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To the other person on the results page waitlisted at Northwestern and really needing this one: I feel you and I hope we both get off the list LMAO I’m drinking to you in spirit

In at Stanford. Received an informal email from Jared Warren. I am appalled. It is appalling. It makes my week, and perhaps my life... Feel a little bit unreal now. 

To the other person on the results page waitlisted at Northwestern and really needing this one: I feel you and I hope we both get off the list LMAO I’m drinking to you in spirit

By staying in touch, I also had in mind things like attending prospective student visits if applicable, contacting faculty members you might like to work with, contacting grad students to ask questions about the department, and so on. 

At the point, the best thing for you to do is gather as much information about the program as possible so that if you are eventually offered a spot (which may happen at the last moment), you will be prepared to give an informed answer.
Asking questions about the program will also demonstrate your interest, which could help you, though I think at this point there's not much you can do to improve your chances of admission. They obviously like you, otherwise they wouldn't have put you on the waitlist. What you need to happen now is for enough people to reject their offer (and depending on how they manage waitlists, people in your field). But you demonstrating your further accomplishments won't help that happen.

Social, moral, and political philosophy; additional interests in critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and social epistemology. What are yours?
Edit: and 20th century continental lmao

Rejected from Yale gang rise up

Rejected from Yale. It is not a good fit. I guess I apply simply because my adviser is from Yale. lol. Congrats to those accepted!

Rejected from Yale gang rise up

Social, moral, and political philosophy; additional interests in critical race theory, feminist and queer theory, and social epistemology. What are yours?
Edit: and 20th century continental lmao

Mind/cogsci

Rejected from Yale via email. Not too disappointed; the program wasn't a good fit, and I'm not really sure why I applied.

Rejected from Yale gang rise up

Rejected from Yale gang rise up

When I received WL emails I just reply and say thank you for the consideration and that I'm still very much interested in the PhD program at University of My Dreams.

Also, congratulations to everyone who got into UMD! I did my undergrad at UMD and the department is full of the most brilliant and supportive people I’ve ever met. My AOIs aren’t really represented here, but their passion is enough to get me absolutely captivated, no matter the subject.

This is not really venting, more gloating (though I don't intend it that way), but I just received a personal email from a major POI (one of my favorite philosophers, really) at UMD telling me how much he liked my sample. Someone whose opinion I respect very much, and who works directly on the subject on which I wrote my sample. And this after spending the last two weeks convincing myself that the sample was a complete pile of junk.
So be aware that whatever anxieties about the strength of your application that you have developed during the waiting period are probably irrational. You're better than you think you are.

Also, congratulations to everyone who got into UMD! I did my undergrad at UMD and the department is full of the most brilliant and supportive people I’ve ever met. My AOIs aren’t really represented here, but their passion is enough to get me absolutely captivated, no matter the subject.

Also, congratulations to everyone who got into UMD! I did my undergrad at UMD and the department is full of the most brilliant and supportive people I’ve ever met. My AOIs aren’t really represented here, but their passion is enough to get me absolutely captivated, no matter the subject.

WAITLISTED AT NORTHWESTERN! Got a nice long email from my POI as well! 

Also, congratulations to everyone who got into UMD! I did my undergrad at UMD and the department is full of the most brilliant and supportive people I’ve ever met. My AOIs aren’t really represented here, but their passion is enough to get me absolutely captivated, no matter the subject.

Also, congratulations to everyone who got into UMD! I did my undergrad at UMD and the department is full of the most brilliant and supportive people I’ve ever met. My AOIs aren’t really represented here, but their passion is enough to get me absolutely captivated, no matter the subject.

Also, congratulations to everyone who got into UMD! I did my undergrad at UMD and the department is full of the most brilliant and supportive people I’ve ever met. My AOIs aren’t really represented here, but their passion is enough to get me absolutely captivated, no matter the subject.

The enormous wave of Northwestern rejections has me wigging out at work. My inbox feels like a ticking timebomb.

The enormous wave of Northwestern rejections has me wigging out at work. My inbox feels like a ticking timebomb.