In past years (2013-2017), the Philosophy Admissions wordpress website tracked and recorded when admissions decisions were released for a handful of departments. In the spring of 2018 however it appeared to be defunct. As such, a few folks out at Virginia Tech decided to keep track of the admissions decisions and to expand the data set to account for more PhD programs and some MA programs. For the sake of simplicity, and since making a website would have taken too much time, we used a "google spreadsheet" hence the name "philosophy admissions spreadsheet".

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In the Fall of 2019, it was clear that keeping track of admissions decisions was not the only use for the spreadsheet. After all, there were a number of elements that could be unclear while applying to schools and programs. These unclear elements included deadlines, the cost of application fees, unclear transcript requirements, etc. As such, the spreadsheet was adapted to account for elements that were important for applying even as we continued to track admissions decisions later in the admissions cycle. The spreadsheet is far from perfect, however, and there are still more things to include and consider with respect to transparent and accessible graduate admissions. In partnership with other graduate students, colleagues, and departments, I will continue to make additions to the spreadsheet and consider elements of accessibility in the project of changing the landscape of admissions for folks who will apply in future cycles.