George Li Posted July 25, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolPhil Posted July 25, 2020 Share 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, George Li and 1 other 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Li Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olórin Posted July 26, 2020 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilCoffee Posted September 1, 2020 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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