hey all, been lurking the forum awhile. figured i'd weigh in.
coming from prestigious (and fun) east coast SLAC
GPA: ~3.7 by the end of this academic year.
GRE: Taking it next month; practice exams have yielded: 168v/149q (lol)
My recommendations will be strong, hopefully my writing sample will be up to par. Paper topic is an analysis of an aspect of Heidegger's time in being and time and comment on recent criticism.
AOI: Kierkegaard, Heidegger, existentialism, phenomenology, Kant, history of philosophy, ethics, ancients
I'll be applying to the new school (ma, phd), baylor, boston, georgetown, st andrews (m.litt/m.phil), yale divinity school, georgia state (ma), possibly university of warwick (ma) (would I rly want to go there?), and u chicago (do I rly want to pay $75 for a generic rejection letter? OR if lucky win acceptance to an unfunded, one year "masters of humanities" program?)
trying to be vaguely realistic; but if completely shut out, fail again, fail better, as beckett writes