ecotheology518 Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Someone was waitlisted for "philosophy of religion" phd at Chicago. Does anyone know if that's through the philosophy department or religion? It's kinda a weird thing. I'm assuming it's through the Divinity School. It's not that uncommon for seminary/divinity school PhD programs for their to be a philosophy of religion track alongside theology, church history, NT, OT, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circle of Fourths Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Anyone else feel like this Friday has been going painfully slow? Is it just me? Am I losing sanity in the waiting process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Praying to the acceptance gods that today will be a fruitful day for all Apparently only the rejection gods were listening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Anyone else feel like this Friday has been going painfully slow? Is it just me? Am I losing sanity in the waiting process? I was really expecting more from this week in general. If the admissions process is teaching me anything, it's that I shouldn't trust my intuitions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Apparently only the rejection gods were listening Rejection Devil, philosophe. Rejection Devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philhopeful Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I can claim the Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cottagecheeseman Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I can claim the Austin. Congrats! I can't wait till I finally get one of those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnothi_Seauton Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Looks like Georgetown is up! objectivityofcontradiction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyT Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I can claim the Austin. Congrats! Is there a change in your online app status? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philhopeful Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Congrats! Is there a change in your online app status? Thanks. And yep, it has changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Congrats on the Austin and Georgetown offers (and the Fordham waitlist). I applied to Fordham and Georgetown so I'll be pretty anxious this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Differance Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Congrats on the Austin and Georgetown offers (and the Fordham waitlist). I applied to Fordham and Georgetown so I'll be pretty anxious this afternoon. Hi guys! I'm brand new here, but I'll claim one of the Penn State acceptances and the Fordham waitlist. Congrats to everyone accepted or waitlisted thus far! Still a ways to go... Edited February 21, 2014 by Differance AcademicX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
objectivityofcontradiction Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Congrats Georgetown. My phone has been quiet, I've had no news in a week plus, and I'm down to only 2 schools that have not released any decisions (according the TGC results, anyways), with now a handful of presumed rejections. This is fun. Looks like I'll be treated to the good old radio silence throughout the acceptance period, which will take me right into the late March slew of rejections that departments will finally 'get around to.' Gotta love that 4.0 MA GPA. Boy, my writing sample (from a first class honors thesis) must have either really sucked or really pissed some Kantian committee members off. Edited February 21, 2014 by objectivityofcontradiction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AcademicX Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Congrats to the Georgetown acceptance and the Fordham waitlist! Looking back, I should have applied to Georgetown. Please Fordham call me or send me an e-mail!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Hi guys! I'm brand new here, but I'll claim one of the Penn State acceptances and the Fordham waitlist. Congrats to everyone accepted or waitlisted thus far! Still a ways to go... Congrats! By the way, my girlfriend just got off the phone with Georgetown. They said she was wait-listed for funding (which sounded based on her description to basically just be regular old wait-listed) and that the person who called her said he had a lot of people to call/email this afternoon. AcademicX and Silly_Socrates 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Differance Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Congrats to the Georgetown acceptance and the Fordham waitlist! Looking back, I should have applied to Georgetown. Please Fordham call me or send me an e-mail!! The Fordham email (for me- waitlist) was pretty generic. Actually, it's kind of cruel because it says "Congrats on your acceptance to Fordham"! And then you go open the attached PDF and realize that you've been accepted for the MA but waitlisted for PhD. Yeah.. thanks for that one, adcomm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 UT Austin application site has been slowed to a crawl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 One wonders if anyone is going to post an offer to the PhD program for Fordham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golem Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I hope the prediction about Purdue offers going out today is accurate. I've been waiting for them for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Indiana is wait-listing. Congrats to those wait-listed. If Purdue is gonna be active today that's four schools for me to be anxious about. I'm already about at my limit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kant_get_in Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Accepted to Binghamton. MattDest, Monadology, Table and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monadology Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Accepted to Binghamton. Congratulations! kant_get_in 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVineyard Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) So...did anyone else here apply to Pittsburgh HPS? I still haven't received any word after 1 acceptance and 4-5 rejections have been posted... Edited February 21, 2014 by TheVineyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philosophe Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Accepted to Binghamton. Congrats!!! Now you need to change your user name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Table Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I'm hearing a lot of people talk about GRE scores. While these matter a little, at some point, they don't matter that much. A 4.0 versus a 6.0 on AW, for instance, means almost nothing in philosophy admissions. And though some departments use cut-offs, after an application makes that cut, the rest is about the reputation of the institutions attended, the strength of the letters, and the strength of the writing sample. I'm in a particularly good position to comment on this. I teach test-prep with a well-known, national brand in the industry. Also, common sense suggests that the GRE can't be much of a factor beyond the cut-off. GRE numbers won't tell a committee whether one applicant with a great writing sample is going to be a better philosopher than another applicant with a great writing sample. Everybody knows that many great GRE scores were purchased not with strength of intellect but with time and money. You get a reasonably high score, and the score becomes a non-factor. You don't get the reasonably high score, then your score becomes a liability. Many admissions committees may think that GRE scores become a non-factor after initial cuts, but I doubt that's actually the case. All the research on racial and gender bias in hiring and admissions seems to show that expectations based on initial impressions of a candidate seriously color the way their file is interpreted. Anything that makes someone opening your file think of you as a "smart person" is going to help, because that's just the way human brains work. It seems likely that very high (as opposed to "passing") GRE scores will often do this. I also have heard that one person who is often on the adcom at my school does take GRE scores very seriously. It seems plausible that some schools do give them significant weight. Where did you hear that some schools use cut offs? If I remember correctly, everyone in the Leiter thread denied it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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