md124

Hmm, I hope you're right.

That makes sense, and it is one of the reasons I was unsure about this whole issue in the first place. How would the admissions committee(s) know how good I actually am at logic (as opposed to merely being able to follow what's happening in class) if I've only audited the course? But what if the logic professor isn't one of the letter writers? Seeing as I'm only auditing his course, he wouldn't know me or my abilities well enough to write me a letter, would he? Or do you suggest maybe asking the logic professor to mention my progress to one of my letter-writers, and then request the letter-writer to mention it in the letter?

Thanks all three of you, that clarifies the matter for me pretty nicely. I think I'll stick with auditing the logic course, and will try and get one of my referees to mention it. Thanks!

Hi, my question relates to the courses admissions committees want to see on your record. (I apologise if some or all of my questions come off as naive; I have only begun to give serious thought to applying to graduate programs in philosophy in the past year or so, and have a lot of catching up to do in all areas concerned.) I am a conversion student doing an MA in the UK, which means my undergrad degree wasn't in philosophy. Now presuming that fact alone doesn't shut me of PhD programmes in the US next year at least, my concern right now is that I haven't done a logic course as yet. (I've taken some courses undergrad courses in ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of mind and am taking some more in my MA). The problem is that we're only allowed to formally take a max of 4 courses for the MA here at my university, and I would prefer if one those slots wasn't filled by a logic course (there being so few slots in the first place). The professors I've talked to here all advise that auditing/sitting in on logic courses (which I'm doing) should be enough for graduate applications, but I get the feeling they are much better informed about the situation here in the UK than they are about the situation in the US. So I would be grateful for advice on that matter. Should I play it safe and formally register for the logic course, or should auditing it be enough?