I’m a non-traditional international student, applying to philosophy programs a year after my undergrad from a small LAC in the US. I’ve applied to 20 PHD prorgrams, mostly from PGR, and 2 MA programs. Two of my letter writers, however, think that I’ve applied to an unreasonable number of programs, “exceedingly high,” as they put it. My undergrad GPA isn’t very high but my major GPA is pretty good. I’m also confident I have good letters and that my writing sample is strong as well. My GRE scores are terrible though. Do you think I’m being unreasonable? or unrealistic with PhD admissions?