thomasf Posted April 1, 2006 Posted April 1, 2006 Anybody who got accepted on this board? Made a decision yet? (I'm waitlisted and sort of pining)
Guest phr0nesis Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 I've been accepted and will decline the offer, probably tomorrow or so. So that's at least one. Hope it works out - really strong department with many, many good people.
Guest phronesis Posted April 2, 2006 Posted April 2, 2006 Then why are you declining? B/c I can only go to one school at a time.
Guest ogo Posted April 3, 2006 Posted April 3, 2006 this also may have something to do with it. http://www.luc.edu/philosophy/gradstude ... ents.shtml
thomasf Posted April 6, 2006 Author Posted April 6, 2006 this also may have something to do with it. http://www.luc.edu/philosophy/gradstude ... ents.shtml I wondered why I couldn't find that page on their site for the life of me.
Guest ogo Posted April 7, 2006 Posted April 7, 2006 look before you leap. if it were an issue of pure philosophical pleasure i'd rather go to loyola than most of the leiter-ranked schools. but unless you're that good, it spells doom in five years.
thomasf Posted April 8, 2006 Author Posted April 8, 2006 for me it is an issue of pure philosophical pleasure. where are you going ogo?
demondeac Posted November 10, 2008 Posted November 10, 2008 Also, if you are going to dog a program for "hiding" its supposedly non-existent job placement with an error message, you should probably check your link first. The correct link, sans an "s" at the end of "placement", is: http://www.luc.edu/philosophy/recent_jo ... ment.shtml
demondeac Posted February 10, 2009 Posted February 10, 2009 Loved the heart-stopping email from Loyola today that was formatted like a formal letter, beginning with my address and "Dear DemonDeac:".... apparently my application is complete and " The committee is still in the process of reviewing applications and making decisions." Not sure what the implication of "still" is, I wonder what I can read into it...
achowa00 Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 I got the exact same email this morning. HOW OBNOXIOUS is that? Here's an update: we have no update for you at all.
earlyamerican Posted February 11, 2009 Posted February 11, 2009 Well I know two people who are in Medical School (MD) with biology degrees from Bob Jones, I hope that any merciful powers left in the universe will converge to prevent those two from being gynecologists. You can major in Misogyny at Bob Jones, can't you?
demondeac Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 I hope that any merciful powers left in the universe will converge to prevent those two from being gynecologists. You can major in Misogyny at Bob Jones, can't you? It's hard to hate women when you can't even walk on the same sidewalk; at Bob Jones they have blue and pink sidewalks, you can do the math . Achowa00, do you have any idea how many spots Loyola has or will accept? I don't really have any info on them, so I can't even begin to rank the relative probability of acceptance.
achowa00 Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 No clue. I've heard that funding is more of an issue there than anything. It's probably my last choice as far as fit is concerned, but I'm pretty sure I already secured a solid rejection from them, re: forgetting to edit an important detail of my statement of purpose. Ah well.
deweyfemme Posted February 12, 2009 Posted February 12, 2009 Anyone have any info on LC's acceptance timeframe?
GorgiasSchmorgias Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 I don't want to rain on anyone's Loyola parade, but I just wanted to offer some cautions before you accept any offers. They're in the midst of some serious reorganization. They are strongly emphasizing Bio-Ethics going forward. Be sure to check their course offerings and their faculty to see if you really want to go there. There has lately been a diminishing availability in Ancient, Contemporary Continental, and a few other areas. There are good people there, don't get me wrong. But it might be hard to create certain kinds of committees for your doctoral work there in the next few years. Look before you leap!
demondeac Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 I don't want to rain on anyone's Loyola parade, but I just wanted to offer some cautions before you accept any offers. They're in the midst of some serious reorganization. They are strongly emphasizing Bio-Ethics going forward. Be sure to check their course offerings and their faculty to see if you really want to go there. There has lately been a diminishing availability in Ancient, Contemporary Continental, and a few other areas. There are good people there, don't get me wrong. But it might be hard to create certain kinds of committees for your doctoral work there in the next few years. Look before you leap! Yeah, I couldn't find any course listings for future years, only the ones from this past year. Are there any big faculty moves on the horizon? I'm also guessing you're at Loyola, Gorgias? I'd love to hear a little more, especially since my interests are mainly in contemporary continental and philosophy of religion.
GorgiasSchmorgias Posted February 16, 2009 Posted February 16, 2009 Yeah, I couldn't find any course listings for future years, only the ones from this past year. Are there any big faculty moves on the horizon? I'm also guessing you're at Loyola, Gorgias? I'd love to hear a little more, especially since my interests are mainly in contemporary continental and philosophy of religion. Now, philosophy of religion should be pretty doable there. They've got Paul Moser and Kieth Yandell, both big into philosophy of religion. I am indeed there now, but I shouldn't say too much, you know, for fear of revealing myself... the course offerings over the past year are typical of my time at Loyola. Andrew Cutrofello is big into continental (great guy, very hands on helping grad students with advice), as is Adriaan Peperzak (although he is generally fully booked as far as committees go, so don't count on Peperzak as your go-to guy). I guess I should rephrase a tad - if you're interested in Ancient, Medieval, and hardcore analytic stuff, you should really check into the faculty list and make absolutely certain Loyola is right for you. If you're interested in religion, Hegel, Levinas, feminism, or medical ethics, you're definitely on the right track. They will be making a new hire - they've been having job talks of late. A Jesuit and an Aristotle scholar are in the running as of the last time I checked. And they did make a recent hire, Diana Meyers, who has gotten some good mentions (I haven't taken her). They lost Patricia Huntington, who is BIG into Kierkegaard, and from my experience a pretty great instructor. They haven't really done anything to address this, nor does it look like they will with their upcoming hire.
demondeac Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Two rejections via post are up on the results page...so no news is either good news or slow post
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