Hi y'all!
So I am in a bit of a unique position and I have been looking from advice from both my professors as well as various forums. Essentially I am deciding whether to apply to either PhD or MA programs. At the moment I am currently a junior at a relatively well ranked state school as a member in the honors college. Additionally, I have a 3.93 GPA w/ a 4.0 GPA in philosophy (30 credits, 21 being upper divison and 1 graduate course). I also I have completed 2 independent research projects, will be doing a summer research project this summer through the Mellon Foundation, and hopefully a senior honors thesis. The situation is as follows, I am currently 16 and will be 17 when I graduate so I do not really know if I would want to commit to a PhD program (assuming I get into one, I am very aware of how competitive it is), as I have so many other interests and do not really want to rush into a PhD program and commit to something for five years as my interests are still developing (i.e. I am also majoring in political science and find politics/law very interesting). However, I do know I still want to continue studying philosophy for at least a few more years, thus I am considering applying to funded MA programs (i.e. UWM, GSU, UH, VT, etc.). What would y'all recommend doing in this situation? Thank you so much!