machineghost Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 (edited) 46 minutes ago, elviejo said: Received a formal rejection from U of Arizona this morning. Still waiting to hear from CU-Boulder and UT-Austin. Sorry to hear that. I have not yet heard anything from them. Perhaps they are just going through them one by one. I know better than to assume that I’m safe just because I haven’t heard anything yet. Sometimes they process rejections slowly. I also haven’t heard from UT-Austin. If history is any guide, they should be sending out rejections soon and then operating on one transparent waitlist and one hidden waitlist. Good times. Edited March 29, 2018 by machineghost elviejo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prtrbd Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Just got the official waitlist email from Virginia, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RequiredDisplayName Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Got my rejection from Arizona this afternoon as well. Just UNC and Virginia left to hear back from for me. elviejo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonasabi Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Got my Virginia waitlist, as well. mynameismyname and Needle in the Hay 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameismyname Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Wait-listed at CU-Boulder Goonasabi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RequiredDisplayName Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Looks like I'm wait-listed at Virginia, which means ya boi is still alive! Goonasabi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonasabi Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 11 minutes ago, RequiredDisplayName said: Looks like I'm wait-listed at Virginia, which means ya boi is still alive! Alright! But dang it looks like a big wait list... Crossing my fingers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviejo Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, mynameismyname said: Wait-listed at CU-Boulder Congrats! Did you receive notification via email or your application status page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtnDuck Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Also waitlisted at UVA right after my roommate turned them down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mynameismyname Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 4 hours ago, elviejo said: Congrats! Did you receive notification via email or your application status page? Email. Solicited from Forbes. He told me that I was in the middle of a very short wait-list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dormouse Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Interesting rejection notice from Arizona. "Despite your excellent qualifications, the Graduate Admissions Committee has determined that they are not likely to extend an offer to you..." Not likely? Does that mean there's still a very small sliver of hope? Haha. Waitlisted at Virginia as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhiloStorian Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 1 hour ago, dormouse said: Interesting rejection notice from Arizona. "Despite your excellent qualifications, the Graduate Admissions Committee has determined that they are not likely to extend an offer to you..." Not likely? Does that mean there's still a very small sliver of hope? Haha. Perhaps they are also using a pool, but they understand that we're trying to make decisions and that it's very unlikely any one of us will be chosen so we're better off thinking of Arizona as a rejection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviejo Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 hours ago, dormouse said: Interesting rejection notice from Arizona. "Despite your excellent qualifications, the Graduate Admissions Committee has determined that they are not likely to extend an offer to you..." Not likely? Does that mean there's still a very small sliver of hope? Haha. Waitlisted at Virginia as well. Same wording in my email. 1 hour ago, PhiloStorian said: Perhaps they are also using a pool, but they understand that we're trying to make decisions and that it's very unlikely any one of us will be chosen so we're better off thinking of Arizona as a rejection. That was my thinking as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stencil Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 So just to clarify, nobody has successfully solicited a rejection from UT Austin yet, right? I think that I've decided to accept one of my offers, but I don't want to commit until I've heard something definite from Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviejo Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 52 minutes ago, Stencil said: So just to clarify, nobody has successfully solicited a rejection from UT Austin yet, right? I think that I've decided to accept one of my offers, but I don't want to commit until I've heard something definite from Austin. I solicited a status update, is that the same thing? I was told I am on an informal waitlist. Stencil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libraryghost Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Also wait listed at VA, got the email yesterday... Goonasabi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prtrbd Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Had you all gotten informal waitlist emails earlier in the month? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonasabi Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 32 minutes ago, prtrbd said: Had you all gotten informal waitlist emails earlier in the month? Nope. I just emailed Walter Ott to inquire about the wait list. I can let you know what he says Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prtrbd Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 5 minutes ago, Goonasabi said: Nope. I just emailed Walter Ott to inquire about the wait list. I can let you know what he says Not a big deal but thank you. Just curious since I received a waitlist-type email four weeks ago. Goonasabi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonasabi Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, prtrbd said: Not a big deal but thank you. Just curious since I received a waitlist-type email four weeks ago. Cool. What’s your AOI, if you don’t mind me asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prtrbd Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Mostly metaphysics, a side of phil sci. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonasabi Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Is the AOI of any wait listed people early modern? That’s mine, so I’m wondering if there are several of us or what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stencil Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 2 hours ago, elviejo said: I solicited a status update, is that the same thing? I was told I am on an informal waitlist. Oh okay, I didn't realize that they sent out solicited responses at all. It didn't seem like anyone had had any luck with that, so I didn't even bother trying to contact them. If you don't mind me asking, who did you solicit the status update from? I might give that a shot if I haven't heard anything from them in a few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviejo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stencil said: Oh okay, I didn't realize that they sent out solicited responses at all. It didn't seem like anyone had had any luck with that, so I didn't even bother trying to contact them. If you don't mind me asking, who did you solicit the status update from? I might give that a shot if I haven't heard anything from them in a few days. I called the philosophy office and they transferred me to someone on the staff who works with the graduate coordinator. She said that they had already sent out offers and if I had not received anything official then I was on an "informal waitlist." Sorry if that contradicts something you've experienced or what you have heard from others. The reason why I called was because my status has not changed from "In Review" to "Rejected" or "Accepted." I am not claiming that is how they normally do business. I could have easily caught them off guard since I went old-school and used a telephone. Edited March 31, 2018 by elviejo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Descartes blanche Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 On 3/26/2018 at 11:50 AM, PhiloStorian said: I've been absent from the site due to a combination of being busy and intentionally avoiding it (I've come to believe this is an unhealthy thing for me to do, at least too frequently). I figured for accuracy's sake and for other people I should share an update on my admissions decisions. I've been accepted to VA Tech and SF State, the former with a TAship and the latter with a teaching associateship. I expect I will decline both this week but I'm not 100% sure. I've been waitlisted at CU Boulder, University of Virginia, UConn, Michigan State, and University of Houston. I was also chosen by UW-Milwaukee to receive the AOP Fellowship; before I had merely been nominated by the department and it wasn't a sure thing. I plan to decline/take myself off of waitlists for all but a few of these by the end of the month. I apologize to people who are desperately waiting to hear back from them. I noticed you're holding onto U Maryland. Are you still considering that to be a competitor with the two strong M.A. programs? Are there any waitlisted Ph.D. programs - if admitted - that you would immediately accept? (I'm not actually in the running for any of those, just curious) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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