LittleTeaCup Posted May 23, 2018 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!
hector549 Posted May 24, 2018 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
dgswaim Posted May 27, 2018 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
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