shazad

I'll miss you guys.

2 hours without a post?? Spirits must be at an all-time low...

This thread is like the fucking Varrock marketplace back in 2007

Congratulations! You're our 1000th customer!

Conspiracy: Rob keeps pushing back the decision time so that this thread is guaranteed to hit 1000 posts.

This thread has been so interesting just from a social psychology perspective

Accepted UC Irvine (LPS)!

and the award for Most Neurotic GradCafe Thread of the Year goes to

This aged poorly

It's happeninggg

F in the chat for the Dec 20th gang.

I will be super excited!

I had been thinking that I'd be at a disadvantage as a non Phil Physics student (since that is clearly the main strength of the LPS program), but you raise an interesting alternative perspective! Thanks for your input. Best of luck at Pitt! I'm sure we will run into each other soon enough

I suspected as much haha. Yes, the LPS faculty seemed very open to interdisciplinary projects if I wanted to pursue that avenue (which I do), so I'm probably making a bigger deal out of this decision than I need to. Still, once graduated, I think people will look very differently upon a Cognitive Science PhD vs a Philosophy of Science PhD. But, as you said, it seems like I could do some experimental work with CogSci collaborators even if I was an LPS student. That's good to keep in mind. And you're totally right. It's evident that LPS graduates who don't go into academia are still able to find good jobs. Plus, the most recent APDA report says LPS has the best placement record (from 2012-2016) of any philosophy program out there. That statistic may be out of date now due to the recent growth of the department you mentioned, but it's still a great sign. Just out of curiosity, where are you going to go if you decline the LPS offer?

Thanks for directing me to that! I am skeptical though, do you think that list is really exhaustive? I have a hard time believing that in some years they are truly only graduating 1 or 2 students. Basically I'm worried about selection bias and over-reporting of favorable outcomes.

I've had the good fortune of being accepted to two incredible programs: a PhD in Logic & Philosophy of Science, and a PhD in Cognitive Science. Both programs are at UC Irvine. I'm having an incredibly hard time choosing between them. The LPS program is really amazing, and I see it as the best intellectual/cultural fit for me. The CogSci program is great too, and I have several fantastic PIs in the department interested in taking me on as a student. I think the two programs would be very different experiences since the CogSci program is structured more like a STEM program while LPS is, well, a philosophy program. Finally I am also concerned about job prospects (esp. with the oncoming worldwide recession/depression). I do want to stay in academia and become a professor (that's the dream), but I'm not naive enough to think that is a guarantee. The CogSci program would allow for much more job flexibility, while from what I can garner, the LPS program is really designed to train future professors and not much else. I know that this decision will ultimately come down to what I want to do in my career, but I'm hoping that getting some advice from you lot will help me collect my thoughts.

Fantastic (and relieving) news. I suppose I'll see you there!

Well that is comforting to hear. Please do post an update if you hear anything!

Will be interviewing at UC Irvine (LPS). Can anyone shed light on what to expect? I'm not sure how serious it will be or what level of technical interview to expect. Thanks!