MVSCZAR Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 18 minutes ago, Schwarzwald said: Boston Collegeeee, nooooo, yudodis. Did you apply for the MA or the PhD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzwald Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 2 minutes ago, MVSCZAR said: Did you apply for the MA or the PhD? MA, I'm not a glutton for punishment. bechkafish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVSCZAR Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 1 minute ago, Schwarzwald said: MA, I'm not a glutton for punishment. Haha. Idk if the MAs have gone out, tho. Just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bechkafish Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 6 minutes ago, Siegfried42 said: Just got the official rejection from Harvard. Also presumably rejected from Cornell, Notre Dame & Yale. Inevitable but no less disappointing... Had especially held out a little hope for ND since a POI told me my sample was "excellent" and that I should apply with confidence. Really sorry to hear this. You should have demanded that the POI give you that assessment in writing... signed... and notarized... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
personagrata Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Rejected from Harvard! Oh well, I might have frozen to death up there! On the bright side, I got into Stanford law! Keeping my fingers crossed about the philosophy side. Schwarzwald 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamStone Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 With only rejection so far, I have already begun to put in motion my most immediate plan B: applying for adjunct positions . ...maybe I'll have some better luck landing a job that pays hardly anything (*sigh* but even these positions are difficult to secure). Swann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmanPhDStudent Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Rejected from Texas A&M. Record number of applicants, limited funding, etc. 0-for-3 does not feel good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cecinestpasunphilosophe Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 Rejected by Fordham. Oh, the irony. Hell hath no fury like a department scorn'd. torpedofish and oldmanPhDStudent 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorshake Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 My DePaul, Villanova, and Chicago bids are put to rest. Penn State, McGill and Toronto just probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyRay Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Alright. So I'm closing this season with 0 acceptances, 0 waitlists, 11 rejections. I need back up plans. Help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzwald Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Just now, MickeyRay said: Alright. So I'm closing this season with 0 acceptances, 0 waitlists, 11 rejections. I need back up plans. Help? :[ admissions can be rough. There's always next cycle though! We share interests, perhaps you can take from my list of back-up plans toward the beginning of this thread. I rarely meet other Spinozist, where did you apply? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyRay Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 12 minutes ago, Schwarzwald said: :[ admissions can be rough. There's always next cycle though! We share interests, perhaps you can take from my list of back-up plans toward the beginning of this thread. I rarely meet other Spinozist, where did you apply? This was my next cycle. I should probably go find something else to do now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheJabberwock Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I see three Oregon rejections via email, I have not received an email and the status of my application is still pending. Should I give into the false sense of hope? Looks like in past years they have done all their rejections at once... AHHHHH I don't know what this means! offyerhst 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehegeldialectic Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) I've been rejected for Ph.D.'s from Villanova, Fordham, Loyola, and Penn State. I haven't heard anything from Stony Brook, Boston College, or Duquesne. I'm not sure if I should hope for an M.A. Shouldn't they already have wait listed these people? I've also applied for New School for Social Research's M.A. I thought my writing sample(s) would get me in. I'm guessing I was rejected because of my rough semester in 2012, when I failed study abroad and disappeared for two years. I'd placed this behind me, but now I guess it will follow me around for the rest of my life. My plan B is to do St. John's College's M.A.L.A. It's the sister program to my undergrad program and I'd love to just read the great books while doing independent research. Edited February 26, 2016 by iunoionnis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchamatcha Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, iunoionnis said: I've been rejected for Ph.D.'s from Villanova, Fordham, Loyola, and Penn State. I haven't heard anything from Stony Brook, Boston College, or Duquesne. I'm not sure if I should hope for an M.A. Shouldn't they already have wait listed these people? I've also applied for New School for Social Research's M.A. I thought my writing sample(s) would get me in. I'm guessing I was rejected because of my rough semester in 2012, when I failed study abroad and disappeared for two years. I'd placed this behind me, but now I guess it will follow me around for the rest of my life. My plan B is to do St. John's College's M.A.L.A. It's the sister program to my undergrad program, and I'd love to just read the great books while doing independent research. I too had a couple rough semesters where I disappeared for 8 months due to mental health problems in 2011. I had hoped that coming back and finishing my undergrad relatively strong along with finishing my MA with really good grades and a solid thesis would help with the shortcomings of my application. I have no idea how to frame my application next year if I do indeed end up with a slate of rejections over the next month. Your plan B seems pretty cool though! Books and independent research is basically the dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicsana Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 0a/0w/5r out of 6. Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
currentphilgrad Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 1 hour ago, matchamatcha said: I too had a couple rough semesters where I disappeared for 8 months due to mental health problems in 2011. I had hoped that coming back and finishing my undergrad relatively strong along with finishing my MA with really good grades and a solid thesis would help with the shortcomings of my application. I have no idea how to frame my application next year if I do indeed end up with a slate of rejections over the next month. Your plan B seems pretty cool though! Books and independent research is basically the dream. I had a rough time at undergrad for my first two years and ended up dropping out. I went on to get my MA from a Leiter department and am now in a PhD program in a Leiter department (of course now I'm striking out big time trying to get into a different department). I'm only saying this to point out that it is possible to overcome bad semesters and still end up in graduate school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVSCZAR Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 19 minutes ago, currentphilgrad said: I had a rough time at undergrad for my first two years and ended up dropping out. I went on to get my MA from a Leiter department and am now in a PhD program in a Leiter department (of course now I'm striking out big time trying to get into a different department). I'm only saying this to point out that it is possible to overcome bad semesters and still end up in graduate school. It took me about 6 years to finish my undergrad, and I have about 60 more credits than I needed to graduate. I had a rough first two years and was making enemies left and right and dropped all of my classes two semesters in a row, so I have a bunch of withdrawals. I transferred after that to another school in the same CUNY system. I also have an F in the only Plato class I ever took, and I applied to programs specifically saying I want to focus on Plato. (I maintain that that was one of the worst professors I've ever had. He shouldn't be teaching Plato.) I think I'm doing alright! I put all of my effort into my writing sample. It means a lot to me. I think that if you really want it, it'll happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyRay Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Anyone else apply to Penn State and not get a rejection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorshake Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 2 minutes ago, MickeyRay said: Anyone else apply to Penn State and not get a rejection? Yup. I'm assuming I've been rejected though.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickeyRay Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Just now, majorshake said: Yup. I'm assuming I've been rejected though.. Maybe theyre going alphabetically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andaval Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 1 minute ago, majorshake said: Yup. I'm assuming I've been rejected though.. Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waitingforletter Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 On 25 de enero de 2016 at 11:08 AM, AnotherKantFan said: Publishing! Especially academic publishing. For example, [The-University-I-Didn't-Get-Into] Press. I'll do that too! Great idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorshake Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 12 minutes ago, MickeyRay said: Maybe theyre going alphabetically? My surname starts with S.. so maybe? In any case, I've given up on my bid of getting into a northern American school, I'm going to apply for an Australian program this October, and not deal with any of this stress again.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andaval Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 7 minutes ago, majorshake said: My surname starts with S.. so maybe? In any case, I've given up on my bid of getting into a northern American school, I'm going to apply for an Australian program this October, and not deal with any of this stress again.. I just got my rejection, they might be really going alphabetically. So embrace yourselves : ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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