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funnelheart

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    Warsaw
  • Interests
    Ethics, metaethics, social-political thought, naturalism
  • Application Season
    2021 Fall
  • Program
    Philosophy

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  1. Dear Fellow Strugglers, I know that we are all on pins and needles waiting for the admissions results (I so am), but I would like to take time and ask you about your hopes and expectations for after the PhD. I've recently talked to a couple of guys fresh out of PhD school, and their outlook on the academic job market was very grim. They told me there are 500 candidates to a post-doc spot worldwide, and the only way to beat the system is if you've done your PhD at a TOP20 program. The guys did theirs at LOGOS (Barcelona Uni - #45 faculty in the QS), both are top talents with scholarships and first publications in respected journals. They also had a lot to say about how the modern philosophy academia turned into its own caricature, with rigid, arcane rules about what to research (and what not), how to write papers (and how not to) and with the most minute of differences in your SoP or LoR (like the sequence of the sentences) making or breaking your chances of being admitted. All this has made me think again about my academic future, as hellbent on making it happen as I am. I know that many of us feel the same way about much of what I've written above, and I thought that we could share our thoughts and strategies of coping. Is what you've heard in line with what I have? How do you go about your plans knowing what you know? Thanks for all the reactions! We're in this together
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