2018 Acceptance/Rejection Thread

[eigenname]

13 minutes ago, RoughAnatomy said:

Want me to email them? #noshame ?

I applied to UCSD and Notre Dame, so I would gladly take you up on your offer

[philosobro]

In at Harvard.

Acceptances: Berkeley, Brown, UPenn, Harvard

Waitlist: Northwestern

Rejected: Yale, UCLA, Chicago, Michigan

 

[PhiloStorian]

4 minutes ago, philosobro said:

In at Harvard.

Acceptances: Berkeley, Brown, UPenn, Harvard

Waitlist: Northwestern

Rejected: Yale, UCLA, Chicago, Michigan

 

Impressive list! Any of those your top choice?

[anonnn123]

6 minutes ago, philosobro said:

In at Harvard.

Acceptances: Berkeley, Brown, UPenn, Harvard

Waitlist: Northwestern

Rejected: Yale, UCLA, Chicago, Michigan

 

Congrats! Did you just receive a call/email from Harvard?

Edited February 23, 2018 by anonnn123

[philosobro]

3 minutes ago, PhiloStorian said:

Impressive list! Any of those your top choice?

Harvard right now. Still waiting to hear from a few more places.

[prettyhorse]

26 minutes ago, RoughAnatomy said:

Want me to email them? #noshame ?

Yes! UCSD!

[BL16]

3 hours ago, PhilosophyMatters said:

Really?!! Where did you hear that from? I've been checking the decisions for the past years and they all heard back around Mar. 5-8

From a faculty member.

[Metanoia]

31 minutes ago, philosobro said:

In at Harvard.

Acceptances: Berkeley, Brown, UPenn, Harvard

Waitlist: Northwestern

Rejected: Yale, UCLA, Chicago, Michigan

 

Congratulations! Harvard seems to be my current top pick too. What’s your AOI? 

[Devotions]

3 hours ago, RoughAnatomy said:

 

"Boston College has sent out letters to the top five students admitted to the doctoral program. Decisions have not been made on the remaining applicants and no other letters have been sent out."

 

From BC. 

 

I didn't even apply there, but, as a few of you guys did, I sent them an email.

Thank you for that!

[philosobro]

My AOI are metaphysics and political philosophy. Most of my research as an undergrad have been in metaphysics. But in grad school I wanna do more poli philosophy specifically constitutional law, jurisprudence, human rights and citizenship.

[MtnDuck]

My colleague just checked the Cornell website and had an acceptance letter. No formal email/word of funding yet though. See edit below. Also the letter included info about funding (I just misheard them).

I applied and mine doesn't have anything on it so it may only have acceptances up at the moment. Unless someone else finds a waitlist letter on their application...

edit: They also received an email shortly after.

Edited February 23, 2018 by MtnDuck

[Aqua1818]

28 minutes ago, MtnDuck said:

My colleague just checked the Cornell website and had an acceptance letter. No formal email/word of funding yet though. See edit below. Also the letter included info about funding (I just misheard them).

I applied and mine doesn't have anything on it so it may only have acceptances up at the moment. Unless someone else finds a waitlist letter on their application...

edit: They also received an email shortly after.

Thanks for that info! I applied there too (my top choice) and don't see anything on my application page either. Also got rejected from Yale today, and haven't heard back from anywhere else.

[philosobro]

In at Cornell!

 

 

[TorreAttack]

I got waitlisted at MIT, my top choice! At least now I know my anxiety won't stop until April. T-T

[MtnDuck]

6 minutes ago, Aqua1818 said:

Thanks for that info! I applied there too (my top choice) and don't see anything on my application page either. Also got rejected from Yale today, and haven't heard back from anywhere else.

Last time I applied I didn't get accepted anywhere except the last place I heard back from (and one of my undergrad profs didn't get in anywhere *except* Stanford...). You never know how things are going to turn out so don't give up hope yet :] 

[thehegeldialectic]

Received an offer from Villanova. 

Edited February 23, 2018 by iunoionnis

[PhiloStorian]

Rejected at Notre Dame and waitlisted at UIC! Dr Sutherland called with the news and said that given I am "at the very top of the waitlist" it is "almost certain" that I will be offered admission.

[eigenname]

11 minutes ago, PhiloStorian said:

Rejected at Notre Dame and waitlisted at UIC! Dr Sutherland called with the news and said that given I am "at the very top of the waitlist" it is "almost certain" that I will be offered admission.

Sorry about the rejection, and congratulations on the wait-list! Can I ask if your ND rejection was via email? I applied as well, so I wanted to know if I need to look forward to anything today.  

Edited February 23, 2018 by eigenname

[prtrbd]

Sorry to all about the Notre Dame rejections. They appear to have skipped me somehow, but I'm sure they will join all the other schools that dislike me soon enough.

[PhiloStorian]

5 minutes ago, eigenname said:

Sorry about the rejection, and congratulations on the wait-list! Can I ask if your ND rejection was via email? I applied as well, so I wanted to know if I need to look forward to anything today as well.  

Thanks! One of my letter writers went to UIC so I am looking forward to giving them the news.

The rejection from Notre Dame came from the website. I got an email telling me to check the app portal and there was a generic rejection letter waiting for me.

[philoguy]

Hi all, asking for a friend who recently received a letter of rejection that ended by stating "we [school rejecting him] hope you apply again next year." I've seen my fair share of rejection letters, but I've never seen one like this. I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this and whether it might be worth it for him to follow up with the school.

[prtrbd]

4 minutes ago, philoguy said:

Hi all, asking for a friend who recently received a letter of rejection that ended by stating "we [school rejecting him] hope you apply again next year." I've seen my fair share of rejection letters, but I've never seen one like this. I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this and whether it might be worth it for him to follow up with the school.

Going to go ahead and opine that this is freaking rude and entitled as hell on the part of the school and that he should by no means encourage it by reapplying.

[lyellgeo]

That was Stony Brook, correct? Though I doubt they meant anything mean by it.

Edited February 23, 2018 by lyellgeo

[Metanoia]

6 minutes ago, philoguy said:

Hi all, asking for a friend who recently received a letter of rejection that ended by stating "we [school rejecting him] hope you apply again next year." I've seen my fair share of rejection letters, but I've never seen one like this. I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this and whether it might be worth it for him to follow up with the school.

Speculations: Maybe the professors working in his AOIs are at full capacity and not currently taking students, but hope to do so next year; or perhaps, it was an extremely close call this time. 

[eigenname]

6 minutes ago, philoguy said:

Hi all, asking for a friend who recently received a letter of rejection that ended by stating "we [school rejecting him] hope you apply again next year." I've seen my fair share of rejection letters, but I've never seen one like this. I was wondering if anyone had any insight into this and whether it might be worth it for him to follow up with the school.

Was there any other context involved? As a sentence on its own, it seems like a sort of encouragement to not give up (at best), but nothing more. This is especially true if it's a letter sent out en masse, which means everyone received the same letter (and hence, nothing special).