humean_skeptic Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Looks like Pitt is still sending out wait lists -- one just hit my inbox! Congrats, Hypatience. Pitt is an amazing department!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquinasDuo Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Observation: Many of the people who are getting multiple, high end, acceptances are located in Massachusetts. Perhaps more evidence in support of UG brand value in applications. Differance 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occam's Razorburn Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Observation: Many of the people who are getting multiple, high end, acceptances are located in Massachusetts. Perhaps more evidence in support of UG brand value in applications. I'm not sure if I'm part of the observation sample here, but as I am located in that state, I'll respond anyway. I can't speak to the general truth of your hypothesis, but I can say that I, at least, am applying out of an MA program. My UG was a small lib-arts school in the middle of nowhere. The first time I tried to apply to PhD programs, I had a few MAs more as safety schools than anything. Turns out the program made my writing sample a whole lot better, and gave me much more background in analytic philosophy, since my undergrad was primarily History/Continental in focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Observation: Many of the people who are getting multiple, high end, acceptances are located in Massachusetts. Perhaps more evidence in support of UG brand value in applications. Keep in mind that there are more colleges and universities in Boston / Cambridge than in any one location in the US. So that may skew the data. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Boston_college_town_map.png/660px-Boston_college_town_map.png Edited February 24, 2014 by philosophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platonist Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Hi Occam's Razor: I saw in your signature that you turned down the offer to Rochester. When did you do this? PS: I thought your rejection of Rochester might help me, but may not, because you and I have different areas of interest. So if you release a spot, they will look for a person of your AOI to fill it in. It is disappointing. Edited February 24, 2014 by Platonist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Occam's Razorburn Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hi Occam's Razor: I saw in your signature that you turned down the offer to Rochester. When did you do this? PS: I thought your rejection of Rochester might help me, but may not, because you and I have different areas of interest. So if you release a spot, they will look for a person of your AOI to fill it in. It is disappointing. This was a couple of days ago. From what I understand (mind you, this is from the rumor mill, so may not be true), Rochester admitted maybe 6-8 people with the intent of filling only around 2 spots this year. I'm not sure what that means for you, but I hope you hear good news from them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platonist Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 This was a couple of days ago. From what I understand (mind you, this is from the rumor mill, so may not be true), Rochester admitted maybe 6-8 people with the intent of filling only around 2 spots this year. I'm not sure what that means for you, but I hope you hear good news from them! Thanks, Occam's Razorburn. Yes, philosophe (who is accepted to Rochester) says the same thing, that is, they have only 2 spots for PhD students this year. If this is the case, I will have no chance. It is quite reasonable to expect that 2 people out of 6-8 acceptances will accept the offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platonist Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) This was a couple of days ago. From what I understand (mind you, this is from the rumor mill, so may not be true), Rochester admitted maybe 6-8 people with the intent of filling only around 2 spots this year. I'm not sure what that means for you, but I hope you hear good news from them! Thanks, Occam's Razorburn. Yes, philosophe (who is accepted to Rochester) says the same thing, that is, they have only 2 spots for PhD students this year. If this is the case, I will have no chance. It is quite reasonable to expect that 2 people out of 6-8 acceptances will accept the offer. PS: sorry for posting the same thing twice. I do not know how to delete one of them. Edited February 24, 2014 by Platonist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burroughs Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I don't suppose that anyone has anything to say about the UofT MA accept. I'd be interested in the details of that, if they were forthcoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alethicethic Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I accepted Arizona's offer. This means I will be turning down an offer at Syracuse, and taking myself off the waitlists of Wash U, Indiana, and Missouri. Hopefully this helps some people. Very excited about this, so anyone else that ends up deciding on Arizona should definitely contact me! First, congratulations! Second, while I'm very happy that you enjoyed the Arizona visit, shouldn't you wait until at least some of those other schools send out acceptances? I mean, are you withdrawing your applications from Rutgers, Michigan, Harvard, and so on? It just seems a bit premature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 It's Monday. Come on Monday, bring me an acceptance! Any acceptance! Let's do this! Differance, Hypatience and DHumeDominates 