LittleTeaCup Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Hello everyone! I'm a junior attending a mid-tier LAC who is planning on applying to grad school in philosophy next year. I've taken 11 philosophy classes, maintaining a major GPA of 3.81 and a cumulative GPA 3.72 (math and physics lowered my cumulative). Last semester I had straight As in all of my classes (3 of which were philosophy), so I was feeling fairly confident that I was on track for a decent program. I also won a research award and have been conducting a fair amount of research in modal epistemology. However, this past semester I received a B+ in philosophy of mind. I'm wondering how significantly this will harm my application. I am aware that admissions will largely depend on my writing sample and letters of recommendation, but as my school isn't exactly top-tier I am worried that this will sink my application. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxhgns Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Forget about it. It doesn't matter. Duns Eith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hector549 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Yeah, don't sweat it too much. I had a B+ and an A- in philosophy courses on my undergrad transcript, and I got into good programs without a problem. Duns Eith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgswaim Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 It might be a problem if you want to do philosophy of mind, and your paper for that course received a B+, and you wanted to use that paper as your writing sample. Other than that, doesn't matter. hector549 and Duns Eith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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