namilis

Hello Professor, I'm curious about whether I have a shot at a top-tier PhD program in Sociology, or whether you recommend applying to a master's program first. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from a top-30 university with majors in Economics and Philosophy, but never took a Sociology course. That said, my econ courses consisted largely of education and public econ related topics, and in philosophy I took courses related to race, ethics, etc... I'm now in a master's degree program in "Social and Public Policy/Urban Studies" in Finland of all places - where I've now taken a couple of sociology courses. I'm particularly interested in education, inequality/stratification, and theory - I like sociology (over phil/econ) because it allows me to both tackle questions re inequality empirically, but also offers a strong critical theoretical perspective. Considering that my exposure to Sociology really took place in Finland, and that I never took an undergrad sociology course in the US, what do you think? Thank you, -m