KarlX
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The current situation caused by COVID-19 worries me, too. At the present, I have a funded offer and two waitlist spots (in fact, I've decline a funded offer and a waitlist spot). It's very probable that I will accept my present offer, but I dont't want to make a snap decision before getting any news from another two programs. (I'm sorry but another two programs are also my dream choices).
So, should I sit to wait for possible news? Is it better to solicit the two programs and ask whether they plan to freeze admission off the waitlists? I'm concerned that my acts will cause some terrible consequence for me, though I realize that it may be a long shot that I could be admitted off the waitlist.
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7 hours ago, Ikari Gendo said:
Most of results on this website are not Philosophy programs, and I have reason to believe that a Philosophy PhD programs gives a lower stipend than any other PhD program. ?
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24 minutes ago, epistemicvertigo said:
In at UNM!
Congrats! I also applied to UNM, but I've not received any info up to now. I guess that the best possible result for me is a position on the waitlist...?
BTW, do you know how many funded offers have been given?
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2 hours ago, I_Man said:
Hi guys
How can I be informed about my application status of NIU?! As they did not contact me it means my application has been denied?!
I am an international applicant
You can email their department to inquire about your status. Besides, you can have a hope to be on a (hidden) waitlist
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11 hours ago, THSRPPhD said:
Hello!
Will be interviewing at Iowa, please what should I be expecting? Has anyone interviewed there?
Congrats!
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4 hours ago, Mooo said:
Congrats! You should post it on the survey page so others know
I‘m sorry but I don't know where is the survey page... Could you give me a link?:)
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Hi guys, I get an offer from U of Kentucky just today!
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1 hour ago, W. V. O. Quinine said:
I'm going to the Australian National University!
ANU has an excellent philosophy program, congrats!
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Cool! I've been admitted to SUNY Buffalo (with TA)
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20 hours ago, Rose-Colored Beetle said:
Hi Karl,
I'm a second-year at Fordham. We have people who work in standard continental figures like Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Foucault, and Derrida, as well as some thinkers outside the mainstream. Feel free to message me if you have any questions!
Cool! In fact, my department has a professor who got his PhD from Fordham and he told me Fordham is a good place to study continental philosophy. I'll message you in the near future if my friend wants to know more details about studying phenomenology in USA, thanks!
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8 hours ago, Glasperlenspieler said:
As someone who doesn't think the term "continental philosophy" is very helpful, I suspect that you can probably get more personalized recommendations by specifying what philosophers, topics, and questions you're interested in.
My friend is interested in phenomenology, especially Husserl and Heidegger.
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7 hours ago, UndergradDad said:
I'm assuming this is not for the current application season, KarlX?
Of course, my friend became a Master student last year and she is always interested in phenomenology.
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On 12/16/2019 at 6:26 AM, Nesta415 said:
In addition to those already mentioned, and depending on the specific interests of your friend, I would also recommend looking at University of Memphis, NYU (though not traditionally known as a continental school, they have some strong faculty members who are devoted to continental work), and Berkeley (the same).
Thanks Nesta 415, although I suspect NYU is extremely difficult to get into
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2 hours ago, Olórin said:
Here's a link to the Pluralist's Guide (a non-ranked guide). I don't know when this list was last updated, but it has a good set of the usual suspects for continental philosophy.
In my experience the usual suspects really heavy in continental philosophy are: Depaul, Duquesne, Emory, Penn State, Stony Brook, and Villanova.
https://sites.psu.edu/pluralistsguide/program-recommendations/continental-philosophy/
Thanks Olórin!
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Hi guys, a few days ago my friend asked me which of programs of philosophy in North America are good at continental philosophy (German and/or French philosophy), so I spent a few time searching relevant data. Finally, I picked out the following programs: UC Riverside; Boston University; Texas A&M; DePaul University; Fordham University; SUNY Stony Brook; Duquesne University; Temple University; McGill; University of Oregon...
I know my list must be imcomplete. Can anyone tell me what programs there are left ? Your help will also give me a general picture of continental philosophy in North America. Thanks!
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18 hours ago, Marcus_Aurelius said:
I don't know much about the specifics of this discussion, but I'd recommend against telling any program that you're only interested in one subfield. (North American) departments are looking for folks who will grow in their program, so you don't want to give the impression that you have everything figured out.
Also, definitely agreed that looking through websites and faculty publications can be tedious. On the other hand, think of it as helping you get more familiar with major players in your field(s) of interest. That being said, comparing specific programs doesn't matter so much until you're accepted, and pre-application research has diminishing returns when time can be spent improving the writing sample and, to a lesser extent, statements of purpose.
Good suggestions! Thanks!
