George Li Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 I guess very few people have the same experience with me. I am a student in a top30+ University with a mediocre philosophy department. At the freshman year and the sophomore, I didn't do well in philosophy and only got a GPA of 3.3 roughly. My overall GPA in 3.6. That's absolutely low but I'm catching up now. (As a minority, I didn't acquire much skill to write philosophically when I was in my high school away from US) But I don't want to give up my dream and still decide to pursue a PHD in this area. What's your advice? Should I turn to UK for a master degree? Or there are other ways to go? Very glad if I could receive any help! Sincerely George.
PolPhil Posted July 25, 2020 Posted July 25, 2020 56 minutes ago, George Li said: I guess very few people have the same experience with me. I am a student in a top30+ University with a mediocre philosophy department. At the freshman year and the sophomore, I didn't do well in philosophy and only got a GPA of 3.3 roughly. My overall GPA in 3.6. That's absolutely low but I'm catching up now. (As a minority, I didn't acquire much skill to write philosophically when I was in my high school away from US) But I don't want to give up my dream and still decide to pursue a PHD in this area. What's your advice? Should I turn to UK for a master degree? Or there are other ways to go? Very glad if I could receive any help! Sincerely George. The MA route sounds like a much better option, but better to do it in the US or Canada where you can get funded Marcus_Aurelius, Stencil, Glasperlenspieler and 1 other 1 3
George Li Posted July 25, 2020 Author Posted July 25, 2020 1 hour ago, PolPhil said: The MA route sounds like a much better option, but better to do it in the US or Canada where you can get funded Thank you so much!
Olórin Posted July 26, 2020 Posted July 26, 2020 FWIW my college gpa was 3.4 and I am in philosophy PhD program. I did a funded MA first. Marcus_Aurelius 1
PhilCoffee Posted September 1, 2020 Posted September 1, 2020 I think the GPA is okay. And schools would like to see GPAs that are going up, since that implies that you're improving or that you're hard-working. MA programs in North America are better than those in UK generally for people who want to persue phd degrees.
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