dgswaim Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 On 2/19/2016 at 10:22 PM, D-NixRT said: WL at Illinois-Urbana Champaign! Expand I noticed you've been admitted to the MA at IUPUI. I've been at a conference there hosted by Tim Lyons over the last few days, and if you're interested in phil science (don't know if you are), Tim Lyons is f***ing cool. Seriously great guy.
Cecinestpasunphilosophe Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 On 2/21/2016 at 9:16 PM, dgswaim said: I noticed you've been admitted to the MA at IUPUI. Expand Every time I see this acronym, I read it as Yippee! in my head. 5/5, would read again. torpedofish and dgswaim 2
D-NixRT Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 On 2/21/2016 at 9:05 PM, Siegfried42 said: Congrats! Just declined their offer, hope it helps you! Expand I was told the waitlist was very short (about as many WL as there were accepts), so you might have honestly gotten me an admit. Thank you!!
D-NixRT Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 On 2/21/2016 at 9:16 PM, dgswaim said: I noticed you've been admitted to the MA at IUPUI. I've been at a conference there hosted by Tim Lyons over the last few days, and if you're interested in phil science (don't know if you are), Tim Lyons is f***ing cool. Seriously great guy. Expand I was looking at the faculty and I am very interested in phil of science. I really like what IUPUI has to offer (though I don't know how much funding, if any, I'm getting), so your advice is very helpful. Thank you so much!
Siegfried42 Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 (edited) On 2/22/2016 at 4:42 AM, D-NixRT said: I was told the waitlist was very short (about as many WL as there were accepts), so you might have honestly gotten me an admit. Thank you!! Expand I hope so, let us know! I went to visit there before I applied and met several of the faculty - everything made a good impression on me and it seems like a good program. Best of luck! Edited February 22, 2016 by Siegfried42
frege-bombs Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Waitlisted at the University of Miami. Waitlisted at assloads of humidity. Dialectica and blondeambition 2
TheJabberwock Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 On 2/22/2016 at 8:15 PM, frege-bombs said: Waitlisted at the University of Miami. Waitlisted at assloads of humidity. Expand Congrats? I was just waitlisted at Rice! I'm taking this as good news since my other contact with a department was not. frege-bombs 1
Dialectica Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 Well, today has been annoyingly slow so far (for me, at least). So I was wondering if someone could give me their perspective on something. It seems I am, probably, somewhere in the middle of the waitlist for both Indiana-Bloomington and Syracuse (though I know waitlists can be ranked in a very loose way). I've been told that I'm not at the bottom, but I've also not been told I'm at the top of either one; presumably if I were, they would say so. So the question is this: how likely do folks get accepted off waitlists in such positions? Is it pointless to make any predictions? Perhaps, but I'd like anyone's input.
philosophe Posted February 22, 2016 Author Posted February 22, 2016 On 2/22/2016 at 10:42 PM, Dialectica said: Well, today has been annoyingly slow so far (for me, at least). So I was wondering if someone could give me their perspective on something. It seems I am, probably, somewhere in the middle of the waitlist for both Indiana-Bloomington and Syracuse (though I know waitlists can be ranked in a very loose way). I've been told that I'm not at the bottom, but I've also not been told I'm at the top of either one; presumably if I were, they would say so. So the question is this: how likely do folks get accepted off waitlists in such positions? Is it pointless to make any predictions? Perhaps, but I'd like anyone's input. Expand You might email your contact at each school and ask if someone in a comparable rank to yours on the WL has gotten in in past years. That might be helpful... our speculation is really just that, speculation.
Dialectica Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 On 2/22/2016 at 10:44 PM, philosophe said: You might email your contact at each school and ask if someone in a comparable rank to yours on the WL has gotten in in past years. That might be helpful... our speculation is really just that, speculation. Expand I think that's good advice. I've been told from Indiana that applicants in my position have received offers before April 15th. So that's certainly encouraging. I suppose, though, that I was looking for some general probabilities regarding applicants getting in off waitlists, despite not being on or near the top. Although I suspect that, for most, that's just speculation, I thought I would ask in case someone had good reason to assign some non-arbitrary probability.
