acdc Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 9 minutes ago, ABrown said: Just got my rejection from U Chicago for the PhD program. They did think that my application was strong enough to be recommend to their Master of Arts Program in the Humanities; however, I don't think that this program has a lot of funding or fellowships available. Same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecado Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 14 minutes ago, ABrown said: Just got my rejection from U Chicago for the PhD program. They did think that my application was strong enough to be recommend to their Master of Arts Program in the Humanities; however, I don't think that this program has a lot of funding or fellowships available. 4 minutes ago, acdc said: Same. Hello, how did you get your rejection notices from Chicago? Do you think you all got it at the same time? If one has not received an email yet, and the application website says nothing, what does that mean? Do you think they are sending first the rejections recommended to the Master, and they will send later the non recommended rejections? Or do you think there may be a chance they are still considering some people? Also, have you noted that all the accepted candidates are international only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVSCZAR Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 2 minutes ago, pecado said: Hello, how did you get your rejection notices from Chicago? Do you think you all got it at the same time? If one has not received an email yet, and the application website says nothing, what does that mean? Do you think they are sending first the rejections recommended to the Master, and they will send later the non recommended rejections? Or do you think there may be a chance they are still considering some people? Also, have you noted that all the accepted candidates are international only? I think they're just notifying the people they've recommended for the MA program. I haven't gotten a rejection either, and I thought they'd at least recommend me for the MA, so now I'm feeling doubly rejected lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABrown Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 1 minute ago, pecado said: Hello, how did you get your rejection notices from Chicago? Do you think you all got it at the same time? If one has not received an email yet, and the application website says nothing, what does that mean? Do you think they are sending first the rejections recommended to the Master, and they will send later the non recommended rejections? Or do you think there may be a chance they are still considering some people? Also, have you noted that all the accepted candidates are international only? I think there were at least a couple of rejections with MAPH recommendations sent out at the same time. I got mine around the same time that at least two others were posted on grad cafe. It seems like Chicago likes to notify everyone at once, so I would speculate that the rejections with MAPH recommendations have all been sent out. Just a guess though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acdc Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 13 minutes ago, pecado said: Hello, how did you get your rejection notices from Chicago? Email. 14 minutes ago, pecado said: Do you think they are sending first the rejections recommended to the Master, and they will send later the non recommended rejections? Or do you think there may be a chance they are still considering some people? Probably mass-emailed to all rejections with MAPH recommendations at once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzwald Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Presuming rejection from FSU. Feels good to finally have a legitimate reason to be lurking in this thread everyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogitodoncrien Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) 24 minutes ago, acdc said: Email. Probably mass-emailed to all rejections with MAPH recommendations at once. I was rejected with referral to the MAPH program. If you look at past survey results, it seems that the email for unqualified rejections directs applicants to the website. The email that I received, and that I presume everyone else who was referred to MAPH received, just explained everything in the body of the email. Edited February 11, 2016 by Cogitodoncrien Left out conclusion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVSCZAR Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 7 minutes ago, Cogitodoncrien said: I was rejected with referral to the MAPH program. If you look at past survey results, it seems that the email for unqualified rejections directs applicants to the website. What does you application page say? Mine doesn't say anything. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cogitodoncrien Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 1 minute ago, MVSCZAR said: What does you application page say? Mine doesn't say anything. :/ It still just says "Submitted". Whether that's strange or not is not for me to say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erratic_Akratic Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 1 hour ago, pecado said: Do you think they are sending first the rejections recommended to the Master, and they will send later the non recommended rejections? Or do you think there may be a chance they are still considering some people? Also, have you noted that all the accepted candidates are international only? Unfortunately, I am certain Chicago has already extended all their admittances. I talked with a faculty today who made it clear all students admitted had already been contacted. I'm sure some admitted students are Americans (they just didn't post it here), but Chicago is reputed to have a very international grad community. So the disproportion is still not all that surprising. I was referred to the MAPH two years ago. As much as wanted to attend Chicago back then, there just isn't any funding at all! (By contrast, if you get referred to the MA in social science by the Committee on Social Thought, you stand a chance of getting at least 50% tuition remission). Either way, though, MAs at Chicago aren't really a viable option for most grad hopefuls like us! Smaller, less prestigious terminal MA programs would probably make you a more competitive application in philosophy PhD anyways... