Rejection Thread

[Duns Eith]

2 hours ago, Franzkafka said:

Via email?

Post. (USPS)

[_vanechka]

Is anyone else waiting to hear from Notre Dame HPS? I saw there were two posted rejections on here from last Friday, but nothing since then. Has anyone else heard? 

[ChristheBearded]

Anyone find it odd there's no word from Tufts yet? Seems like they're usually out by this time, from what I've heard/read across graduate circles and the internet.

[Ibycus]

Rejected from the MAPH at Chicago; feeling more and more lucky each day that I got into Colorado :-O 

[Witsclaw]

Rejection from Michigan.

[LennyBound]

Rejected from Michigan as well. 

Edited March 8, 2017 by LennyBound

[Dialectica]

Finally rejected from Wisconsin. 

...really hoping to get off the waitlist at UMass. 

[Franzkafka]

6 minutes ago, Dialectica said:

Finally rejected from Wisconsin. 

...really hoping to get off the waitlist at UMass. 

Via email?

[Dialectica]

3 minutes ago, Franzkafka said:

Via email?

Yes. My guess is they are moving down the alphabet. But, I don't really know. They sure are taking awhile to dole out rejections this time around. 

[Franzkafka]

2 minutes ago, Dialectica said:

Yes. My guess is they are moving down the alphabet. But, I don't really know. They sure are taking awhile to dole out rejections this time around. 

Agreed. I think I will also receive the rejection letter in 24 hours.

[Duns Eith]

Rejected at Michigan (expected) and Wisconsin Madison (dang).

[eigenname]

Rejected at Stanford - was told by Friedman I wasn't a good fit but wanted to try anyway. 

[Dysexlia]

Welp, got my UBC rejection. This one really hurts. I had a great relationship with my person of interest and they personally emailed me my rejection. I'm honestly kind of shocked that I didn't even make the MA program, let alone a wait-list.

[Duns Eith]

19 hours ago, eigenname said:

Rejected at Stanford - was told by Friedman I wasn't a good fit but wanted to try anyway. 

Interesting. I'm not sure I've ever heard of someone who was told that they were rejected based on fit.

38 minutes ago, Dysexlia said:

Welp, got my UBC rejection. This one really hurts. I had a great relationship with my person of interest and they personally emailed me my rejection. I'm honestly kind of shocked that I didn't even make the MA program, let alone a wait-list.

That sucks. I'm sorry. I'm kinda surprised that your POI was the bearer of bad news that you were completely turned down.

[Dysexlia]

2 hours ago, Turretin said:

That sucks. I'm sorry. I'm kinda surprised that your POI was the bearer of bad news that you were completely turned down.

Thanks. And they emailed me personally because I had done a lot to cultivate a relationship with them over the past year.

Edited March 11, 2017 by Dysexlia

[eigenname]

3 hours ago, Turretin said:

Interesting. I'm not sure I've ever heard of someone who was told that they were rejected based on fit.

Well he didn't tell me I was rejected because of fit. I wrote to Friedman asking him if I would be a good fit at the department and he told me my interests in analytic metaphysics and philosophy of science is unlikely to fit well with the department's more historical interests - I just assumed it was one big reason why I was rejected in the end. 

[hector549]

Rejected from Duke. Big surprise there.

[LennyBound]

Rejected from Duke. 

[akraticfanatic]

On 2/17/2017 at 5:20 PM, ApplyingToGradSchools said:

 

[akraticfanatic]

The above post was a mistake, can't figure out how to get rid of it. Sorry about that.

Finally heard from Tufts: I didn't get in. It was my first choice for MA's, but I'm okay with the rejection since I'm in at Brandeis. 

MA/MS: 3a/0w/1r out of 5
PhD: 0a/0w/2r out of 3
Still waiting to hear from Boston College.

[Dysexlia]

Got my "official" rejection from UBC today. Also solicited a response from Simon Fraser and am rejected as well. So long, Vancouver!

[Duns Eith]

13 minutes ago, akraticfanatic said:

The above post was a mistake, can't figure out how to get rid of it. Sorry about that.

Finally heard from Tufts: I didn't get in. It was my first choice for MA's, but I'm okay with the rejection since I'm in at Brandeis. 

MA/MS: 3a/0w/1r out of 5
PhD: 0a/0w/2r out of 3
Still waiting to hear from Boston College.

Dang. Tufts doesn't fund their students well, so you're better off somewhere else! (Though, Brandeis doesn't fully fund either, do they?)

7 minutes ago, Dysexlia said:

Got my "official" rejection from UBC today. Also solicited a response from Simon Fraser and am rejected as well. So long, Vancouver!

Dang. Sorry to hear!

[Dysexlia]

7 minutes ago, Turretin said:

Dang. Sorry to hear!

Thanks, UBC was/still is my dream school but it looks like for now it's Brandeis for me (they have offered some funding with the potential for more). I suppose I will complete a MA in philosophy and then reapply from a better position.

[akraticfanatic]

44 minutes ago, Turretin said:

Dang. Tufts doesn't fund their students well, so you're better off somewhere else! (Though, Brandeis doesn't fully fund either, do they?)

Thanks. Brandeis offered me a decent aid package, including a TAship, so I'm pretty happy with it. 

35 minutes ago, Dysexlia said:

Thanks, UBC was/still is my dream school but it looks like for now it's Brandeis for me (they have offered some funding with the potential for more). I suppose I will complete a MA in philosophy and then reapply from a better position.

Sorry to hear you didn't get into your #1, but maybe we'll end up at Brandeis together! 

Edited March 13, 2017 by akraticfanatic

[Dysexlia]

6 minutes ago, akraticfanatic said:

Sorry to hear you didn't get into your #1, but maybe we'll end up at Brandeis together! 

Sounds like we might!