kantbook Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 3:55 AM, Siegfried42 said: Yale waitlist, anyone? Expand That would be me! I really wasn't expecting this, and had completely reconciled myself to being rejected from Yale. I still doubt any of those admitted would turn down their offers...
philosophe Posted February 23, 2016 Author Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 3:55 AM, Siegfried42 said: Yale waitlist, anyone? Expand came here to ask the same thing... not sure which other post they messed up?
kantbook Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 4:01 AM, philosophe said: came here to ask the same thing... not sure which other post they messed up? Expand I made another post in which I mislisted my status, my AW score, and misspelled philosophy.
philosophe Posted February 23, 2016 Author Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 4:01 AM, kantbook said: That would be me! I really wasn't expecting this, and had completely reconciled myself to being rejected from Yale. I still doubt any of those admitted would turn down their offers... Expand congrats! when did you get the email?
kantbook Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 4:04 AM, philosophe said: congrats! when did you get the email? Expand Thank you Just a little over half an hour ago!
AnotherKantFan Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Hi! I am also claiming one of the Yale waitlists! @kantbook - yay for Kantians at Yale! kantbook 1
Another applicant Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 4:01 AM, kantbook said: That would be me! I really wasn't expecting this, and had completely reconciled myself to being rejected from Yale. I still doubt any of those admitted would turn down their offers... Expand On 2/23/2016 at 7:53 AM, AnotherKantFan said: Hi! I am also claiming one of the Yale waitlists! @kantbook - yay for Kantians at Yale! Expand Ecstatic to report that I was WL as well! Question for the Kantians: What's your AOI? Mine is ethics and political. They may admit off the waitlist based on AOI, so I hope you two aren't also ethics. Looking forward to meeting you in April! kantbook 1
kantbook Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 12:09 PM, Another applicant said: Ecstatic to report that I was WL as well! Question for the Kantians: What's your AOI? Mine is ethics and political. They may admit off the waitlist based on AOI, so I hope you two aren't also ethics. Looking forward to meeting you in April! Expand Congrats to both of you! Mine are Kant's metaphysics and philosophy of mind, so I definitely won't be competition for you. I wonder if they're gonna pit us Kantian against one another
Siegfried42 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) Congrats to all of you Yale waitlists! Kantian without one here! Though... Kant say I expected otherwise. Edited February 23, 2016 by Siegfried42 kantbook 1
AnotherKantFan Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 12:09 PM, Another applicant said: Ecstatic to report that I was WL as well! Question for the Kantians: What's your AOI? Mine is ethics and political. They may admit off the waitlist based on AOI, so I hope you two aren't also ethics. Looking forward to meeting you in April! Expand On 2/23/2016 at 12:53 PM, kantbook said: Congrats to both of you! Mine are Kant's metaphysics and philosophy of mind, so I definitely won't be competition for you. I wonder if they're gonna pit us Kantian against one another Expand Hahah! Mine is Kant's theoretical philosophy primarily, and then aesthetics and social/political phil. I do not know how I have been clasified Worth asking the adcom!
AnotherKantFan Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) It's funny to have at least 3 Kantians on a short waitlist by the way. Did not expect this from you, Yale! Edited February 23, 2016 by AnotherKantFan
502845824 Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 (edited) On 2/23/2016 at 12:53 PM, kantbook said: Congrats to both of you! Mine are Kant's metaphysics and philosophy of mind, so I definitely won't be competition for you. I wonder if they're gonna pit us Kantian against one another Expand Don't lose heart over being waitlisted, then! My writing sample is on Kant's philosophy of mind, and I was accepted off of it. I'm 99.9% certain I'll turn down their offer for Pitt, so I might be your only roadblock to an acceptance!! I'll make my decision around March 20 after visiting Pitt. I wish I could free up more than one space for everybody Edited February 23, 2016 by oldhatnewtricks kantbook and AnotherKantFan 2
blacklake Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 Good luck, Kantians! My writing sample and research fellowship was on Kant as well. Now I'm curious to know what other schools want more Kantians too...
Another applicant Posted February 23, 2016 Posted February 23, 2016 On 2/23/2016 at 1:52 PM, AnotherKantFan said: It's funny to have at least 3 Kantians on a short waitlist by the way. Did not expect this from you, Yale! Expand I'm sure that the accepted list is full of Humeans. blacklake and AnotherKantFan 2
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