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6 hours ago, maxhgns said:
Also remember that, other faults aside, the PGR is pretty much always out of date. Some of Madison's metaphysicists are still at the assistant level, and that may not be very well reflected in the subfield rankings (which mostly reflect associate-level and up, once people have established themselves). Finally, most of Madison's metaphysiscists do something else as a primary AOS, whereas Davis has a few more dedicated faculty. And where time stuff is concerned, Davis has philosophers of science who are working in complementary areas, whereas IIRC that's not really true of Madison.
So: Davis is probably better for that particular interest. But what are your other interests, and how well-supported would they be?
Also note, however: Sidelle is a very well-respected metaphysicist.
Thank you, Maxhgns! Aside from metaphysics, I'm also interested in phil of sci (e.g.scientific realism vs. anti-realism, dispositions, and natural kinds) and ethics (e.g. Kant, metaethics, animal rights). Your comment reminds me that the individual fit to a program is crucial, but another question grows out of my mind at this time:
As you said, many of UWM's metaphysicians take something else as their primary AOS. So if I apply to UWM only for the purpose of doing metaphysics (and other relevant subfields), would UWM think that my application doesn't fit in with their research strengths?
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PhD application is grunt work to some degree. After all, It's a bit tiring to browse through so many programs' website and their faculty's publications.
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6 hours ago, hector549 said:
Keep in mind the PGR is a reputational survey, and the subfield rankings roughly reflect things like how many people are working in a particular subfield at a given department, and things like faculty research output.
I'm not in metaphysics, but Cody Gilmore is, to my knowledge, a well-known metaphysician. The only dedicated metaphysician at Madison is Alan Sidelle from the looks of things. I'm sure he's a fine scholar as well, but if you look at both their publication histories, Gilmore's is more extensive/has more prestigious pubs/etc. This is probably the reason why Davis is ranked for metaphysics and Madison isn't.
Madison is ranked higher overall because they have a ton of ethics people and history people that Davis doesn't have. Both have good people working on various areas of phil of sci, but Madison is ranked higher in the subfield rankings for general phil of sci as well, which contributes to its higher ranking overall.
As for which one is harder to get into, it's hard to say definitively. Highly ranked programs are extremely competitive, and higher-ranked programs are generally more competitive, but this doesn't necessarily mean that just because Program X is ranked higher than P.Y, that X will necessarily be harder for you to get into. So much comes down to individual fit, if you wow the people on the ad com with your writing sample, how many applicants to a program want to work in your area, and how many good apps a given program is getting overall, which isn't always perfectly tracked by ranking (location, etc. can affect how many apps a program gets). I got plenty of rejections from programs that were lower-ranked than the one I'm attending. This is not uncommon.
It's also hard to say which one is "better" for you. Overall rankings and subfield rankings are useful, and a good place to start, but it's a good idea to see what individual faculty work on and if they'd be a good fit. If you're really into metaphysics and feel like faculty at both institutions would fit your particular interests in metaphysics, then you can always apply to both and see what happens.
Hi Hector 549, thank you for your clear and helpful comments here! I've chosen some target programs which are good at metaphysics, but I need to consider more potential programs. Maybe it's a good idea to apply to both UWM and UCD!?
Also, I'm an international applicant graduated from a university which is not well-known to most of North American programs of philosophy. I heard that public universities, due to their burget limits, are more willing to admit domestic students (rather than international ones) than private universities. Is it true? Does this means that an international applicant is harder to get into philosophy programs held by public universities (e.g. UC Berkeley, UW Madison, and UC Davis)?
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Hi guys!
My interest in metaphysics of time and material objects drives me to some PhD programs which have strengths in metaphysics. The Philosophical Gourmet Report has placed UC Davis into its rankings of metaphysics, but UW Madison doesn't appear in the same list of rankings. This fact seems to show that UC Davis is better at metaphysics than UW-Madison.
However, a few days ago I was surprised to find that in UWM's department of philosophy, there are several faculty members who also do interesting work on metaphysics of material objects and time travel. So now I'm confused about the two programs' strengths in metaphysics...
Can anyone tell me which of two programs is better? Besides, which is harder to get into (I mean, the lower chance of admission)?
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Today I was told by email that I was waitlisted at SLU.
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I solicited UMass and was told that I'm on their waitlist. Unfortunately, my ranking in that list is near the back, so my chance is very low.
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18 minutes ago, DoodleBob said:
You are most likely being considered for waitlisting then. Search either the waitlist post on this forum or the results page, can’t remember where I recall hearing this.
Good luck!
Thank you! In fact, my application results in this year have been very terrible up to now, so I often feel nervous. Hope to hear some good news...
The retraction of the funding offer at U of Arizona
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It is hard to believe! I'm very worried about what will happen to us in the near future, too.