Philiii Posted January 7 Posted January 7 Hi all — applying to Philosophy PhD programs for Fall 2026. Has anyone started hearing about interviews or decisions yet? Good luck to everyone this cycle. RaggedAntelope 1
JPReaper Posted January 13 Posted January 13 I have applied to a few programs too. Phd in Philosophy at Columbia Phd in Philosophy at UC-Irvine with my back up programs being the MPhil at McGill (in Canada)
eye.gnarll Posted January 16 Posted January 16 Nothing yet. Earliest deadline was back Dec. 1st, latest is Feb. 1st. Haven't heard back from a single program.
RaggedAntelope Posted January 17 Posted January 17 So scary. Haven't heard anything yet. Wishing everyone the best!!
User02 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Accepted to Temple's Ph.D. on Saturday but haven't gotten any word on funding or fellowships
ThiagoMaia1 Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Based on the grad cafe results so far, the only american Philosophy PhD programs to give responses to a broad number of candidates were: University of Chicago (Today) John Hopkins University (Interviews) Ohio State University I believe we should see a few more this week. RaggedAntelope 1
Joely_62 Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Confirming University of Chicago results are out. I got knocked back. No email notification, had to log into the portal.
RaggedAntelope Posted January 28 Posted January 28 Same here! Solidarity, lol. I don't know what'll come out next / the timeline for this season. Seems like Chicago released quite early (but also said they had a historic number of applications?)
ThiagoMaia1 Posted January 28 Posted January 28 (edited) Update: Northwestern University (01/28) University of Chicago (01/26) Boston College (01/26 - Interviews) Johns Hopkins University (01/24 - Interviews) Ohio State University (01/22) I'm only listing universities that have many results (both acceptance/interview and rejection) posted in the Grad Cafe surveys, to make sure that these indicate widespread decisions made. Edited January 28 by ThiagoMaia1
ThiagoMaia1 Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Does anyone know if Baylor has sent out the weekend visit yet? Here they say they bring the finalists for a visit in early February, so I guess they should have sent the invites by now. I haven't received it, but didn't see any such invites posted as interview in the Grad Cafe results list, so I'm wondering if I should consider myself rejected or not.
ThiagoMaia1 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 11 hours ago, ThiagoMaia1 said: Does anyone know if Baylor has sent out the weekend visit yet? Here they say they bring the finalists for a visit in early February, so I guess they should have sent the invites by now. I haven't received it, but didn't see any such invites posted as interview in the Grad Cafe results list, so I'm wondering if I should consider myself rejected or not. Received an email from them today saying that my application is still being reviewed, so not rejected yet.
ThiagoMaia1 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Update: University of Cincinnati (02/02) DePaul University (02/01) Northwestern University (01/28) University of Chicago (01/26) Boston College (01/26 - Interviews) Johns Hopkins University (01/24 - Interviews) Ohio State University (01/22) I'm only listing universities that have many results (both acceptance/interview and rejection) posted in the Grad Cafe surveys, to make sure that these indicate widespread decisions made.
Joely_62 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Any further updates, particularly international students? Haven't heard from: Berkeley Cornell Harvard Princeton Stanford Seems no results are posted here.
ThiagoMaia1 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 Update: Washington University in St. Louis (WashU/WUSTL) (02/06) University of Tennessee, Knoxville (02/03) University of Cincinnati (02/02) DePaul University (02/01) Northwestern University (01/28) University of Chicago (01/26) Boston College (01/26 - Interviews) Johns Hopkins University (01/24 - Interviews) Ohio State University (01/22) I'm only listing universities that have many results (both acceptance/interview and rejection) posted in the Grad Cafe surveys, to make sure that these indicate widespread decisions made.
ThiagoMaia1 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 9 hours ago, Joely_62 said: Any further updates, particularly international students? Haven't heard from: Berkeley Cornell Harvard Princeton Stanford Seems no results are posted here. Hi. I'm also international. I've only got one decision (University of Missouri). Waiting on: Princeton Notre Dame Baylor St Louis University Purdue Oklahoma Texas at Austin Most of these seem to give decisions around the last week of February, based on past years of The Grad Cafe, so I think it's expected.
SXS0P8HDYL Posted February 9 Posted February 9 I applied to UW Madison and UMass Amherst, and it's a little bit frustrating that they seem to have only released one acceptance each so far (and no waitlists or rejections). Any guess as to what the situation may be there? Does the fact that they are releasing acceptances slowly and gradually mean that they are (unsurprisingly enough) planning to accept a way smaller cohort than normal?
ThiagoMaia1 Posted February 9 Posted February 9 31 minutes ago, SXS0P8HDYL said: they seem to have only released one acceptance each so far (and no waitlists or rejections) What is this information based on? If it's based on the Grad Cafe, it's more likely that they have released more but those people simply have not submitted their status, no?
wackrapconcarne Posted February 11 Posted February 11 (edited) Does anyone know whether the PhD interviews for Irvine are LPS? It was my understanding that the standard Philosophy results aren't usually released until March, but if anyone has more concrete information please do tell! Edited February 11 by wackrapconcarne
SXS0P8HDYL Posted February 12 Posted February 12 12 hours ago, wackrapconcarne said: Does anyone know whether the PhD interviews for Irvine are LPS? It was my understanding that the standard Philosophy results aren't usually released until March, but if anyone has more concrete information please do tell! Someone on the Philosophy Grad Applicants Facebook group says that they got an interview for the UCI philosophy (not LPS) program, so I guess they're going early this year. wackrapconcarne 1
PhilBy Posted February 12 Posted February 12 On 2/6/2026 at 7:13 AM, Joely_62 said: Any further updates, particularly international students? Haven't heard from: Berkeley Cornell Harvard Princeton Stanford Seems no results are posted here. Hey, also international here! I am yet to hear from Princeton, Stanford, Columbia, Brown, MIT, Harvard, and Cornell I saw someone report that they were put on Cornell's waiting list. Has anyone else heard anything about acceptance/rejection from Cornell? Jim VK 1
RaggedAntelope Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Any news about UCLA? Saw an acceptance on the FB.
roissy Posted February 13 Posted February 13 also waiting for UCLA and Cornell, and plenty of others. i don't really know how the process actually works, but it is really stressful to see people getting offers and to hear nothing back PhilBy 1
ctshs Posted February 17 Posted February 17 Was directly informed that MIT expects to finalize admission decisions next Wednesday, so don't expect acceptances to start rolling out until Feb 26. PhilBy 1
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