I might suffer from indigestion, but I wouldn't broadcast it to the famished. But don't take it too hard. It's not the first time this field has made our obsessions with logical consistency get in the way of our moral character, or our sensibilities. In fact, it's probably why your writing sample's prose went unappreciated after all. But I hope we can collectively work to do better than this.
  4. Descartes blanche
    Has anyone heard back from Vanderbilt?
  5. Descartes blanche
    For sure...Well I hope you're on that elusive second round. I'm not taking this season too seriously. I had a last minute GRE with unimpressive results so I decided to just put a few out there and try again next season. So far I'm thinking that was a good idea.
  6. Descartes blanche
    Thanks. That's what I figured. So when people talk about two rounds of acceptances, are they just referring to these remote situations you mention or do some schools deliberately send out two rounds of acceptances?
  7. Descartes blanche
    If you see postings on the results list for both waitlists and acceptances from a particular school that you've yet to hear from, is it a conclusive sign that you've been rejected?
  8. Descartes blanche
    Has anyone heard from Oregon? I see a waitlist on the survey, but no acceptances. Do waitlists ever go out before acceptances?
  9.    Descartes blanche reacted to a post in a topic: Final Decisions / Accepting Offers Fall 2018!
  10.    Descartes blanche reacted to a post in a topic: Final Decisions / Accepting Offers Fall 2018!
  11. Descartes blanche
    Where did you end up going this cycle? Did you get off the NYU waitlist !?
  12. Descartes blanche
    Really!? Like skip this one out and try to fine-tune your sample so you can catch the big one next year? Those are exciting potential offers though. Let me know what happens.
  13. Descartes blanche
    What was the AOI of your sample over at Milwaukee if you don't mind me asking?
  14. Descartes blanche
    So what schools are you looking at now?
  15.    Descartes blanche reacted to a post in a topic: Declining Offers 2018
  16.    Descartes blanche reacted to a post in a topic: PHILOSOPHY M.A. ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION 2018
  17. Descartes blanche
    Not yet, unfortunately. I'm stressing out over two funded offers and a close waitlist. All three schools are good in different ways but neither is good in all the ways I want them to be. School (a) is close to where I live, has just increased my funding offer to the best M.A. funding/cost of living ratio I've seen, but it doesn't happen to have the ideal program for my AOI along with an average placement record. School (b), which is the close waitlist school, has an ideal program for my AOI and a decent funding package, but a pretty bad placement record for some reason. And lastly, school (c) is pretty well suited for my AOI, has a decent placement record, but has the lowest funding of the three, and is located in a city that I don't care too much to live in. What would you do?
  18.    MtnDuck reacted to a post in a topic: PHILOSOPHY M.A. ACCEPTANCE/REJECTION 2018
  19. Descartes blanche
    I just declined my acceptance to the University of Houston yesterday and I'm about to do the same with Virginia Tech. Hopefully, this will be helpful for someone.
  20.    akraticfanatic reacted to a post in a topic: Writing Samples Request
  21. Descartes blanche
    Same here. If anyone has a moral/political writing sample in this vein, I'd love to read it as well.
  22.    Descartes blanche reacted to a post in a topic: Writing Samples Request
  23.    Descartes blanche reacted to a post in a topic: 2018 Acceptance/Rejection Thread
  24.    Descartes blanche reacted to a post in a topic: Only admitted to one grad school -- should I be worried?
  25. Descartes blanche
    Out of curiosity, what is your background? Also, what subjects in philosophy are you currently interested in?
  26. Descartes blanche
    I noticed you're holding onto U Maryland. Are you still considering that to be a competitor with the two strong M.A. programs? Are there any waitlisted Ph.D. programs - if admitted - that you would immediately accept? (I'm not actually in the running for any of those, just curious)
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