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    Good luck! I see you and I are applying to a lot of the same institutions!
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    Oh wow, what a nightmare!
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    Resolved, whew! :)
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    Love watching the clock tick and wondering whether my remaining letter of rec will get in on time. ?
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    This is useful to know - thank you!
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    I did read that page, but was thrown off by questions on the form - what you say about some questions not pertaining to the department makes sense! And that page looks like a good resource; thank you!
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    Perhaps it would be useful to have a thread for questions regarding finances at various institutions? In any case, my question: does anyone know if UT Austin's financial aid (in the form of assistantships and scholarships) is enough to get by on? I ask because mid-application it began to sound to me as though it might not be, and after last year I'm not trying to apply to places that don't offer full financial support.
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    Not expecting to start hearing back for another couple months, but getting on this train nonetheless.
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    Also three in now, and a good fifteen to go. I know what you mean about the tinkering! That's an interesting path! I'd be interested to know if/how your poetry and philosophical work inform each other. I've also been wondering about the quietness of the threads. Welcome and good luck! Whaaaa, congratulations!
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    Aaaand... first application sent. And so it begins!
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    Hiya! This is from a while ago (I'm popping back into TGC after a bit of a break) but just in case you haven't nailed down a list of places you're applying to yet, I'd just like to encourage you not to let your background deter you from applying to a couple of top-PhD programmes as well. I was similarly a latecomer to analytic philosophy as an undergraduate, and I was waitlisted at NYU and MIT last year. And your situation sounds better than mine in any case: you've done grad-level courses, you have a pertinent publication, you have at least two philosophy recommendations, and a much higher GPA! So it's probably worth at least having a chat with your recommenders about whether applying to some top programmes might be a good idea.
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    For what it's worth, I don't think this is too important. I've been told to just write whatever I think would be the best possible paper, whether or not it closely aligns with my listed interests.
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    I was told NYU had ~380 last cycle, and that this was 'particularly competitive'. So perhaps it has slowed down a bit, as maxhgns says!
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    ^ Tbh, I don't think these specific details are particularly important, especially for us. It's only important that CMS's letter-writers are able to assure the programmes that his performance in the MA does not represent his true (i) academic capability, and (ii) does not reflect some inability to get along with people in general. As long as the letter-writers know you (CMS) well enough (I assume they've met you as well as seen your work), they should be able to do this (especially if they're the one's recommending you get back into the grad school game).
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    L. A. Paul off to Yale then. Interesting - she was one of my main POI at UNC.
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    It's good that they're aware of it and think you're good to keep going in philosophy; I think Hector's suggestion (which I agree with) is make sure they're addressing this in their letters! :)
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    If your concern is just the overall GPA, then I can tell you I applied with a significantly lower GPA last cycle and came pretty close to being admitted to NYU. Sample + letters > everything else by some distance! (Of course, maybe if I had a higher GPA, I might have gotten in, etc etc etc - my point is just that having a lower GPA apparently doesn't preclude you from getting into top programmes. )
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    I'll be (re)applying. Interests in moral and political philosophy, philosophy of science (especially philosophy of biology), and the history of philosophy (especially 20th-century and non-Western). Still in early stages of planning for a writing sample (not sure whether I'll polish up last year's or start anew) and list of places (applied to eight PhD programmes last year, will likely apply to more this time around).
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    Epistemic injustice is definitely one that I've been interested in. I'm also pretty interested in (though not a big fan of) effective altruism. 'Ameliorative' projects on philosophical concepts, in the sense of Sally Haslanger, is something I'm quite taken by and that seems to be becoming a bit of a trend. I'm currently reading Kate Manne's Down Girl, where she does this with regards to misogyny, and it's also been employed in interesting ways with regard to race and gender. Does thinking about transformative experiences, in the sense of L. A. Paul, count as a trend? It's certainly had a fair bit of attention over the past couple of years, and my writing sample last cycle was related to it. I don't know if being interested in non-'Western' philosophy counts as a trend, since it's been ticking away in the background of anglophone philosophy for a while now. But there seems to me to be a bit of a resurgence of interest, especially in Africana philosophy (and, to a lesser extent, on Native American and Latin American philosophy), and I find this very exciting. Both x-phil and Early Modern Women are areas I've been meaning to get into at some point, but have not gotten around to.
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    Having a good GPA is desirable, but (1) your GPA is fine lol, and (2) not having a less-than-perfect GPA won't disqualify you from admissions decisions. I have a GPA that's a lot lower than the sort of thing you usually see around here, and when I applied this cycle, I got waitlists at some very well-regarded PhD programmes, and was offered admission into a very well-regarded MA programme. Of course, we can speculate that if I had had a higher overall GPA, I might have gotten in, rather than be waitlisted. But I did come close, which would lead me to believe that other factors (especially your writing sample and your letters) are more important. Also worth noting that my philosophy GPA was much better than my overall; keep in mind that the former is more important. Also, how you want to spend your time as an undergraduate obviously depends on what kind of things you value, but in general, I'd suggest that you should take the time - especially early on - to go ahead and branch out and do things you enjoy, as well as things you're unfamiliar with/outside of your comfort zone. Don't worry about not being able to do philosophy at all later on. :)
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    Thanks friends. I won't pretend to not be disappointed, but I Skyped in with NYU the day before the deadline, and even though I didn't get in in the end, it was very encouraging (apparently I'd had a much better chance of getting in off the waitlist than I had realized, and was very much in the running at that point). So my inclination is to apply again next cycle, though of course I will first want to inform and consult with my letter-writers.
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    Hi, sorry, I forgot to respond to this - unfortunately not, so I won't be going anywhere this cycle.
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    And on the subject of philosophy of language in the 20th century, Jason Stanley has a pretty good summary of intellectual events and why the field gained such importance, here.
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    Georgia State has a really excellent MA programme, and are generally highly recommended for work on continental work - though what 'continental' means is of course a matter of some dispute - you'll probably find plenty to occupy you with regards to Kant, Nietzsche, and Hegel, but probably not as much with regard to Derrida, Lacan, and Freud. GSU also has a very good placement record for high-ranking PhD programmes, so there's that to consider.
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    All of the places I applied to this year asked for all transcripts of higher learning, so I think usually yes.
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