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I think I'm gonna stick with these scores. I might have overreacted a bit... the scores were just a bit lower than I expected. Thanks for the great input everyone!

Hey online friends, I just finished taking the GRE. Ughh, I'm feeling exhausted and a little bit let down by my scores: 165 verbal and 160 quant. I know they aren't BAD scores, but I was doing a lot better on ETS practice tests, especially in math. Do you guys think I should retake the test? I really had a miserable time studying for it, but I may retake it if I have to. Do you think these scores will hurt me when applying to top philosophy programs?

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This is my line of thinking. I'd rather get rejected altogether and do something else with my life than go to a graduate school that I only have a lukewarm interest in. Coincidentally, the majority of the top ten PGR programs are aligned with my academic interests. This perspective seems applicable regardless of "pedigree." On that note, how many programs are you all applying to?

A friend of mine recently applied to only one philosophy graduate school, a PGR top 5 no less, and got in. Is my strategy really that outlandish? Apply to quite a few top schools and hope for one or two acceptances. Is it any riskier than applying to only a couple top ten schools and hoping for the best? By the way, I'm also applying to one 20-30 tier school and three schools ranked 10-20 (PGR rankings).

I didn't mean to come off as cocky! I know how easy it is to get rejected by ALL of you schools to which you apply, and I'm perfectly willing to accept such an outcome. Still, my professors have recommended that I shoot for top schools. I'll be applying to ~14 schools overall, and I'm open to going into the sciences if none of my applications work out. Basically, I'm hoping for one acceptance--I don't need more than that. I'm not at all interested in x-phil. (As an aside: I do think it gets a bad wrap.) Rather, what I meant to say is that I'm particularly interested in integrating, to some degree, empirical findings with the more traditional analytic method. Surely such a position isn't overly controversial, especially if not pushed to the extreme.

Hey everyone, I thought I'd join you guys. I need a group of people to worry with. I'm applying to to mostly top 10 PGR schools this Fall. Info: I'm coming from an Ivy League school with a ~3.90 GPA (~3.80 phil.). I won best philosophy student, and best student in my other science major, summa cum laude, distinction in both majors, etc. I'm still trucking away at the writing sample (cut cut cut), but I'd like to think it's the strongest part of my application. It won best paper, it incorperates a lot of cutting edge empirical data with traditional analytic philosophy, and brings up points not found in the current phil. literature. GRE: ??? I'm taking this beast soon & hoping for 165+ on V/Q. Rec letters: 3 from philosophers, 1 from a scientist. All the philosophers are pretty well know. I seem to be in pretty good standing with everyone. Overall, I think the biggest weakness in my application will be my philosophy grades. My philosophy GPA seems pretty low (relative to others on this forum), but I've gotten all As since senior year. Oh well, I guess every application has its weakness. HI EVERYONE