Hi all,
Here's my situation. I received my BA in an unrelated discipline and my GPA was quite damaged in parts (I'll spare the details). After graduating, I developed a serious interest in political theory, especially to do with ancient thought and the history of political philosophy, right at the intersection of Philosophy, Political Science, and Classics. In order to be able to make the case for myself, I spent about a year and a half gathering upper-level credits (9 term-length courses, 6 in PSci, 3 in Phil) related to my interest, all with A or A+ results.
Between the difficulty of finding an MA program that (1) might plausibly consider my "special case" (2) is not cost-prohibitive (ruling out most schools in the US) and (3) could reasonably house my interests, I only ended up applying to U of T (Political Science, Philosophy) and KU Leuven (Philosophy). I was a bit picky about location (avoiding Calgary and Ottawa). At this late late date, I'm becoming increasingly concerned I didn't dig deep enough. U of T is a longshot, and the more I review KU Leuven's course schedule, it looks like less of a match than I thought.
I have all my materials ready to go. I'm wondering if anyone might have any last minute suggestions for programs that come to mind as a potential fit? I'm a bit more flexible on cost that I had originally planned, but haven't taken the GRE.
Any thoughts would be really helpful.
(Cross-posted to Philosophy)