diodotus
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I was notified that I am an alternate. They say that I will not receive any additional messages unless more funding becomes available. I guess that one way that more funding becomes available is by one of the winners declining. Can someone send me information about joining the Slack group in a private message?
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Today, I had to contact someone in the department in connection to something that has nothing to do with admissions.
I have nothing to report, and I began to contact someone in the department only after my portal had changed, so that the one has nothing to do with the other.
Since the last business hour of the month has passed, is @alkiviades or @Popeyyyessz able to share anything else about the correspondence that is quoted below?
On 2/10/2020 at 1:57 PM, alkiviades said:Emailed the department and the reply was, "Decision letters will be going out at the end of this month." It seems like in years past acceptances were notified a couple weeks before rejections?
On 2/25/2020 at 11:47 AM, Popeyyyessz said:Emailed yesterday and “applications are in final review”...
On 2/26/2020 at 2:24 PM, Popeyyyessz said:I got the impression from the email that they have not sent the decision on Tuesday but are going to this week, and the whole process will be done by mid March.
For instance, what in the email caused you to get this impression?
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Although I applied for a joint degree—which was reflected in my portal—now my portal only reads "PhD, Social Thought," instead of "PhD, Social Thought and ___________."
The same is true of my applications in prior years—none of my applications to Division of Social Sciences are listed as joint degrees.
This changed within the last hour.
I don't know whether this means anything.
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5 hours ago, santudius fusansus said:
it seems that not many people applied and judging from the past records even less people post the acceptances....if they have sent out the acceptances already, it is hard to know, except someone’s POI had some info though.
https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/ProgramStatisticsSSDSocialThought.pdf
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On 1/29/2020 at 8:50 PM, Coconuts&Chloroform said:
Okay, here's some cryptic stuff from Berkeley:
Checking the portal, I now notice that the mysterious expression 'Grad 20', which did not appear on my portal until just a few hours ago, is now all over my portal page. See the attached images. What could this mean? Am I 20th on some list? Does this just mean that I applied for acceptance in '20? If you applied to Berkley, it might be worth taking a look at yours to see if anything has changed.
On 1/29/2020 at 9:10 PM, ericanei said:haha I have this too dw dw. Must just be a reference to the F20 application season ^.^
I don't mean to speculate, but only logistical decisions are pending I think?
On 1/29/2020 at 9:42 PM, energeia11235 said:I hope you're right that there's still a chance, but I kinda doubt that they would send out acceptances if they hadn't figured out exactly who they were accepting (so as to ensure a balanced set of subfields, for example).
Also, they probably only accepted 5-10 people. Hearing from 3 of those 5-10 seems like a pretty decent number (the rest might be too shy/too excited to post or unaware of these sites or something).
Anyway, I have the "Grad 20" too—so let's hope that we get some resolution soon. (Best of luck.)
The Grad 20 has disappeared from my application.
My POI at Berkeley wrote to me in January to inform me that he or she notified the chair of the admissions committee of his or her interest in working with me. I wrote to my POI last week to say that it looks like we will not be working with each other, thank you again, and we will cross paths at X in the future. My POI wrote back to say that, while he or she has not heard anything definite, he or she also cannot provide any assurance.
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1 hour ago, remediann said:
Just saw one person post their acceptance to Chicago on the result list. Does this mean we need to brace ourselves for possible rejections...? Should I assume that if I don't receive any notification by the time other people are accepted, it's automatically a rejection for me...?
Based on past years, it looks like as many as three and as few as one of those who are admitted to Chicago Classics end up reporting it to The Grad Cafe results survey.
Chicago Classics has admitted at least seven applicants in each of the last five years: https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/ProgramStatisticsHUMClassics.pdf
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6 hours ago, philapplicant2020 said:
Does anyone know the sub-discipline of anyone who has already been admitted/received an interview?
just one of them: epistemology, metanormativity, philosophy of science
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for UChicago applicants:
https://provost.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/ProgramStatisticsHUMPhilosophy.pdf
with there already being three acceptances, it is plausible that there are still nine or more out there
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How can I leverage my Fulbright so that I can defer my start to a PhD, especially at schools that do not have an official procedure for deferring?
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8 minutes ago, diodotus said:
Are you an international student? Because that post was from an international student, who typically receive information in advance of domestic students.
Oops, I am mistaken—that post was not from an international student.
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Division of Social Sciences has limits on how many students that they may admit. I don't know how that is determined. I do know that CST will admit six students in the hope that five will matriculate. I don't know anything else.
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1 hour ago, santudius fusansus said:
someone has posted Chicago interview on the result page, which seems to me as a plausible date (Jan 13) according to past record. Feeling sad.
Are you an international student? Because that post was from an international student, who typically receive information in advance of domestic students.
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8 minutes ago, energeia11235 said:
For those of us not on Facebook, would someone mind posting any info regarding Berkeley acceptances (how many, subfield details, etc.) here if there is any? Thanks in advance friends ?
Only the first one was claimed so far. The first acceptance was from someone who specializes in metanormativity, epistemology, and philosophy of language. First phone call, then email. That's all the info.
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10,000 blessings to whoever claims the second Berkeley acceptance with subfield details.
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12 hours ago, midcentury said:
Does anyone know: is an interview necessary for admission to Chicago, or is there a possibility of getting in without one (i.e. if I know someone who got an interview request and I didn’t, is it all over for me)? Their website says, “In some years, a few of the final candidates for PhD admissions spots may have a brief, exploratory Skype interview with departmental faculty members,” which sounds to me like not all admitted students will be interviewed, but maybe that’s just wishful thinking.
What's your sub-discipline? I happen to know that, as of Wednesday, the ancient specialists who are *not* on the admissions committee have *not* received writing samples for review. This is just to say that, if whoever you know is in a different sub-discipline than you, then they could be at a different stage in the process.
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2 hours ago, diodotus said:
Could be—last year, at least, Chicago acceptances were first week of February. I happen to know that as of yesterday, ancient philosophers at Chicago who are *not* on the admissions committee have *not* received application files to review.
Oops—I mixed up Classics with Philosophy. This information means nothing for Classics.
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30 minutes ago, Compele said:
adding to the list of vague but potentially useful information: last year i applied for PhDs in comp lit and deferred an offer at Northwestern to do an MSt first. my offer came on the 29th of January and my visiting weekend around the 10th of March. So if timelines are similar, perhaps acceptances from Chicago will start coming next week? who knows
Could be—last year, at least, Chicago acceptances were first week of February. I happen to know that as of yesterday, ancient philosophers at Chicago who are *not* on the admissions committee have *not* received application files to review.
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5 hours ago, Fingers Crossed! said:
Hi all! I just got semi-finalist notification for Sri Lanka ETA - does anyone know when we will be notified about interviews?
See the link above in this thread.
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4 minutes ago, santudius fusansus said:
They have already decided the date for admitted students? With no interviews or other notifications received, feel panic...
Don't panic—I found out about this during the first week of January. It is just vague but potentially useful information.
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13 hours ago, heseemstome said:
I haven't heard anything from Chicago yet, anyone else?
Chicago Classics will host visiting students March 9th and 10th. I heard this from the department, and I don't know anything else.
Fulbright 2020-21
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In case that it helps, below is the content of the notification.
"The Institute of International Education (IIE) wishes to inform you that you have been designated as an Alternate candidate for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for 2020-21.
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