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    AnotherKantFan reacted to thatsjustsemantics in Philosophy subfields and programs that ignore low quantitative scores?   
    I don't think you should worry too much about your quantitative score; is your combined score atleast above 300? If so, then great; if not, then that will definitely count against you. Your verbal is very high. To give you some context, I received a 166 verbal (96%) and a 151 quant (45%). I'm not worried because I have good reasons to believe that GRE cut off scores are much lower than most applicants expect (300 combined).

    I'd be more worried about your cumulative GPA than your GRE scores, tbh; however, don't dare count yourself out. People with below average GPAs or GREs still do very well in the admissions process. Numbers don't help us out here as much as the strength of your writing sample, the supposed fit between you and your schools, where fit might be understood as "the student's potential to develop and succeed as a graduate student at this program, where clearly there are potential advisors who may be interested in supervising the course of their study" etc.
    If the discourse wasn't that helpful, I would also recommend applying to schools that do not require the GRE: Wisconsin-Madison, UM Ann Arbor, and Cornell U. are the two schools that come to mind (I think?). Good luck.
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    AnotherKantFan reacted to gughok in PhD minor / joint PhD?   
    Out of the places I've applied to, here's what I've noted:
    Harvard - you can study a "secondary PhD field", for example I would do mine in Mind, Brain, and Behavior, but I think you could choose practically any department.
    MIT - the Philosophy program offers minors in Linguistics, Psychology, or Mathematical Logic. You might be interested in one of the former two.
    Princeton - I don't know about minors or dual PhDs, but they have the Center of Human Values, which might interest you.
    Rutgers - they famously offer a Certificate in Cognitive Science, though I don't know how much that's your cup of tea.
     
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    AnotherKantFan reacted to philstudent1991 in Fall 2016 Applicants: Introduce Yourselves   
    All I want for Christmas is a PhD admission!  
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    AnotherKantFan got a reaction from D-NixRT in GRE Scores when applying to philosophy programs   
    I've scored rather badly in my GRE and decided not to retake it due to lack of time to actually study for it more. My score was affected by a very upsetting personal situation - I simply couldn't focus on the test immediately before it or during it. I've emailed some departments asking about the importance of it, and most of them replied that the GRE isn't a cut-off mark or that important in general, and that it's only the case that an exceptionally good GRE score may positively affect your application, not the other way around. Brown was the only US department that suggested I retake the test upon learning about my scores (oh well...).
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    AnotherKantFan got a reaction from Cromulent Flurp in Fall 2016 Applicants: Introduce Yourselves   
    Hi! 
    I know I'm particularly late to this discussion, but maybe I'll be able to revive it a bit! I'm graduating from Oxford this spring and I'm applying to 8 North American PhDs and a few masters in Europe. As for the American/Canadian programs, it's going to be, in order of preference: Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UC Berkeley, UChicago, Brown, Toronto, Cornell. I'm mainly interested in Kant (his theoretical philosophy and ethics) and epistemology; also in political philosophy and aesthetics/philosophy of literature. 
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