kvs214

Thanks for the advice all on school applications and how to go about searching for schools. I'm still living near UT so I will have ample opportunity to ask professors on what they recommend and what professors at other universities I should talk to in depth.

Thanks for the link but I'm under the impression that Leiter's report deals mostly with top programs that, although there are many listed, are still highly competitive. If I'm wrong about this let me know. I'm mostly looking for safety schools and fairly good schools that aren't on Leiter's list but are worth considering. Anyone know such schools?

Hello, I'm planning to apply to philosophy grad. schools (mostly for PhD but also for a few MAs as backup) for Fall 2012. I want to specialize in ethics with a subsidiary interest in political philosophy (focusing on its ethical component). I already have an idea of what higher tier schools I'd want to apply to but I'm not sure where to start in searching for mid and lower-level schools. I graduated from UT Austin with an overall 3.84 GPA and a 3.9 in philosophy. My GRE is 1220 and I am not planning to take it again given that I am an innately slow test taker (hoping to make up with other factors). Any suggestions would be gratefully helpful.