Writing Samples Request

[Jy3pr6]

If anybody is willing to share the writing sample that got them into a good grad program and GPA/GRE scores, I would be very grateful.

Thanks in advance.

[Goonasabi]

How good of a program are we talking? lol

The most important bit is certainly the writing sample. I have a 4.0 GPA and a near perfect GRE (170, 168, 5.5), but I didn't get into any top 20 programs. I wrote my writing sample in 3 weeks before the deadline, so it's not my best work. But it did get me 3 acceptances and 4 wait lists, with some decent schools in there.

[thehegeldialectic]

15 minutes ago, Goonasabi said:

 I wrote my writing sample in 3 weeks before the deadline, so it's not my best work. But it did get me 3 acceptances and 4 wait lists, with some decent schools in there.

Wow, that's kind of insane. 

[Goonasabi]

1 hour ago, iunoionnis said:

Wow, that's kind of insane. 

Yea. It was a brutal 3-4 weeks. I didn't put my best foot forward for various personal reasons, but I was happy to have the success I did given the situation. I have certainly played the "what-if" game a lot in the past 3 months. Moral of the story: don't do what I did! 

[quineonthevine]

Same - in particular, if anyone has written their sample in language/mind/epistemology, I'd love to read it!

[BL16]

I can share mine (phil of language). Just PM me.

[Descartes blanche]

On 4/3/2018 at 3:11 PM, Jy3pr6 said:

 

 

Same here. If anyone has a moral/political writing sample in this vein, I'd love to read it as well.