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  1. I’m BA only, in at 3 programs, waitlisted at 2 (one of which is UVA though I removed myself from the list immediately) all in “top 10.” I went to a school that is not well known. Best advice that I have received while applying was to *bust your ass* perfecting materials, fleshing out who you are as a candidate, and mastering the specifics of your fit at every single program you apply to in your PoS. Unless you feel your work will get significantly better/recommendations stronger in an MA, and if you can swallow the price/time, don’t do it.
  2. TCD’s English program is very good and an MPhil In English there would certainly fill in the gap of English classes. I know somebody who went there and is in a top 20 program. Philosophy to English is not a crazy jump and experience in programs like the peace corps, as well as numerous languages, and small publications, stand out. If you can come up with a solid writing sample and a personal statement that ties your experiences together and paints your qualifications, you will be a competitive applicant.
  3. Thank you both! Yes, I’m definitely planning to choose between my three in the next week: hopefully that can help people on those waitlists. As far as the condescension goes, it may just be me being too sensitive (as I’m oft to be given how damaging to self confidence the application process is.) Another question for the folks out here: do people ever feel like they get in off a waitlist and feel like an outsider in the cohort? Since professors work so hard to recruit the original acceptees, I’ve worried that my second-choice status would be conspicuous if I decided to go. Maybe this is once again my own anxiety...
  4. Hi! New here; a question on waitlists: I’ve been accepted at 3 programs and waitlisted at one that I most wish to go to. The DGS said that they hope to offer me admission and asked I tell him before I made a decision elsewhere...do people know why he would want this info? would that possibly expedite an acceptance? I already feel wary of the condescending “we love your work so much we wish we could accept you” thing, and I don’t want to get played by them if I wait it all the way out
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