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Some places award those when you finish your coursework and language requirements, or at some other point the way the the PhD. You'll just have a second masters degree, that's all.

Yes, you should get an MA if your undergradcwas in something else. If you want, you can just apply for MA and PhD programs and decide after you hear back. Though you won't be competitive at well ranked programs unless you have an amazing writing sample or something to demonstrate that you know as much as someone who did do a philosophy undergrad degree

I assume you are the one who just posted on acceptances at these places. I happen to have done an MA at alberta, and so if you have questions about the program or people I can fill you in if you message me. The 17k+tuition and no RA duties funding is the best of their offers, so they clearly want you to go there.

Well, there's rank #1, which is Toronto, and 3 places tied for second place... But anyways, if you get into Toronto and it's a course based MA, definitely take it over a thesis based MA somewhere else. An MA from Toronto will be very helpful in applications next year, the others maybe not as much. Then again, a 2 year MA (course based plus thesis) might also be a good idea, given that you can actually get new letters from people and do something before applying to PhD programs. For example, if you won't be in that great of a position to apply in your first semester at Toronto, and your interests are Foucault and french feminism (as on the profile), Alberta might not be bad (since Cressida Heyes and others are there). I guess it really depends, but if there's no super strong reason to pick another place Toronto seems like it would be by far the best idea.

Best way to know is to look at previous years. Maryland for instance normally does not notify people until early March. So hearing nothing back from them is exactly what you'd expect at this point. I can't remember the others though. Someone ought to compile a list of typical notification dates for programs.

Laughed when I saw the NYU acceptance post, which boasts a 4.00 GPA and 800/800/6. And accepted in the year 2020, no less!

I don't see any wait lists posted for them, and there are always are wait lists, so there is still some hope in that respect.

No, it looks like I am not, since I hadn't heard from them either. Pittsburgh HPS was definitely my top choice though. And it was probably also a top choice for the others who were accepted too, so I am not optimistic about wait lists or anything. So far my results have been poor. I applied to a lot of very competitive programs, but still 0/4 is not a reassuring start. What other programs did you apply to?

I am. Well, I am waiting for a response from Pittsburgh HPS anyways. Good luck though!