Here's how I'm looking like right now:
Overall GPA 2.929
Major GPA for Upper Division Classes: 3.66
Pedigree: California State University
These look like lackluster stats. I've had a few Ws in my freshman and sophomore years. I want to get into SFSU, CSULA, and SJSU in that order. My chances look low for getting in to these schools, but I have 30 more units to prove myself. It has to be straight As or bust. That is my plan. I have a writing sample that's looking very average at the moment, I had an A in said sample but I know more ways to make it better. I am worried that my writing sample will not suffice; it leans continental and I may want to consider more programs to apply to in the future. Should I prepare a writing sample that caters to the majority of the philosophy academics in the USA?
I don't have a specific AOA yet, but I am just an interested student. I do like phil of language, Kant, German Idealism, critical theory, ethics, and metaphysics, but this might change.
Let's assume I get straight As, I did not calculate it but my estimate is that my major GPA might look like a 3.7 or a 3.8. Do you think I might get accepted to these terminal MA programs? SFSU looks really competitive, it's mentioned in Leiter's report as a good place for a terminal degree, but this is a place I'd like to go to.