Waitlist Thread

[Zukunftsmusik]

Waitlists news and notifications deserve their own thread. So, here's one. Please post here if you get waitlisted anywhere, get in off the waitlist, remove yourself from one, turn down an offer from a school with a waitlist, etc.

 

I'll start:

I'm waitlisted at Pitt and would appreciate knowing if/when anyone with an offer from Pitt turns it down.

I also removed myself from the Indiana, Bloomington waitlist earlier today.

 

[zblaesi]

I'm waitlisted at UTexas and would also appreciate knowing if/when anyone with an offer from Texas turns it down.

[Gnothi_Seauton]

I turned down an offer from Virginia and took myself off of the waitlist at Arizona some time ago.  Hope those help some people here!

[ianfaircloud]

Brilliant!! We have threads for acceptances and rejections. It's high time we have a thread for wait-lists.

[Cottagecheeseman]

I'm wait-listed at UVA. I'll pay everyone $1 if they take themselves off the waitlist or deny the acceptance. Not really I don't have any money. 

[Differance]

I'm currently waitlisted at Fordham/accepted to their MA. I will likely take myself off the list, but I'm still waiting to hear from a few schools before I do so!

[humean_skeptic]

I'm currently on the wait list at U of Arizona; received the notification Feb 10th through email. 

 

Edit: Pretty desperate to get in off the wait list! Arizona is pretty much my #1 choice for grad school (barring a miracle in which I get into NYU). 

Edited February 24, 2014 by humean_skeptic

[AcademicX]

I'm currently waitlisted at Fordham/accepted to their MA. I will likely take myself off the list, but I'm still waiting to hear from a few schools before I do so!

 

I don't know if this makes a difference for you, but it's probable that i won't be accepting Fordham's offer as I am very interested in Penn State's offer. I will probably also take myself off the DePaul waitlist soon.

[Differance]

I don't know if this makes a difference for you, but it's probable that i won't be accepting Fordham's offer as I am very interested in Penn State's offer. I will probably also take myself off the DePaul waitlist soon.

 

Thanks for the heads up! I'm honestly more interested in Penn State's offer, even I did get off the waitlist at Fordham. Penn State seems like a much better fit for me, in general. I'll likely give myself a few more weeks to think it over, regardless.

[greencoloredpencil]

Wait listed at UT Austin. Really hoping to get off of it!...

[Rollontheground]

Differance and Johannes,

 

This is so good to hear. I'm on the wait list at Fordham too, but I'd accept; they're my top choice. 

 

I was told the wait list contained the top 15% of applications. Did anyone else get the same number? — i.e., am I in the 85%ile, or is everyone on the wait list?

Edited February 24, 2014 by Rollontheground

[Differance]

Difference and Johannes,

 

This is so good to hear. I'm on the wait list at Fordham too, but I'd accept; they're my top choice. 

 

I was told the wait list contained the top 15% of applications. Did anyone else get the same number? — i.e., am I in the 85%ile, or is everyone on the wait list?

 

I got the same number- top 15%. I assumed that it was just a generic email, with my name copied and pasted at the top!

[Rollontheground]

Alrighty. Hopefully Grad Cafe users are the creme de la creme and we're all next in line on our lists.

 

Best of luck everyone! 

[zblaesi]

I contacted Wisconsin via email and was told I was waitlisted. They are supposed to release information tomorrow.

[objectivityofcontradiction]

Just had a quick look at last year's results pertaining to UC Riverside. Based on what I saw, it looks like wait-list offers should be out this week. I am anxiously awaiting one of these. 

Edited February 24, 2014 by objectivityofcontradiction

[philosophia14]

I'm waitlisted at my dream school, Notre Dame. Really hoping someone with my AOI rejects their offer. Really hoping.

[DHumeDominates]

Waitlists news and notifications deserve their own thread. So, here's one. Please post here if you get waitlisted anywhere, get in off the waitlist, remove yourself from one, turn down an offer from a school with a waitlist, etc.

 

I'll start:

I'm waitlisted at Pitt and would appreciate knowing if/when anyone with an offer from Pitt turns it down.

I also removed myself from the Indiana, Bloomington waitlist earlier today.

