After what felt like an eternity of waiting, I’m excited to share that I’ve finally received my first acceptance! Honestly, my interview didn’t go as well as I hoped – I felt like the PI wasn’t too enthusiastic, almost as if they were going through the motions. But it turns out, I was totally wrong. It’s my safe school, but I’m still holding out hope for Berkeley and LTI. No rejection yet, so there’s still a chance I could be waitlisted because my interviews here went super awesome. Worst case, Cornell will be my next big adventure!

Did not interview

Email from Kate Manne. Unranked short waitlist, will select candidates from the waitlist based on AOI depending on which accepted candidates decline. Still very grateful. 2a/2w/3r/15p

I had originally applied to Classics, but they moved my file over to Philosophy (I study Ancient Philosophy). Six people admitted to Philosophy this year

Applied for Round 2 Deadline

12,5k a semester scholarship Emailed to check status

I had excellent rapport with a faculty member with whom I have published a first-author paper. Said faculty member helped write my statement of purpose, was very supportive of my application, and was one of my letter writers. This is a huge blow. While this is a very competitive program, I thought I had a good shot. I cannot help but to feel overwhelmed with thoughts such as 'why didn't they accept me? where was I lacking? what did I do wrong? who else did they accept and why did they judge them to be better than me?'. I have to try to put away those thoughts, but it's very difficult.

1.5 years of full-time research experience. 2 second-author publications.

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