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Congrats to UT Austin wait-lists. I hope it was you guys who got it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjpcampbell Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I'll claim one of those Austin wait lists. Was very pleased with this so I hope it turns into something. My AOI is Mind/Action so if anyone with an offer roughly in that area is thinking of turning their offer down then do let me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattDest Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 First, congratulations! Second, while I'm very happy that you enjoyed the Arizona visit, shouldn't you wait until at least some of those other schools send out acceptances? I mean, are you withdrawing your applications from Rutgers, Michigan, Harvard, and so on? It just seems a bit premature. Thanks! I mentioned this a bit, but I have other reasons for preferring to go to Arizona (family [both my wife and I's family live here], friends, weather, activities) that outweigh any academic reasons that I might have for going to a higher-ranked school if I was able to get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greencoloredpencil Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I'm one of the UT waitlists as well, I'll take it as good news since it's my first official news of the season. Edit_Undo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zblaesi Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I'm one of the UT waitlists as well, I'll take it as good news since it's my first official news of the season. Same here. But I'm assuming we're both "quite high" on the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greencoloredpencil Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Same here. But I'm assuming we're both "quite high" on the list That doesn't bother me, I wouldn't be surprised if they told that to the top 5-10 on the wait list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) So my stomach dropped because I had a missed call and voicemail from Iowa City (I applied to the University of Iowa). Just a message about my transcript... I only sent pages 1 and 2 out of 3 because the third page was blank. Ughhhhhh. Well, hopefully it's a good sign that they cared at all to follow up? According to last year's results they released on 2/18 last year. Edited February 24, 2014 by philosophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianfaircloud Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 So my stomach dropped because I had a missed call and voicemail from Iowa City (I applied to the University of Iowa). Just a message about my transcript... I only sent pages 1 and 2 out of 3 because the third page was blank. Ughhhhhh. Well, hopefully it's a good sign that they cared at all to follow up? According to last year's results they released on 2/18 last year. Seems like that has to be good news at this point in the game. Surely they don't have the time to track down every missing page this late in February. I guess I'd be optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Seems like that has to be good news at this point in the game. Surely they don't have the time to track down every missing page this late in February. I guess I'd be optimistic. I really hope so. I've been on a serious rejection streak. This process is such a downer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModalFictionalist Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Accepted to USC by phone! philosophe and Mavngoose1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) Accepted to USC by phone! PLEASE PHONE RING TODAY. (I'm expecting it not too but whatever) Edited February 24, 2014 by zizeksucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopefulpessimiste Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Here I am, back again, to claim a Brown rejection. But I am going to stop logging on just to let everyone know that the rejections are real and belong (in large part) to me. I realized that it is totally unhelpful because no one doubts the veracity of the rejection postings. So...when you see future rejections from great departments on the results page, they're mine. All of them. I have only a few schools left so I think I am out. I applaud everyone here who has been accepted, and in particular, those who applied more than once. I don't know that I have the fortitude to go through this process again--it is so damn brutal. And to think...I went halfway through college planning on and on track to becoming a doctor. Yesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stressedout Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Here I am, back again, to claim a Brown rejection. But I am going to stop logging on just to let everyone know that the rejections are real and belong (in large part) to me. I realized that it is totally unhelpful because no one doubts the veracity of the rejection postings. So...when you see future rejections from great departments on the results page, they're mine. All of them. I have only a few schools left so I think I am out. I applaud everyone here who has been accepted, and in particular, those who applied more than once. I don't know that I have the fortitude to go through this process again--it is so damn brutal. And to think...I went halfway through college planning on and on track to becoming a doctor. Yesh. I'm probably screwed as well, brother. I did apply to a funded MA program, though, so we'll see how that goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 There's a USC accept posted. Think it's real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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