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABrown Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 38 minutes ago, Erratic_Akratic said: I was referred to the MAPH two years ago. As much as wanted to attend Chicago back then, there just isn't any funding at all! (By contrast, if you get referred to the MA in social science by the Committee on Social Thought, you stand a chance of getting at least 50% tuition remission). Either way, though, MAs at Chicago aren't really a viable option for most grad hopefuls like us! Smaller, less prestigious terminal MA programs would probably make you a more competitive application in philosophy PhD anyways... With fees, I would expect the cost for MAPH to be just slightly over $50,000 for the year long program. Even at 50% tuition remission, that is still way too much money to spend on a maters degree in the humanities. Add probably $10,000 for day-to-day living expenses throughout that year, and suddenly you've just sunk $35,000 into a masters degree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVSCZAR Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 3 minutes ago, ABrown said: With fees, I would expect the cost for MAPH to be just slightly over $50,000 for the year long program. Even at 50% tuition remission, that is still way too much money to spend on a maters degree in the humanities. Add probably $10,000 for day-to-day living expenses throughout that year, and suddenly you've just sunk $35,000 into a masters degree! That 10k for day to day expenses seems like a conservative estimate. At the very least, everyone referred can feel a little better knowing they got referred somewhere. I wonder what the placement is like for a program like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABrown Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 8 minutes ago, MVSCZAR said: That 10k for day to day expenses seems like a conservative estimate. Yeah, you're probably right. I've been spoiled by the low cost of living here in Pittsburgh for the past couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegfried42 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Claiming another rejection/MAPH referral. Kind of disappointed because I thought the department would've been a great match, but thankfully I now have other acceptances to offset this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pecado Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 7 minutes ago, Siegfried42 said: Claiming another rejection/MAPH referral. Kind of disappointed because I thought the department would've been a great match, but thankfully I now have other acceptances to offset this May I know where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegfried42 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) 40 minutes ago, pecado said: May I know where? Sure, I got acceptances to UC Boulder (with fellowship nomination) and Illinois-Urbana yesterday. Hoping for some news from ND and Georgetown tomorrow, but am really happy to have these options and to know that I'll be studying philosophy over the coming years! Unless of course you meant where I got rejected, lol, in which case: that was the U of Chicago Edited February 12, 2016 by Siegfried42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Q84 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 FWIW: my journey to my dream program has been a tumultuous one! I was rejected across the board two years in a row when I applied to MA programs straight out of undergrad (in Canada). I gave up hope on the grad school dream and took some crap jobs, went to teach overseas, grew as a person, did a teaching degree, etc. Then, tired of working food service jobs, I spent an entire year prepping, making sure that my WS and rest of my app would be up to date and speaking to what's going on in current lit scholarship, and applied again to US MA programs. Got in, and now, 8 years since that spate of world-crumbling rejections, I'm super happy to be where I am. 8 years might seem scary and not-comforting to those hoping to get into programs now. Despite occasionally wishing I had gotten through my Ph.D. program many years ago, I'm so glad I got to tajeke that long break. Anyway, it's great you all are being proactive and working on your Plan B's. I think the most important things are to not push getting into grad school if it's not the right time and also really giving yourself the time and space to have a singular focus on prepping your apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bechkafish Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Whoomp there it is. No surprise, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psm1580b Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Rejected from Chicago. Email to check website. Whelp... first official rejection. Also, I was not referred to the MAPH--those went out a couple days ago/yesterday. Possibly because I already have an MA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bechkafish Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 1 minute ago, psm1580b said: Rejected from Chicago. Email to check website. Whelp... first official rejection. Also, I was not referred to the MAPH--those went out a couple days ago/yesterday. Possibly because I already have an MA. Same. We're doubly rejected. I choose to believe it's because we're overqualified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psm1580b Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Just now, bechkafish said: Same. We're doubly rejected. I choose to believe it's because we're overqualified. I mean, clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MVSCZAR Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 (edited) 21 minutes ago, psm1580b said: I mean, clearly. Obvs. They probably didn't want to accept me because they didn't want it to seem weird when they give me a job offer in a few years. Edited February 12, 2016 by MVSCZAR psm1580b, MickeyRay and lisamadura 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psm1580b Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 2 minutes ago, MVSCZAR said: Obvs. They probably didn't want to accept me because they didn't want it to seem weird when they give me a job offer in a few years. And I totally get that. Nothing but respect for Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bechkafish Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 3 minutes ago, MVSCZAR said: Obvs. They probably didn't want to accept me because they didn't want it to seem weird when they give me a job offer in a few years. I am out of upvotes for the day, but this is my favorite anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorshake Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Another DePaul interview has been posted. I'm guessing they sent them all out today, and so, based on how I haven't gotten one, I'm assuming a rejection. So far 3 rejections out of 6 applications. Starting to write a proposal for a non-american phd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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