Schopenhauerfanboy Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 1 minute ago, To φ or not to φ said: Interesting. Just out of curiosity, did you get the letters from the faculty members at your current PhD program? My letters were from people on my M.A. committee at another institution. To φ or not to φ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
To φ or not to φ Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 3 minutes ago, Schopenhauerfanboy said: My letters were from people on my M.A. committee at another institution. I see.. good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector549 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Accepted at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! Waitlisted for funding. Naruto, Duns Eith and Ibycus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duns Eith Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 9 hours ago, hector549 said: Accepted at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! Waitlisted for funding. Great program! Congrats hector549 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akraticfanatic Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 Has anyone gotten a FORMAL decision letter from Brandeis yet? I got the informal email from the department nearly two weeks ago and I thought I would've gotten the letter by now. (I'm also anxious about the financial aid since that will affect my final decision about whether to take the offer.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepingsusurrus Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 6 hours ago, akraticfanatic said: Has anyone gotten a FORMAL decision letter from Brandeis yet? I got the informal email from the department nearly two weeks ago and I thought I would've gotten the letter by now. (I'm also anxious about the financial aid since that will affect my final decision about whether to take the offer.) I got my official letter sometime early last week via the portal, attached was the financial aid package from the school. goldenstardust11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akraticfanatic Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 10 minutes ago, sleepingsusurrus said: I got my official letter sometime early last week via the portal, attached was the financial aid package from the school. Ooh that's weird. I don't feel bad about bugging them then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akraticfanatic Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 1 hour ago, sleepingsusurrus said: I got my official letter sometime early last week via the portal, attached was the financial aid package from the school. Very snarky response ultimately saying that they would look into it. Excuse me for emailing an admissions officer a question about admissions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adelaide9216 Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 I was accepted in the Master of Social Work at McGill University, Université du Québec à Montréal and Université de Montréal. I will be attending McGill. Naruto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dysexlia Posted March 20, 2017 Share Posted March 20, 2017 11 hours ago, akraticfanatic said: Has anyone gotten a FORMAL decision letter from Brandeis yet? I got the informal email from the department nearly two weeks ago and I thought I would've gotten the letter by now. (I'm also anxious about the financial aid since that will affect my final decision about whether to take the offer.) I got mine last week (also via the portal) as well. It had all the funding info in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akraticfanatic Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 2 hours ago, Dysexlia said: I got mine last week (also via the portal) as well. It had all the funding info in it. I'm really anxious now When I applied to UMass Amherst for my undergrad, I was rejected, despite the fact that I had already taken continuing ed classes there with a decent GPA. I also worked on campus (not that that means I should be accepted in itself, but it shows I'm not a troublemaker). I later got an informal letter from the head of the program I'd applied to, saying that they really wanted to accept me and had fought for it, but the school's admissions committee wouldn't let them. So it wouldn't be the first time this has happened... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akraticfanatic Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 9 minutes ago, MickeyRay said: Did you fail to disclose something on your applications? Nope. Besides, wouldn't they tell me right away if the issue was with my application? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akraticfanatic Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 29 minutes ago, MickeyRay said: I'm not sure what they would do. I think that the actual graduate school looks into people's applications for accuracy and disciplinary background after the department recommends a person for admission but before the actual admission happens. I just thought maybe that was the reason for the delay. You said that the problem before wasn't the department but was rather the actual graduate school, and so I just thought that that may be a possibility. If you don't have any skeletons in your closet then I wouldn't worry too much. It is probably coming. I mean, I answered all the questions and I didn't lie about anything, and I've never gotten in trouble at school. I hope it gets resolved! Thanks for the vote of confidence! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichi Posted March 22, 2017 Share Posted March 22, 2017 Just moved off the waitlist and onto the accept list at Arizona! isostheneia, Dialectica, Naruto and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zacstu Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I received a generous offer from the University of Victoria, but am worried both about the length of their program (one year). Does anyone know about this school's reputation, or anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackontheriver Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) On 22/03/2017 at 9:04 AM, Nichi said: Just moved off the waitlist and onto the accept list at Arizona! Congrats, @Nichi. Do you mind to share a bit info about the funding package at Arizona? Thx! Edited March 24, 2017 by Jackontheriver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichi Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Five years, $16.5k stipend plus tuition and health insurance, 0.5 FTE, contingent on continued availability of funds and performance in TAing and student work. Looks like they also help students acquire outside funding. Duns Eith and Jackontheriver 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eigenname Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) Got accepted for the Bioethics MA at NYU 3 days after I requested to be considered for fun. Was given a $10,000 scholarship, but fees still amount to a whopping $40,000 or so. Doubt I'll be going (because $$), though I could, in theory, be a 'trojan' at the NYU philosophy department if I did the MA. Edited March 24, 2017 by eigenname Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector549 Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, eigenname said: Got accepted for the Bioethics MA at NYU 3 days after I requested to be considered for fun. Was given a $10,000 scholarship, but fees still amount to a whopping $40,000 or so. Doubt I'll be going (because $$), though I could, in theory, be a 'trojan' at the NYU philosophy department if I did the MA. It should be against the law to charge that much for an MA. I'm not sure NYU's behavior in this case is substantively different from the recruiting behaviors of the "for-profit" schools. Does the program have any kind of placement history, just out of curiosity? Edited March 24, 2017 by hector549 goss and matchamatcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arageniues Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 Decent funding package to UF's MA Terrydong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eigenname Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 11 hours ago, hector549 said: It should be against the law to charge that much for an MA. I'm not sure NYU's behavior in this case is substantively different from the recruiting behaviors of the "for-profit" schools. Does the program have any kind of placement history, just out of curiosity? They don't have a page specifically for 'placement' history, but they do have a list of past students and what they have gone on to do. I looked through them and found that most people took the MA as a terminal degree, going on to do other stuff. Some went into law or medicine. The closest to (and the only one really relevant to) academic philosophy is someone who is doing/did a PhD in Bioethics at Cambridge (UK). Still hoping for my Irvine waitlist to magically collapse into an offer - then I don't have to worry about all these other options! hector549 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchamatcha Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 In at Indiana HPS after my inteview this morning. Throws a huge (but happy) wrench in my decision plan. Naruto, isostheneia, Kingoftherats and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingoftherats Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 19 minutes ago, matchamatcha said: In at Indiana HPS after my inteview this morning. Throws a huge (but happy) wrench in my decision plan. So exciting!! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naruto Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 1 hour ago, matchamatcha said: In at Indiana HPS after my inteview this morning. Throws a huge (but happy) wrench in my decision plan. Whoa, immediately after the interview! Congratulations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franz Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Offered admission at the New School for Social Research, with 40% tuition award. With the offers from U Chicago Divinity (full tuition covered with a stipend) and Yale Divinity (most tuition covered) for their MA programs, I'll have to ponder this a bit. hector549, enayqq, Naruto and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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