currentphilgrad Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Congrats to all the NYU acceptances! You've won! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kant_get_in Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Big day on the results page. Congrats everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadeel Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Why have I not received a Yale rejection yet? Do they not send out all rejection emails at once? My bad, I was looking at the wrong result page. Edited February 26, 2016 by Hadeel Mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FregePhil Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Congratulations to all those admitted. I didn't get admitted anywhere this season despite applying to fifteen places. I guess my WS was plain boring and lacked creativity. But I feel good that those admitted are much more competent; and all the people here are so cool. Good luck for your future journey! philstudent1991, Schwarzwald, personagrata and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibnbattuta Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 I urge those of you who were given offers of admission to input the stipend information at http://www.phdstipends.com/ . Knowledge is power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
502845824 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, ibnbattuta said: I urge those of you who were given offers of admission to input the stipend information at http://www.phdstipends.com/ . Knowledge is power. I'm very skeptical of stuff like this. What good can come out of it? The only thing I can see happening is that X at University of Y will look up his/her school and compare/contrast with A, B, and C, who were also admitted. This will accomplish one of two things -- X will realize he/she is being paid poorly in comparison, and hence will be bummed the fuck out; or X will see that he/she is being paid more than his/her peers, and will pat himself/herself on the back and move along. Neither of those is particularly beneficial to anyone. In fact, I can foresee one other use: A student might use the site, find out he/she is being paid poorly, and then attempt to bargain/negotiate a better offer, which the program will resent. That would benefit no one and very well might harm the student. Edited February 27, 2016 by oldhatnewtricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVSCZAR Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 4 minutes ago, oldhatnewtricks said: I'm very skeptical of stuff like this. What good can come out of it? The only thing I can see happening is that X at University of Y will look up his/her school and compare/contrast with A, B, and C, who were also admitted. This will accomplish one of two things -- X will realize he/she is being paid poorly in comparison, and hence will be bummed the fuck out; or X will see that he/she is being paid more than his/her peers, and will pat himself/herself on the back and move along. Neither of those is particularly beneficial to anyone. In fact, I can foresee one other use: A student might use the site, find out he/she is being paid poorly, and then attempt to bargain/negotiate a better offer, which the program will resent. That would benefit no one and very well might harm the student. And there's at least a fourth use: You can look through the site and ask yourself repeatedly why you didn't study engineering instead. MentalEngineer, 502845824, philosophe and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
502845824 Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 5 minutes ago, Abendstern said: One of my offers specifically says to let them know if I'm considering choosing another program due to financial considerations so that they can have the opportunity to respond. Of course you can't go in and demand more money in an ungrateful way, but at least some departments are open to the discussion. Funding is a big deal. I think it's good to know what good compensation versus bad is, and to then make an informed choice about your program based on that. You're going to find out who is on fellowship and who is TAing during those years very quickly once you arrive for orientation. Might as well find out now. That is totally true, and I agree with you. But the point of that site isn't to compare your funding at X with your funding at Y. Presumably, both X and Y told you directly about your funding package, so you have all you need to compare X's offer to you with Y's offer to you. The only point of that site is to compare your offers with offers received by others. And no program will up their offer to you because someone else got a better one. So the site doesn't help negotiate offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibnbattuta Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 38 minutes ago, oldhatnewtricks said: I'm very skeptical of stuff like this. What good can come out of it? The only thing I can see happening is that X at University of Y will look up his/her school and compare/contrast with A, B, and C, who were also admitted. This will accomplish one of two things -- X will realize he/she is being paid poorly in comparison, and hence will be bummed the fuck out; or X will see that he/she is being paid more than his/her peers, and will pat himself/herself on the back and move along. Neither of those is particularly beneficial to anyone. In fact, I can foresee one other use: A student might use the site, find out he/she is being paid poorly, and then attempt to bargain/negotiate a better offer, which the program will resent. That would benefit no one and very well might harm the student. When considering whether or not to apply to grad school at all it can provide information about stipends which are not provided on websites. Furthermore if one is wait-listed they can get a rough idea of what funding is like to compare other offers they may have received. To be honest a lot of this info can be found on a particular program's website, so the idea of being bummed out/boastful about it doesn't really hold water. Just in general it is good to be as well-equipped as one can when considering going down this road. To each their own I guess, but during my application cycles I was always curious as to what sitpends were like. Also I think it is just interesting to know the different stipends across different fields and at different universities. brush 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVSCZAR Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 1 hour ago, ibnbattuta said: To each their own I guess, but during my application cycles I was always curious as to what sitpends were like. Also I think it is just interesting to know the different stipends across different fields and at different universities. Well, if it helps, if I combine all of my offers, I'd be able to afford to rent a studio in NYC, no