Philosophy

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1. Conventions for Personal Statement Name Dropping in the UK?

   By Deliberate, January 9, 2014
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   • avicennalocke
   • January 9, 2014

2. Strongest part of your app?

   By Hopephily, January 8, 2014
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   • Hopephily
   • January 9, 2014

3. Undergrad Institution

   By philstudent1991, January 9, 2014
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   • philstudent1991
   • January 9, 2014

4. Where do you want to move? 1 2

   By Hopephily, January 8, 2014
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   • dfindley
   • January 9, 2014

5. How Long Does It Take You to Write a Paragraph? 1 2 3

   By Deliberate, January 3, 2014
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   • dfindley
   • January 8, 2014

6. Rutgers Acceptance

   By MattDest, January 4, 2014
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   • Hopephily
   • January 6, 2014

7. Discussing Old Professors in Your Personal Statement?

   By Deliberate, December 31, 2013
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   • maxhgns
   • January 6, 2014

8. Transcripts (Venting)

   By kant_get_in, January 5, 2014
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   • philstudent1991
   • January 5, 2014

9. "incomplete' applications and due dates

   By Cottagecheeseman, December 30, 2013
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   • DHumeDominates
   • January 5, 2014

10. PSA if you're applying to Berkeley: the deadline is TODAY, not tomorrow, by midnight PST

    By Table, January 3, 2014
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    • Deliberate
    • January 4, 2014

11. "Please use this section to list outside (non-MIT) financial resources such as fellowships, grants, loans, and savings." (MIT app) Savings?

    By Table, January 2, 2014
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    • Philhopeful
    • January 2, 2014

12. Non-philosophy applicants stubbornly advising philosophy applicants... 1 2 3

    By SelfHatingPhilosopher, December 31, 2013
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    • catwoman15
    • January 2, 2014

13. A look at MA and PhD program placements

    By SelfHatingPhilosopher, January 2, 2014
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    • MattDest
    • January 2, 2014

14. Top choice 1 2

    By philstudent1991, December 29, 2013
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    • bar_scene_gambler
    • January 2, 2014

15. Personal Statement Insecurity

    By Philhopeful, January 1, 2014
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    • MattDest
    • January 2, 2014

16. Happy New Year Guys and Gals.

    By bar_scene_gambler, January 1, 2014
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    • Philhopeful
    • January 1, 2014

17. Footnoting Professor's Publications in Personal Statements?

    By Deliberate, December 31, 2013
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    • MatintaP
    • December 31, 2013

18. What is the Upper Bound for Number of PhD Programs to Apply To? 1 2 3 4

    By Deliberate, December 7, 2013
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    • SelfHatingPhilosopher
    • December 30, 2013

19. the real poison in academic philosophy 1 2 3 4

    By dfindley, December 26, 2013
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    • Loric
    • December 30, 2013

20. School Specifics in Personal Statements?

    By Deliberate, December 29, 2013
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    • jamc8383
    • December 30, 2013

21. Writing Sample Length?

    By phil1, December 29, 2013
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    • Cottagecheeseman
    • December 29, 2013

22. Future role of the MA 1 2

    By philstudent1991, December 24, 2013
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    • dfindley
    • December 28, 2013

23. Writing sample: on formatting.

    By Hopephily, December 19, 2013
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    • Table
    • December 27, 2013

24. Reapplying? Test Scores?

    By Hopephily, December 21, 2013
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    • jamc8383
    • December 24, 2013

25. When do we typically start hearing back from programs?

    By greencoloredpencil, December 22, 2013
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    • purpleperson
    • December 24, 2013