Johannes

Thank you I guess I'll just do my best and wish me good luck.

That's extremely helpful. ：) I'll apply for Northern Illinois University

Thank you so much. Actually a friend from Tsinghua University（if you happen to know it）who is now applying for a PhD program in English literature did gave me some advice. She's got a lot of help from her alumni who are now in great PhD programs in English literature. I find her advice too optimistic and our situations have not so much in common（Tsinghua is far better than my university, she's not changing fields and she's got great rec letters）. .

Thank you for the advice ：） But for all I know, BA programs rarely offer financial aid, right? My family has already been too supportive on my decision to apply for programs of philosophy in English-speaking world, I don't want to double the load on their shoulders. Studying philosophy is a crazy idea during the current study-abroad fever in China, as you may notice, most of them go to engineering or business...

Thank you so much! What about Tufts and Brandeis? I love Boston. Are their programs funded?

Thank you so much for your advice. :) Yes, I've been self-studying ever since I found out that we couldn't change major here. I've taken a few blow-off electives on philosophy. They didn't in effect help me study philosophy, but I guess it's good to have them in the transcripts. We don't really have a philosophy department here, so my references don't really teach philosophy.(antropology, linguistics and literature) Will that be a problem? We do have a "Marxism School" here in which some of the professors teach "philosophy", should I get at least one of them to write a rec letter?

Hi guys I'm a student from China now planning to apply for programs starting in 2016 fall. My major is german studies (but I'm much more into analytic philosophy). Due to some policies of my college the grades recalculated into GPA look bad. My toefl score is 107 and I'm now preparing for GRE and writing sample. Are there any chances for me to get into any decent phd programs, or I should just give up phd programs and apply for MA programs? Are there any MA programs with funding recommended? I'm feeling extremely stressed out and desperate these days and I would really appreciate any help and advice. Areas of interests: Language & Mind, Metaethics