utilities... Siegfried42, torpedofish, kantbook and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimeMumble Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 8 hours ago, oldhatnewtricks said: I'm very skeptical of stuff like this. What good can come out of it? The only thing I can see happening is that X at University of Y will look up his/her school and compare/contrast with A, B, and C, who were also admitted. This will accomplish one of two things -- X will realize he/she is being paid poorly in comparison, and hence will be bummed the fuck out; or X will see that he/she is being paid more than his/her peers, and will pat himself/herself on the back and move along. Neither of those is particularly beneficial to anyone. In fact, I can foresee one other use: A student might use the site, find out he/she is being paid poorly, and then attempt to bargain/negotiate a better offer, which the program will resent. That would benefit no one and very well might harm the student. You are skeptical because you don't have kids or a wife to support with your stipend, I guess. Money really matters when you need to take care of someone more than yourself. And extra information is never harmful. We should know this as philosophers. gughok 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
759 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 Anyone hearing back from UConn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysippus'Doge Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 58 minutes ago, WVE said: Anyone hearing back from UConn? Not a peep. Just that one weird post last Sunday night which I'm honestly a little skeptical of. NathanKellen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegfried42 Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 For you people waiting on UC-Riverside - it looks like there's a post up on the board! Not sure if it's genuine, since it's a Sunday afternoon, but you never know. Admissions committees, after all, work in mysterious ways. machineghost 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machineghost Posted February 28, 2016 Share Posted February 28, 2016 (edited) I perused their history and it isn't uncommon for them to admit folks over two or three days and, apparently, using different notification schemes in one application season, e.g phone and personal email and impersonal email. Good times ahead. Edited February 28, 2016 by machineghost mobile site inserted a bunch of quotes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marx Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Did anyone hear from CUNY yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnp Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 13 hours ago, WVE said: Anyone hearing back from UConn? 12 hours ago, Chrysippus'Doge said: Not a peep. Just that one weird post last Sunday night which I'm honestly a little skeptical of. Sorry I was that weird poster! I received an email from Mitchell Green last Sunday. It's strange not to have seen anyone else on gradcafe claim another UConn acceptance. I guess they must have been very quietly excited, like me. 759 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaEvans Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Just got into UT Austin!! Very excited. I was also awarded the Provost's Graduate Excellence Fellowship :):) Does anyone have any insight as to which one is better, Notre Dame or UT Austin? I know on Philosophical Gourmet they're tied for ranking, which makes it tough. philosophe, machineghost and blacklake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacbarcan Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Still very interested to hear who got the Riverside acceptance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegfried42 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 6 minutes ago, AmandaEvans said: Just got into UT Austin!! Very excited. I was also awarded the Provost's Graduate Excellence Fellowship :):) Does anyone have any insight as to which one is better, Notre Dame or UT Austin? I know on Philosophical Gourmet they're tied for ranking, which makes it tough. That's awesome, congrats!! Sounds like you have a very enviable choice to make . As to your question: this depends very heavily on your areas of interest and the people you'd like to work with, especially since their general ranking is identical. What area of philosophy would you like most to work in? Also, the fact that Austin is providing you with a fellowship is worth some consideration too - it will presumably allow you some more financial freedom and time to do academic work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaEvans Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Thank you!! I'm constantly torn between metaphysics and philosophy of mind, which makes it tricky. I don't know much about UT Austin's metaphysics department (I have some research to do), but I know Notre Dame is strong in that area. On the other hand, my advisor told me to apply to Austin in the first place because of its strength in philosophy of mind. An added consideration is that I'm attending Notre Dame for undergrad. So branching out is probably another tally in favor of Austin, but who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dialectica Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 Anyone have reason to think Austin spreads out its acceptances? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegfried42 Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, Dialectica said: Anyone have reason to think Austin spreads out its acceptances? Not sure about this but note that fellowship nominees are almost always notified ahead of other admits, so there is definitely no reason to presume rejection yet! Also: Michigan is on the board...anybody able to claim it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 27 minutes ago, AmandaEvans said: Thank you!! I'm constantly torn between metaphysics and philosophy of mind, which makes it tricky. I don't know much about UT Austin's metaphysics department (I have some research to do), but I know Notre Dame is strong in that area. On the other hand, my advisor told me to apply to Austin in the first place because of its strength in philosophy of mind. An added consideration is that I'm attending Notre Dame for undergrad. So branching out is probably another tally in favor of Austin, but who knows. Well... Galen Strawson... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaEvans Posted February 29, 2016 Share Posted February 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, dgswaim said: Well... Galen Strawson... True!! And I happen to love him. I honestly had forgotten he was there until just now. Hahah this is definitely a point in favor of Austin. Especially since van Inwagen (who I love as well) is semi-retired at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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