2016 Waitlist Thread

[jjb919]

10 hours ago, bechkafish said:

In at BU off the waitlist. Time to sleep for a million years and maybe not have nightmares for once. 

Congrats!

[Siegfried42]

11 hours ago, bechkafish said:

In at BU off the waitlist. Time to sleep for a million years and maybe not have nightmares for once. 

Yay! Congrats!!! 

[DMotts]

Accepted into the LSU Philosophy MA program, but on a wait list for funding through the department. They actually recommended me to an open Gender Studies Assistantship, but I didn't end up getting that position either. Definitely a lot of waiting to the grad school application process. On a side note, I would say that Professor Shufreider has been nothing but nice to me. After letting him know about the Gender Studies Assistantship rejection, he informed me that he should have a better idea on funding through the department within the next few days. So. Fingers crossed. 

[brush]

@R614 @MentalEngineer @metaphysician

I'll also be attending FSU! So what housing plans do you all have?

[metaphysician]

2 minutes ago, brush said:

@R614 @MentalEngineer @metaphysician

I'll also be attending FSU! So what housing plans do you all have?

As of yet, none! You? 

[brush]

50 minutes ago, metaphysician said:

As of yet, none! You? 

Same. If any of y'all want to rent a place together I'd be down. (Same goes to any FSU lurkers).

[R614]

5 hours ago, brush said:

@R614 @MentalEngineer @metaphysician

I'll also be attending FSU! So what housing plans do you all have?

Don't have any yet either

[MentalEngineer]

This is the first time in my life I'll be able to afford living alone, so I. Am. Doing. That. I think I remember hearing that a 2-person place that's currently being rented by two philosophers is being vacated, though, and that they're looking for replacements. You should message/friend some current students in the program and ask around for other possible opportunities.

Edited April 18, 2016 by MentalEngineer

[currentphilgrad]

2 minutes ago, MentalEngineer said:

This is the first time in my life I'll be able to afford living alone, so I. Am. Doing. That. I think I remember hearing that a 2-person place that's currently being rented by two philosophers is being vacated, though, and that they're looking for replacements. You should message/friend some current students in the program and ask around for other possible opportunities.

You know have no idea how much I recommend doing this. I can't even measure how much my quality of life went up once I started living alone. Grad school is very stressful! So many of my colleagues constantly complain about their living situations. You just don't need those extra distractions. Unless you're a social butterfly that needs constant interaction, I recommend living alone. It's great!

[MentalEngineer]

4 minutes ago, currentphilgrad said:

You know have no idea how much I recommend doing this. I can't even measure how much my quality of life went up once I started living alone. Grad school is very stressful! So many of my colleagues constantly complain about their living situations. You just don't need those extra distractions. Unless you're a social butterfly that needs constant interaction, I recommend living alone. It's great!

A number of people at UWM have roommates, but most of them live with other philosophy grad students. This seems like it works, as long as you're willing to become academic/platonic life partners with the other person. That ain't me, though.

[brush]

1 hour ago, MentalEngineer said:

You should message/friend some current students in the program and ask around for other possible opportunities.

Yea that's a good idea. I'm still considering living alone myself but I haven't actually done any budget calculations yet to see what that'd be like. I like to spend a lot on food.

[KhiCompLit]

On 4/17/2016 at 8:54 AM, bechkafish said:

In at BU off the waitlist. Time to sleep for a million years and maybe not have nightmares for once. 

Wow, congrats

[MentalEngineer]

9 hours ago, brush said:

Yea that's a good idea. I'm still considering living alone myself but I haven't actually done any budget calculations yet to see what that'd be like. I like to spend a lot on food.

Depending on where you are now, it may be...somewhat more difficult to drop half your monthly budget on food in Tallahassee. I share your disposition, so I asked about this.  It seems to be possible to get an apartment for $500-$700, which seems pretty manageable.

[Adequate Philosopher]

13 hours ago, MentalEngineer said:

This is the first time in my life I'll be able to afford living alone, so I. Am. Doing. That. I think I remember hearing that a 2-person place that's currently being rented by two philosophers is being vacated, though, and that they're looking for replacements. You should message/friend some current students in the program and ask around for other possible opportunities.

Amen brother!

I've had a string of bad roommate situations.

[jjb919]

Still waiting on Fordham. I was told there is still movement and potentially a spot available for me, but man am I tired of waiting. I just want to start moving on if that's what I have to do.

[blacklake]

I've been accepted off the wait list at Loyola Chicago.