DontFly Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 Huh. Source? Too lazy to find the original source, but here're some things along the same line: http://amj.aom.org/content/50/4/923.short -> on emotions being beneficial for decision making http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02699931.2014.896318-> on positive vs. negative emotions being beneficial for different kinds of decision making There's also loads of studies on maximizing vs. satisficing, which cautions against the temptation to over-analyze choices (in the sense that maximizers tend to choose objectively worse choices than satisficers, and are also not as happy as their choices), but it is only distantly related to the topic of choosing grad programs.
sidebysondheim Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 To me, that doesn't say you shouldn't analyze, but should be doing value-focused decision making. (Like using a weighted decision table—sorry I took an applied psych class on decision making last term and it definitely came in handy making my grad decision.) PreciselyTerrified 1
Establishment Posted March 28, 2015 Posted March 28, 2015 It's really just the age old intuition of: trust your gut, which I've actually seen people recommend regarding grad. school. If you attend two different places, and just really feel at home at one place and not the other... you should give a lot of credence to that feel, even if there's nothing on which you can justify that feeling (that is, it's not like professors were distant at program b but really nice at program a...) Cecinestpasunphilosophe 1
Edit_Undo Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Attending UConn NathanKellen, Griswald, TheNaturalist and 4 others 7
Duns Eith Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Attending UConn Sweet! Congrats, dude! I hope you love it there. Edit_Undo 1
mjf1240 Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Looking for advice. So far I've been accepted to only 1 school, University of Missouri. I'm waitlisted at Notre Dame, Ohio State, UWisc Madison, and UVA, but I obviously don't know if any of those will come through. I have a large amount of funding if I decide to go to Missouri (normal stipend plus University scholarship plus waved annual fees). My question is, is it worth it to spend 5+ years at Missouri, or not? It's ranked 50 on the Top 50 list, so kind of dangling right on the edge of "Whoa, don't ruin your life." I know two people who have gotten their PhD there, and one of them is doing a postdoc at Rutgers and one just got a teaching stint at KSU. So placement could be worse, and the town and school are beautiful and inviting, but... I don't know. What would you guys do if Missouri was your only choice?
Infinite Zest Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Looking for advice. So far I've been accepted to only 1 school, University of Missouri. I'm waitlisted at Notre Dame, Ohio State, UWisc Madison, and UVA, but I obviously don't know if any of those will come through. I have a large amount of funding if I decide to go to Missouri (normal stipend plus University scholarship plus waved annual fees). My question is, is it worth it to spend 5+ years at Missouri, or not? It's ranked 50 on the Top 50 list, so kind of dangling right on the edge of "Whoa, don't ruin your life." I know two people who have gotten their PhD there, and one of them is doing a postdoc at Rutgers and one just got a teaching stint at KSU. So placement could be worse, and the town and school are beautiful and inviting, but... I don't know. What would you guys do if Missouri was your only choice? Well, I'd hold off on accepting until as late as possible. You may get in off a waitlist at the last possible moment. Accept or not accept? I don't think anyone can answer that question for you. One thing I've noticed is that graduate admissions require some existential thought. What matters to you? Do you find placement record to be the most important thing? Or is doing philosophy in the near future the most important thing to you? philstudent1991 and NathanKellen 2
NathanKellen Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Looking for advice. So far I've been accepted to only 1 school, University of Missouri. I'm waitlisted at Notre Dame, Ohio State, UWisc Madison, and UVA, but I obviously don't know if any of those will come through. I have a large amount of funding if I decide to go to Missouri (normal stipend plus University scholarship plus waved annual fees). My question is, is it worth it to spend 5+ years at Missouri, or not? It's ranked 50 on the Top 50 list, so kind of dangling right on the edge of "Whoa, don't ruin your life." I know two people who have gotten their PhD there, and one of them is doing a postdoc at Rutgers and one just got a teaching stint at KSU. So placement could be worse, and the town and school are beautiful and inviting, but... I don't know. What would you guys do if Missouri was your only choice? You should definitely take the offer if you don't get in on any of the waitlists (and perhaps even then - I don't know what areas you're interested in). But there's no harm in waiting to see what pans out.
