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I've been accepted for the masters program in philosophy there for fall. Who else is going?

I was reading a book on grad schools, can't remember what it was titled and this book gave me these two kinds of schools. The reason why I was asking this question is because I am trying to narrow down my search for schools to apply to. I have already been to the philosophical gourmet, which gives a very good list for philosophy schools and everything that one needs to know for deciding which school choose. My problem is that there are so many that I feel overwhelmed at my choices and cannot seem to narrow them down. Bit off my original topic but since I just typed this long paragraph I will leave it alone. Then a secondary question which follows the one for which this topic was started is that how am I supposed to narrow down these schools? I am not 100% sure what I want to study in grad school and I am really open to any field of philosophy because I enjoy it all. It seems like I am just choosing schools at random off the top 50 list.

Whats the big difference between these types of schools in the realm of philosophy? And If there is a difference which schools are which?

If I am applying to a school, for lets say a masters in philosophy, are the letters of rec supposed to be from the philosophy department of my undergrad or can they be from any department?