How do you choose a program and/or narrow down your interests?

[SpracheSpielsOverReals]

Good day all!

I am a hopeful philosophy grad student. I recently graduated this past academic year (Bachelor of Arts--Honours) with a concentration in philosophy. My thesis was on a topic commonly studied in philosophy of science, though I'd say it's also a nice entry point to, perhaps, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, experience, and other related fields. The greatest difficulty I now face: narrowing down my interests so that I can choose grad programs (Master's) in the US to apply.

A quick note: I was a transfer student into philosophy. The majority of my philosophy coursework was done in my last 2 years of undergraduate study. Prior to that, I was on a pre-engineering track and achieved solid marks in maths. My professors think that I would do well in a Master's program before applying to PhD programs, both to bolster my philosophy training as well as provide confidence to PhD programs that I've had an adequate amount of experience/training doing philosophy. I've also done one practice GRE (no prep) and my quant score was significantly higher than my "verbal", whatever that means.

I've noticed that my interests bounce around a lot. One month I might be heavily interested in thinking about international relations and the next month it might be philosophy of education. For awhile I was really into philosophy of language and philosophy of law, so much so, that I did put some thought into scrapping my then-current thesis and going with another topic. This is due in part, I think, to the fact that some of the things that excite me in philosophy can be applied to many fields. For instance, I am interested in thinking about language and thought (especially the role of language in thought and the influence it has), critiques of standardisation, rationality, objectivity (suspicion of dichotomies in general), and whatnot. Taking those as a starting point, there is no doubt that interesting topics can be explored in education, science, law, international relations, and many others.

Regarding my current background, I am now serving as a math tutor at a public school as part of a national service program (it's a 1-year service contract and we'll get a sizable portion of money to use for grad school--hoping to make a Master's program feasible with a mix of funding + my education award). I find myself thinking a lot about philosophy of education and related issues, such as the role and purpose of education, rationality and reason, thinking about the curriculum, the individual, some philosophy of math, the role of the learning "disorder", the role of the state in education, critiques of the examination, and so forth. I was also almost a religion (double) student, having taken a number of philosophy courses with religion professors, namely, courses on Kant, Nietzsche, reason, rationality, and faith. I've taken through intermediate German and it's a language I love, one that I should probably start studying more seriously again (I've had a bit of a hiatus).

I have a love-hate relationship with the "Continental" side, Heidegger being my most recent interest (super stoked to get my Heidegger books that have been posted).

In short, I can get equally excited about a lot of things and I haven't seemed to notice a reversion to any one thing in particular. I just can't simply be like "I want to study philosophy of law, so I should apply to x". Are there any current philosophy grad students that can offer tips for navigating this situation? Sometimes, I will consider a program outside of a philosophy department, such as computer science, but I have noticed that I keep finding myself going back to philosophy. One thing is clear: my heart is in doing philosophy and I desperately want to attend philosophy grad school more than anything else. My undergrad program was quite rigorous and I really miss the academic environment.

Note: I left some things intentionally vague so as to help retain some privacy. Also, apologies if this is the wrong forum section. Please don't hesitate to move it if need be.

Edited December 8, 2019 by SpracheSpielsOverReals