[2018 Acceptance/Rejection Thread]

21 hours ago, LORDBACON said:

DePaul and UNM said nah, and UC Riverside's non-response likely means a nah, as does Vanderbilt's, which leaves just SIU Carbondale to hear from this season. 

If this helps those waiting from UNM, I contacted the DGS and was told that they only could accept two PhD applicants. 

It would seem that Continental philosophy had an extremely competitive year, not the least because of the quality of applicants.

[2018 Acceptance/Rejection Thread]

On 3/9/2018 at 10:26 AM, LORDBACON said:

Replies from Syracuse (R), Boston C. (R), Fordham (decision next week), and UNM (decision was snail-mailed out on Tuesday). 

Thanks for this. Any word on whether UNM is sending out both rejections and acceptances, or just one of the two?

[Conference Paper Commenting]

I will be commenting for the first time on a paper at a conference. Any suggestions about preparation or format for commenting? Thanks!

[GPA and GRE]

15 minutes ago, hj2012 said:

If you're willing to go interdisciplinary (and depending on your specific research project/intellectual trajectory), you might consider Berkeley Rhetoric, Johns Hopkins Humanities, and Chicago's Committee on Social Thought.

And while I'm not a philosopher, I'd also consider retaking the GRE to raise the V score.

 

Thank you for the feedback. I will look into these programs.

[GPA and GRE]

8 hours ago, rphilos said:

What kind of places are you aiming for? To be competitive at PGR-ranked PhD programs I think you would need to significantly raise your V and Q GRE scores.

At the moment, UCSC (History of Consciousness), Oregon, Duquesne, Villanova, Boston College, The New School, looking for other continental philosophy programs. Thanks for the feedback

[GPA and GRE]

Hi there,

 

I'm posting to check the competitiveness of some of my stats for applying to only PhD programs this upcoming winter (2018). I'm currently half way through my Masters in philosophy.

 

Undergrad:

Major GPA: 3.91 Cumulative GPA: 3.76

Masters:

Cumulative (currently): 3.73

GRE (Taken Fall 2015):

VR: 159/83

QR: 152/47

AW:5.5/98

 

AOI: Continental Philosophy, Particualrly French, Poststructuralism, Marxism, History of Economic Thought, Political Theology, History of Secularism

 

What are your thoughts?