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  • Birthday 04/12/1993

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    political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science
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    2019 Fall

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  1. I am wondering what level of relationship one needs with a professor to ask for a LOR. I'm a Master's student and I essentially work with 1 professor very closely. I have taken 2 of his classes, he is an adviser to my Master's program, and also serves as my thesis supervisor. He is very supportive and has expressed great confidence in me, so I am very excited about him providing a letter for me. However, I haven't established this kind of relationship with any other professors at my current university. I'm an interdisciplinary student (PPE program, but I focus on political philosophy), and unfortunately I had quite a few economics course requirements my first year. I know a letter from an economist would be worthless to a philosophy department, so I haven't even bothered with those professors, although I am friendly with some. There is one interdisciplinary philosophy professor that I have taken one course with who I really admire, though I don't know him. I received an A in the class and will take another class with him this Fall. I am thinking of asking him for a LOR but I'm not sure if that would be strange. The final professor is someone I actually haven't met yet, but my thesis supervisor has been urging that I have a meeting with him as he is from a great institution and experienced in my topic. I should be meeting with him later this month, and I hope to give him an excerpt of my working thesis to look over later in the fall. I won't ever have had a class with him, but I'm hoping 2-3 meetings with him and a look over my writing as well as raving from his close colleague will allow him to serve as a good writer. The reason I say all this is because I recently read this from A Splintered Mind: "If a professor gave you an A (not an A-minus) in an upper-division philosophy course, consider her a candidate to write a letter. You needn't have any special relationship with her, or have visited during office hours, or have taken multiple classes from her -- though all those things can help. Don't be shy about asking, we're used to it!" (http://schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2007/09/applying-to-philosophy-phd-programs_20.html) Am I misinterpreting that I need to be chummy with all of my letter writers, or are others asking for LORs from professors whose classes they simply performed well in, and that's it? I feel I've over stressed myself about this one aspect - I almost considered delaying my application a year in order to manufacture some relationships with professors for more LOR options. I need more coffee.
  2. Georgetown University offers a PGR ranked program for a PhD in both Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy. But they also have many options for Public Policy MAs and a PhD program in Government.
  3. I've just been thinking about what the potential range is for the number of Philosophy PhD applicants per year. If a place like NYU or Columbia gets 400 applications per cycle, there must be a huge overlap with the other "top-tier" programs, as well as a sizable overlap with more mid-ranked programs. Anyone have any guesses? Or anyone good at math (I gravitated toward English/lit/philosophy in secondary school to avoid math, so it's beyond me)?
  4. Long-time lurker - excited to finally have my time to be involved! I'm currently studying in Europe in a PPE Master's program. My AOIs are political philosophy/ethics/feminism/20th century continental. Due to financial restrictions, I aim to apply to between 5 and 8 schools of varying rank and prestige.
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