hasbeen Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Yeah, the email felt like getting like getting punched in the stomach. Now I'm just paralyzed and can't get work done.
StillWaiting13 Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Hey UCSD Applicants. I emailed the graduate coordinator and this is the response I received: "We are in the process of making these decisions. I believe those admitted have been informally informed, but nothing official has been done yet. Catherine Asmann" I tried to decipher this in ways that were psychological satisfying in order to keep me sane. Any interpretations??
humean_skeptic Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Can anyone claim one of the UBC acceptances? And if so, could you explain what the details of the offer were? Thanks. And, for that matter, anyone claiming the Brown acceptances (though I'm assuming no single person received more than one offer of admission)?
Impysh Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Thanks, Hasbeen, for posting updates from the places you've contacted. Question for you or anyone else - do you know if Loyola generally interviews applicants, or decides just on the basis of application?
hasbeen Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Thanks, Hasbeen, for posting updates from the places you've contacted. Question for you or anyone else - do you know if Loyola generally interviews applicants, or decides just on the basis of application? No problem! It was very helpful information to me, so I figured I'd share it. As for whether Loyola does interviews, I don't believe they do, as results from past years don't mention any.
lovephil Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Should University of Arizona applicants assume rejections at this point?
superhamdi Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 I emailed the graduate admissions coordinator and he told me that I didn't get in. I didn't post it on the results page because it wasn't an official rejection. Based on our conversation the acceptances have already gone out. The guy was really polite about it. It's still hard news to hear. I saw that UCSD was one of the first programs to send out acceptances (on the survey page) and I had counted 13 offers there. Guess I was still hoping. Good luck with Stanford and the rest!
superhamdi Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Hey UCSD Applicants. I emailed the graduate coordinator and this is the response I received: "We are in the process of making these decisions. I believe those admitted have been informally informed, but nothing official has been done yet. Catherine Asmann" I tried to decipher this in ways that were psychological satisfying in order to keep me sane. Any interpretations?? I wish Stillwaiting! Red Bull posted about this on the prev. page a similar response. I counted something like 13 acceptances logged on the survey page in early Feb, which makes me think that they made all their initial offers at once, expecting a few to turn them down (I think they usually admit 6-8 or something like that). If, say, 8 people turn them down, then they move on down the list. The way I understand it there are two ways of making offers. One is the aforementioned, the other is for schools that have a "cap" on offers they're allowed to make at once. Say they can only admit 8, they only make 8 offers (ish) and then have to wait for someone to decline to move on. These are the schools that really encourage you to make a decision quickly. There are of course, a number of things that can change the game in both instances and I don't know how funding plays into this. If anyone else can elaborate, please do. I think the application process is the worst for philosophy students, namely because it's so opaque and we all have a compulsive NEED to know what's going on back there. So we frantically attempt to piece together our impressions of the process. I've pulled mine mostly from a combination of the Splintered Mind, Leiter blog, and some correspondence with DGS's (who are often quite candid about the process via email) so hopefully, it's not just conjecture and has some semblance to the real process. Friends of mine in other fields simply put their apps in and went skipping through the snow. Since LORs aren't as important in most other fields, they found random instructors/grad students to write them and didn't give it another thought. Come to think of it, everything turned out just fine for them.
Philosophy88 Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Apparently someone received a letter of rejection from Loyola-Chicago in the mail, did anybody else received a letter? I Don't have my key so I can't check until later.
iamtheother Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 The second rejection entry for Loyola Chicago is mine. The letter was dated Feb. 13th and was generic and printed from a printer that really needs to have the ink changed. There was no other information included.
iamtheother Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Also, do any of the Boston College folks want to give any info? coffeekid 1
hasbeen Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Interesting about Loyola, as the chair said there was a meeting next week where things were getting decided. I think I need to try to reach the DGS again...
Philosophy88 Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Interesting about Loyola, as the chair said there was a meeting next week where things were getting decided. I think I need to try to reach the DGS again... Yeah, I was surprised too. Maybe they are notifying those who have been rejected in the first phase and they will decide on a smaller pool of applicants next week. After all, they all seem to be letters of rejection and none of acceptance.
iamtheother Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Interesting about Loyola, as the chair said there was a meeting next week where things were getting decided. I think I need to try to reach the DGS again... Your inquiries gave me such hope, for some reason. Though I don't know why. Alas, Loyola is not interested in me, as is nowhere else apparently. Again though, my stats are so miserably low.
microflora Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Anyone hear from any canadian schools? I know UWO sent out its decisions this past week (not a school I applied to, but still a good program) Anyone hear from UoT, McGill, or UBC
hasbeen Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Your inquiries gave me such hope, for some reason. Though I don't know why. Alas, Loyola is not interested in me, as is nowhere else apparently. Again though, my stats are so miserably low. I totally understand your pessimism, as I'm kind of in the same boat, with the UK waitlist be the first ray of light in awhile. I'm not that hopeful for Loyola, maybe because they rejected me the first time around before I went to get a Master's.
hasbeen Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Yeah, I was surprised too. Maybe they are notifying those who have been rejected in the first phase and they will decide on a smaller pool of applicants next week. After all, they all seem to be letters of rejection and none of acceptance. I was thinking that too, but I was worried that it was just wishful thinking. It also could be that the chair was just giving me the general information, which is useful to people on this forum, but he didn't know anything for me specifically and my rejection letter is just taking an extra mail day to arrive. Bleh.
LawrencevonBuskirk Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 The Loyola business is perplexing. I'm very near them in St. Louis, but received no letter. Perhaps they simply haven't decided who's getting an offer and who's getting waitlisted?
hasbeen Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 The Loyola business is perplexing. I'm very near them in St. Louis, but received no letter. Perhaps they simply haven't decided who's getting an offer and who's getting waitlisted? That sounds like what the meeting in the middle of next week will decide. Maybe some more rejections will go out after that for people that just made the first cut, but like I said before, the chair wasn't too clear about what's going on there. The only thing I'm positive about is the existence of a meeting lol.
everythinginitsrightplace Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 UK, SLU, Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern, DePaul, Loyola Chicago, and Duquesne. Northwestern and Wash U have rejected me so far. They were reaches anyway. My situation is unusual, as I'm trying to match up my schools with my fiancée, who is going to match soon for a residency in internal medicine. Her rank list is due this weekend, so it's been rather stressful trying to find information that could affect the order of her schools. Substitute 'pediatrics' for 'internal medicine' and I'm in the exact same situation. Match day is going to be intense!
thevagrantphilosopher Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Should University of Arizona applicants assume rejections at this point? I don't think so - I'm pretty sure they have a wait list which hasn't been posted yet.
incontradiction Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Emailed the DGS from Duke. Found out I was rejected, though she didn't say that anyone who hasn't heard is rejected. My intuition leans toward that, though.
PhilosophyHopeful2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 First acceptance in from Illinois. Congrats! Anyone want to own up to it? *Crossing my fingers that I also receive an email.*
iamtheother Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Oregon has told me I'm being considered for the M.A. For those who haven't heard back yet, this probably the reason.
Phil2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Should I immediately reject an offer I know I'm going to reject?
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