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Interesting! Thanks for posting. W emailed me this morning and promised an answer within two days. Hm.

Anybody ever hear anything?

She or he was the early comics admit. She or he says it in the UF thread in this forum. Hope that helps! (I'm sure that she or he will verify that for you.)

Good for you! Your points definitely won't be contested by me. And that video is hilarious! Haha thanks for sharing that

By the way, I am planning on visiting the campus and city during the weekend of 4/23-25. If any of you are going to be in Pittsburgh during the same weekend, please let me know.

This. Ubuntu is a force to be reckoned with. I don't do the same type of work as you do (philosophy and critical theory) but I've used linux distributions for around two years now and won't be returning to proprietary software. Android smartphones have already put a linux distribution in the hands of millions, and I expect more and more people to realize the merits of the open source solution in the years to come. However, as both this poster and LJK, the best thing to do might be to inquire of the program itself (or students who are there, or POI).

Yeah -- thanks for looking that up!

Yes, yes that does. Thanks for weighing in on my hypothesis. I appreciate the perspective.

So if 10 were accepted for 7 spots, are we to take it that there is a quasi-waitlist above the waitlist that is advertised as such? It sounds to me like there must be 3 students who were accepted but don't have spots...and those students must be ahead of the normal waitlisters. Right? Further, do you have any idea why 10 would have been accepted for only 7 spots? Did Prof. W say? Maybe that is standard operating procedure and I was just previously unaware? I suppose that they could gamble upon the chance that at least three would take another offer or etc.

University of Florida English and Emory Comp. Lit have attractive programs for students interested in psychology/psychoanalysis and literature.

I dunno about the Pitt part because I haven't heard that. I don't see how it could possible be free, though! Right? As for Fink, he is listed as 'Associated Faculty' on Duquesne's Philosophy faculty page, and I take it that we are able to take his courses, no problem. As for other departments like English or whatever....I don't know the answer. Edit: I have a question. Does the department page list 90 students including both undergraduate and graduate? I see that Polansky told you that it is closer to 30. So, I take it that figure is graduates only, right?

I applied to three but was rejected from two and wait-listed at Emory outside Atlanta. For your professed interests I am not sure that Comp Lit is the best move, but I don't feel like I can tell you that it wouldn't permit you to work in political theory/philosophy. Sometimes it can be harder to get into a Comp Lit program if you are presenting as your "languages" something like English, Psychology, and Philosophy as opposed to something like English, Philosophy, German/French. Point being, I'd make sure you have (at least) reading knowledge of at least one foreign language before applying within that sector. Some schools care more about the language component than do others. I can't comment on precisely which programs those are and are not because it's been a while since I applied. I think that Emory is an example of a Comp Lit program that interprets 'language' in a broad way. Stony Brook might as well...but I am unsure.

Those exact four. Lol

I don't think that your case marks necessary cause for immediate concern or stress. Maybe I'm being prolix for a message board...I don't think that you should consider your career thus far to be a precluding factor upon your pursuit advanced degrees in related fields. Professor Michael Marder will be at Duquesne in the Fall of 2011 and his trajectory looked like this: B.A. Psychology / Social and Political Thought, York University 2002 M.A. Political Science, York University 2003 PhD Philosophy, NSSR 2007 Source: http://www.duq.edu/philosophy/faculty-and-staff/Michael-Marder.cfm

I haven't heard anything. I don't know if I am rejected or waitlisted or accepted. I assume I am on an unofficial waitlist, but who knows?

I am generally interested in phenomenology, the philosophy of language and self-consciousness, and the notion of 'analytic deconstruction' (something that Norris @ Cardiff advocates, and Gasche @ Buffalo more circularly suggests the validity of). Specifically I am interested in the earlier Derrida and the later Foucault, and I'm quite committed to Merleau-Ponty and Lacan as well. Regarding Lacan, the presence of Bruce Fink (his books on Lacan and his translations of Lacan's writings are marvelous) at Duquesne (albeit in the psych department) is a pretty big plus for me. I've corresponded with him through email and he seems like a great guy. I can't wait to meet him and the others. I've done considerable work with both Wittgenstein I &II as well, although I don't anticipate continuing to work closely with his material. The reason why I am slowly moving away from Wittgenstein is that I take some of the Derridean movements to dissolve philosophical psuedo-problems more successfully than the former's methodology ever could. For example, taking into account Derrida's evolution of some basic Heideggerean concepts, the so-called "problem of universals" doesn't hold much water. What are your interests? If you have URL's for any of the lists which you've seen, I'd like to see those and I would appreciate you sharing them with me and the others. Let me know if you bookmarked them or can easily place their whereabouts. As for my research into the university, I am really attracted to the size of the student body and campus, as well as the location of the university. I looked through the recent dissertations and I don't see anything similar to what I am already planning (although I expect my plan to either be considerably revised or rebooted altogether). I will have no problem selecting three classes out of the offerings for the fall term of '11 -- in fact I might consider taking four.

As the 15th gets closer and I continue do more research on Duquesne, I am liking what I see more and more.

I think it's still reasonable to hold out for a response in the affirmative. Surely there are still some admits who have not accepted their offers. I would like to think that if all six admits had taken offers then the waitlisters would be informed that the list had been dissolved. Until that happens, we should all hope for the best as we advance toward 4/15,

Lol I wouldn't be concerned about that

It looks like you've inferred the likely response on their part, then. That is what I meant to suggest by saying that you'd probably be cited the 15th (or some reasonable degree of deviation from it). Since Polansky, like you and me, has no way of knowing if (or if not) someone will turn down the offer on or near the 15, it's really the sort of question that we'd love to have answered but nonetheless doesn't even seem feasibly answerable. And no need to admit an error on your part, as I don't see any error at all. I fully recognized the conditional nature of your recommended question. My point was that I'd love to ask that question myself, just to see what he might say (although I've already pointed out that I don't think it's answerable), and I regret that I've already emailed him several times. Cheers.

Did he say anything 'interesting' when you spoke with him? Or was it a rather brief affair?

Any students turning down the WashU MA/PhD offer?

Aren't there multiple rejections on the results page? It isn't a large number but I thought it was a small handful. I still haven't heard anything from Wegner or anyone else, by the way.

Certainly! Good luck to you as well.

I have not, but I checked their website and it looks like M.A.s are never given assistantships, but are funded anywhere from 3-9 credit hours per year. It's a typical 30 credit hour degree, so people who are funded could end up getting funded roughly 1/3 of the amount (of course this isn't to account for fees and the other fun parts) or as high as 9/10. Edit: Actually I realized it's a two-year program, so the max amount of funding would be more like 18/30 or 3/5