philosophe Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 huh, I guess we'll see. Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 There have been past and more recent cases where students check the status online and discover a result, as can be seen in the results listings. But I share your skepticism which is why I ask. I'm not applying to philosophy programs, my philosophy study was in the past. I'm applying to social science programs. I am following philosophy this year as I have an interest in the outcome of this admission season for other reasons. Table and MattDest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollontheground Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Yeah, for the most part. Though why Emory? It's mostly French philosophy and Pragmatism. Is it because of your interests in Phenomenology and "Existentialism"? Do you lean French or German? To be honest, I haven't had that much exposure to French Continental, but I do love Sartre; and Flynn seems to be one of the few people still writing about him who in the U.S. I read a few of Patterson's articles, and those coupled with Hartle's willingness to work philosophically on Augustine got me to apply. (It's so hard to find Augustine scholars who aren't in Theology/Religion departments — and I really want to get out of those.) There's also this guy Kevin Corrigan who's part of their LIBERAL STUDIES program who does everything I've been doing for my M.A. — i.e., mapping out Antiquity's influence on Late Antiquity. Overall, I was drawn to how eclectic Emory is, how accommodating they seem to be with respect to people whose interests don't fit so neatly into particular disciplines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstudent1991 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 "Who got in" forum is truly worthless this year. Ya, the OSU posting isn't unreasonable like those Rutgers ones a few weeks ago. I'd like to see another to confirm but no obvious reason to think it's not real! I didn't apply there so I can't confirm anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDest Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 There have been past and more recent cases where students check the status online and discover a result, as can be seen in the results listings. But I share your skepticism which is why I ask. I'm not applying to philosophy programs, my philosophy study was in the past. I'm applying to social science programs. I am following philosophy this year as I have an interest in the outcome of this admission season for other reasons. That's an unfortunate precedent to set... I don't want to add logging into my applications into my obsessive routine! I didn't mean to suggest that you were somehow intruding, I was just curious based on your profile. I appreciate the helpful posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canis Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 See, I assumed that everyone was already being as crazy as I and checking their application status every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyelisha Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 See, I assumed that everyone was already being as crazy as I and checking their application status every day. Oh, I am. I have a sticky note with my login info to each application and I just go down the list every day... DHumeDominates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHumeDominates Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I'm confused. Where is the results page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philstudent1991 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I'm confused. Where is the results page? go up to the top of the page right under thegradcafe.com and click "results search", then type in the school or field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHumeDominates Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 go up to the top of the page right under thegradcafe.com and click "results search", then type in the school or field. Thanks. Yeah, I figured that out about five seconds after I posted. Figures. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 On a random note, I once made the mistake of signing up for academia.edu once and it sends me emails when people google my name and click on the profile. It's happened a couple times over the past few days, and I suspect it's because of applications, so people ARE googling your name with applications! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 On a random note, I once made the mistake of signing up for academia.edu once and it sends me emails when people google my name and click on the profile. It's happened a couple times over the past few days, and I suspect it's because of applications, so people ARE googling your name with applications! Creepy! Thanks for the heads up. Good thing the first thing that comes up with my name is the Philosophy Dpt prize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Creepy! Thanks for the heads up. Good thing the first thing that comes up with my name is the Philosophy Dpt prize Mine was never put online so you can't find it - but a list of graduates with me included does come up so at least they know I actually have a BA lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Mine was never put online so you can't find it - but a list of graduates with me included does come up so at least they know I actually have a BA lol... haha, yeah, maybe now's a good time to make my twitter private lol. everything looks innocuous to me... but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kant_get_in Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 On a random note, I once made the mistake of signing up for academia.edu once and it sends me emails when people google my name and click on the profile. It's happened a couple times over the past few days, and I suspect it's because of applications, so people ARE googling your name with applications! Interesting. Appcomms will certainly know that I'm a white male now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Interesting. Appcomms will certainly know that I'm a white male now. You're in good company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alethicethic Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 On a random note, I once made the mistake of signing up for academia.edu once and it sends me emails when people google my name and click on the profile. It's happened a couple times over the past few days, and I suspect it's because of applications, so people ARE googling your name with applications! You can set your preferences such that it only sends you a once a week "recap email", although you can check your analytics anytime. Although, I think many academics are hip to the fact that if they click through to your profile, it registers. It's quite useful to have a public, professional presence online, including an academia.edu page. And to philosophe: perhaps keep two twitter accounts: one private, or anonymous, for friends, and one public, for professional purposes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 And to philosophe: perhaps keep two twitter accounts: one private, or anonymous, for friends, and one public, for professional purposes? Deleted my last name off the account. Problem solved (I hope). I keep it public because I follow politics closely and I want my tweets to be picked up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDest Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 I have a personal website for philosophy and I have been checking Google Analytics rather obsessively. It's definitely a good idea to Google yourself and clean-up any questionable online presences you may have. Make sure you FB profile picture isn't a keg-stand or something similar (although, with the way some philosophers drink... it may not be a bad thing entirely!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I have a personal website for philosophy and I have been checking Google Analytics rather obsessively. It's definitely a good idea to Google yourself and clean-up any questionable online presences you may have. Make sure you FB profile picture isn't a keg-stand or something similar (although, with the way some philosophers drink... it may not be a bad thing entirely!). That last hit on your website was from me... (sorry I had to look it up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDest Posted January 23, 2014 Author Share Posted January 23, 2014 That last hit on your website was from me... (sorry I had to look it up) Haha! I appreciate you letting me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 How you guys feel trying to check your email while gmail was done? Cause I was like "LOAD MAYBE SOMEONE EMAILED ME DAMMIT!!!" DHumeDominates and axiomness 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDest Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 So, TIL that Jack Gleeson (Joffrey on HBO's Game of Thrones) wants to get a PhD in philosophy. I'll give him a pass for liking Zizek, because he is so perfectly hateable in the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shulie Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hi all, just discovered this thread. Hang in there! (Even though the more I read on the matter, the more frustrated and pessimistic I get) shelbyelisha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelbyelisha Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hi all, just discovered this thread. Hang in there! (Even though the more I read on the matter, the more frustrated and pessimistic I get) Same here, Shulie. Welp, it's Friday past 5. I'm going to try to stay off gradcafe and email for the weekend. Even though I know there will be no news, it will still be tough to break the habit... Have a great weekend everyone kant_get_in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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