 

This is a very good idea. Many of us would very much like to know when someone turns down an offer or removes oneself from a wait list.

[Hilbert's timequake]

I'm waitlisted at my dream school, Notre Dame. Really hoping someone with my AOI rejects their offer. Really hoping.

 

What is your area, may I ask?

[philosophia14]

Philosophy of Religion, Hilbert's Timequake.

[zblaesi]

I've been told by a Christian philosopher to avoid Notre Dame like the plague. Look into Josh Rasmussen. The guy was quite talented and had all these publications and yet couldn't get a job anywhere (last I spoke with him a year ago).

 

Philosophers and their hatred of philosophy of religion, you know...

Edited February 25, 2014 by zblaesi

[philosophia14]

I've been told by a Christian philosopher to avoid Notre Dame like the plague. Look into Josh Rasmussen. The guy was quite talented and had all these publications and yet couldn't get a job anywhere (last I spoke with him a year ago).

 

Philosophers and their hatred of philosophy of religion, you know...

 

Yep, can see where you're coming from, but Phil of Religion is really where it's at for me and I'm the classic philosophy student who doesn't care all that much about my job hopes--I do philosophy because I can't conceive of a possible world in which I'd do anything else. ND is by far the top choice for me because of this.

[zblaesi]

Yep, can see where you're coming from, but Phil of Religion is really where it's at for me and I'm the classic philosophy student who doesn't care all that much about my job hopes--I do philosophy because I can't conceive of a possible world in which I'd do anything else. ND is by far the top choice for me because of this.

(Maybe a Notre Dame adcom will see this. Other wait-listers: better step up your game!)

[DHumeDominates]

I've been told by a Christian philosopher to avoid Notre Dame like the plague. Look into Josh Rasmussen. The guy was quite talented and had all these publications and yet couldn't get a job anywhere (last I spoke with him a year ago).

 

Philosophers and their hatred of philosophy of religion, you know...

 

zblaesi, if you actually know what you're talking about (and I'm not assuming that you do), I'd like to hear more. Is your point that hiring committees are reluctant to hire Notre Dame PhDs because (i) the Notre Dame program is most known for (and has a strong) philosophy of religion focus and yet (ii) most philosophers (including most philosophers on hiring committees) "hate" the philosophy of religion?

 

I highly doubt that that is true. But if you know what you're talking about, do enlighten me.

Edited February 25, 2014 by DHumeDominates

[zblaesi]

zblaesi, if you actually know what you're talking about (and I'm not assuming that you do), I'd like to hear more. Is your point that hiring committees are reluctant to hire Notre Dame PhDs because (i) the Notre Dame program is most known for (and has a strong) philosophy of religion focus and yet (ii) most philosophers (including most philosophers on hiring committees) "hate" the philosophy of religion?

 

I highly doubt that that is true. But if you know what you're talking about, do enlighten me.

 

I don't know if that is true, but I've talked with Rasmussen in the past, and he was struggling in the job market. Having said that, his focus was on philosophy of religion - so it might work differently for someone who is specializing in, say, metaphysics or something. However, I know a grad student at Rutgers who is very into philosophy of religion, and his reasoning was to focus on a non-religious specialization to increase the probability of getting hired out of college. Presumably, he can shift gears into philosophy of religion later once he has secured a position. This guy has expressed major pessimism over the education quality of Notre Dame, I think mostly because some of its biggest names recently retired. He also suggested that Notre Dame has this reputation of producing "philosophers for Christ," which migh play a role in the hiring process.

 

Incidentally, I attended the Plantinga retirement ceremony as a freshman in community college, and I considered referencing it in my statement of purpose or to my letter writers. You know, to paint this impression of extracarricular passion for philosophy. Eric Schwitzgebel advised me against it for the reason that philosophy of religion is looked down upon.

 

I personally don't know what the climate is like at Notre Dame, and I'm just going by hearsay. But it's probably worth taking into consideration. It couldn't hut to look into the placement record and/or contact some recent graduates from the program.

 

Again, I could be 100% wrong - just throwing it out there.

Edited February 25, 2014 by zblaesi

[TheVineyard]

Philosophers of religion are unlikely to get jobs. There is not much of a demand. That's the point, I believe.