Acceptance Thread

[Monadology]

Holy cow, congrats to whoever got the Chicago offer. I think I'd give a limb to get in there.

[ianfaircloud]

Wow, I was away from my computer most of the day.  And the results were ridiculous today.  The Chicago thing isn't surprising to me, but the Michigan is very surprising.  The WashU is earlier than I expected.  UCSD is about on time.  All of these posts look legitimate.

[bar_scene_gambler]

Well...I hope there are more Chicago admits to come on Monday.

[objectivityofcontradiction]

I would take a rejection at this point. Anything but silence, it is maddening. 

[Cottagecheeseman]

  On 2/8/2014 at 3:16 AM, objectivityofcontradiction said:

I would take a rejection at this point. Anything but silence, it is maddening. 

 

Same. I haven't heard anything yet...

 

[bar_scene_gambler]

I would kill to hear from one of the two Chicago admits. It's my number 1 pick and I'd like some kind of details, considering that I haven't heard anything yet. 

[dgswaim]

  On 2/8/2014 at 3:24 AM, bar_scene_gambler said:

I would kill to hear from one of the two Chicago admits. It's my number 1 pick and I'd like some kind of details, considering that I haven't heard anything yet. 

Is your first choice Chicago Philosophy or the Committee on Social Thought?

[ianfaircloud]

Has anyone heard anything more about the UCSD admits?  We have two posts, phone and email, with no comments.

[kant_get_in]

  On 2/8/2014 at 3:16 AM, objectivityofcontradiction said:

I would take a rejection at this point. Anything but silence, it is maddening. 

 

 

[philosophe]

So much activity today! And yet none from the schools I applied to. All in good time, but boy am I antsy. 

[Monadology]

  On 2/8/2014 at 3:42 AM, ianfaircloud said:

Has anyone heard anything more about the UCSD admits?  We have two posts, phone and email, with no comments.

 

One of those was my girlfriend. She got a voicemail and then an email. The email appears to give general information about funding and visiting, but does not seem to give details about her funding in particular.

[bar_scene_gambler]

  On 2/8/2014 at 3:38 AM, dgswaim said:

Is your first choice Chicago Philosophy or the Committee on Social Thought?

That's a difficult question. I'd be just as happy in one dept as I would be in the other I think. Besides, I'm trying to do the dual degree.

[dgswaim]

I thought about applying to the Committee on Social Thought at one point... if only to study with Pippin and Marion.

[bar_scene_gambler]

  On 2/8/2014 at 4:08 AM, dgswaim said:

I thought about applying to the Committee on Social Thought at one point... if only to study with Pippin and Marion.

Ideally I'd like to study with either Pippin or Conant (I've recently discovered Conant's work on Nietzsche and love it). I'm actually pretty committed to interdisciplinary work though, so the Committee is a good fit for my interests in a general sense. 

 

EDIT: Basically, I'd give my left nut to do anything at U Chicago

Edited February 8, 2014 by bar_scene_gambler

[ianfaircloud]

  On 2/8/2014 at 3:55 AM, Monadology said:

One of those was my girlfriend. She got a voicemail and then an email. The email appears to give general information about funding and visiting, but does not seem to give details about her funding in particular.

 

Thanks so much for this update!!  I will edit my blog post...

[alethicethic]

Davis! So awesome. I am surprised that they turned the apps around so fast, with a 1/15 deadline. I was shocked when I opened the email. Kudos to the adcom!

[Platonist]

I see from the admissions results page that an acceptance email is from the professor whom the admitted person is interested in working with. I assume that the person has indicated who he or she would like to work with in his or her statement of purpose. Did everybody does the same? (I did not mention any specific professor who I want to work with in my sop, except the fit on a very general level. But this may be a mistake. Thoughts?) 

Edited February 8, 2014 by Platonist

[s0822345]

I did not mention anyone in particular but I did mention a certain project 

[Monadology]

  On 2/8/2014 at 7:48 AM, alethicethic said:

Davis! So awesome. I am surprised that they turned the apps around so fast, with a 1/15 deadline. I was shocked when I opened the email. Kudos to the adcom!

 

Congrats!

 

Wow, someone got a phone call from Wrathall yesterday? Congrats to that person as well! I wonder why the change-up in contact.

Edited February 8, 2014 by Monadology

[MattDest]

  On 2/8/2014 at 7:48 AM, alethicethic said:

Davis! So awesome. I am surprised that they turned the apps around so fast, with a 1/15 deadline. I was shocked when I opened the email. Kudos to the adcom!

 

You are on fire! Congratulations!

[TheVineyard]

  On 2/8/2014 at 7:48 AM, alethicethic said:

Davis! So awesome. I am surprised that they turned the apps around so fast, with a 1/15 deadline. I was shocked when I opened the email. Kudos to the adcom!

 

You're killing it. Are you from an MA or a top 10 undergrad program?

[philstudent1991]

  On 2/8/2014 at 5:02 PM, TheVineyard said:

You're killing it. Are you from an MA or a top 10 undergrad program?

that was my first thought as well, of course not to discredit exceptional GRE scores and what must be a strong writing sample

[TheVineyard]

  On 2/8/2014 at 5:20 PM, philstudent1991 said:

that was my first thought as well, of course not to discredit exceptional GRE scores and what must be a strong writing sample

 

I don't think that GRE scores get anyone in...I think they can just keep people with low scores out. There are too many people accepted with GRE scores in the 70-90 range for them to be all that important.

[wandajune]

Also got into Davis today!

[Weltgeist]

  On 2/8/2014 at 4:10 AM, bar_scene_gambler said:

EDIT: Basically, I'd give my left nut to do anything at U Chicago

funny; a colleague of mine phrased their feelings the exact same way.

 

and i don't disagree.