Duns Eith Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 (edited) Looking for advice. So far I've been accepted to only 1 school, University of Missouri. I'm waitlisted at Notre Dame, Ohio State, UWisc Madison, and UVA, but I obviously don't know if any of those will come through. I have a large amount of funding if I decide to go to Missouri (normal stipend plus University scholarship plus waved annual fees). My question is, is it worth it to spend 5+ years at Missouri, or not? It's ranked 50 on the Top 50 list, so kind of dangling right on the edge of "Whoa, don't ruin your life." I know two people who have gotten their PhD there, and one of them is doing a postdoc at Rutgers and one just got a teaching stint at KSU. So placement could be worse, and the town and school are beautiful and inviting, but... I don't know. What would you guys do if Missouri was your only choice? contingency [Ma & (~Na & ~Oa & ~Wa & ~Va)] ⊃ Me where a = accepted at e = enroll at You can throw some other additional criteria, like Na ⊃ Ne Wa & ~Na ⊃ We and so on ---- My advice though: Take an offer, especially a really, really well funded offer!, over waiting it out next year. You don't have to accept Missouri before April 15. Follow either Infinite Zest or NathanKellen's advice. Edited April 1, 2015 by Turretin mjf1240 and herenowagain 2
Duns Eith Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Please forgive my under-use of parentheses... herenowagain 1
mjf1240 Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Thanks everyone. That's sort of what I'm leaning toward, I guess. Fingers still crossed for one of the waitlists, but I think I've made my peace with Missouri, if need be. LennyBound 1
wandajune Posted April 1, 2015 Posted April 1, 2015 Thanks everyone. That's sort of what I'm leaning toward, I guess. Fingers still crossed for one of the waitlists, but I think I've made my peace with Missouri, if need be. I know two people who got PhDs at Missouri not too long ago, and both have TT jobs now. My impression is that the placement there is really quite good for a bottom-of-the-top-50 kind of program. Ideally one of those waitlists will materialize into an offer, but you should feel good about the Missouri option. LennyBound and wandajune 2
Sarp1 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 It's worth pointing out that Missouri is not ranked #50, but tied for #47 with SLU, Minnesota, and Rice. herenowagain, LennyBound and wandajune 3
CNK 80Q3 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 I turned down fully funded offers from Missouri-Columbia, UC Davis, Nebraska-Lincoln and Rochester over the last few days. I will be attending Wisconsin, Madison in the fall. It is finally over!!! nietzxsche, Edit_Undo, buffyfanify and 9 others 12
Substantial form Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 I'll be attending Boston University. Edit_Undo, a_for_aporia, Duns Eith and 3 others 6
Nastasya_Filippovna Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 I'll be attending Boston University. Congratulations!! PreciselyTerrified 1
Nastasya_Filippovna Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Officially declined Temple today, they were very gracious about it. So now it's just a matter of seeing whether or not UW-Madison or Purdue happen to offer me anything or not, and if they don't I'll be heading to USF! No matter what I'm very happy! sidebysondheim, philstudent1991, nietzxsche and 3 others 6
Duns Eith Posted April 6, 2015 Posted April 6, 2015 I declined a funded offer from TTU's MA. I hope this helps someone! TTU is a good program. philstudent1991 1
Duns Eith Posted April 9, 2015 Posted April 9, 2015 I declined a funded offer from OU's MA. I hope this helps someone! OU is a good program. Nastasya_Filippovna and philstudent1991 2
babybananza Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 I'll be attending Ohio State in the fall -- feel free to PM me if you are as well a_for_aporia, Edit_Undo and Duns Eith 3
Cecinestpasunphilosophe Posted April 10, 2015 Posted April 10, 2015 Accepted a one-year Classics MA offer from the University of Toronto. Declining Fordham today, so hopefully that will help someone on the waitlist there. I guess I will be seeing everyone again next year! Duns Eith, tacitmonument, a_for_aporia and 1 other 4
LennyBound Posted April 11, 2015 Posted April 11, 2015 (edited) Officially decided: I will be attending Indiana University's History and Philosophy of Science program in the fall. Is anyone else attending? If so, send me a PM. :-) Edited April 11, 2015 by LennyBound nietzxsche, Edit_Undo, Nastasya_Filippovna and 7 others 10
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