scito Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Hey everyone. I thought maybe we could use a topic where all us applicants for 2012 can post where we can post about where we're applying (and what our areas of interest/speciality are), how the process is going, how stressed out we are etc etc. Do you know yet where you're applying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yames1307 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 BA in Philosophy from UC Irvine. MA Programs I'm applying to: Cal State LA, Cal State Long Beach, SF State, Georgia State, Tufts. PhD Programs: Emory, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, WashU My interests include post-Kantian German Philosophy, Early Analytic and Early Continental Logic and Philosophy of Language (Mainly Frege and Husserl), and Phenomenology, specifically Husserl and Merleau-Ponty. Just scrambling to get my LOR's and writing sample in order, as well as improve my GREs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a.voronsky Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Thanks to scito for beginning this thread. My degrees are a BAH and MA from Queen's University, Canada. I did a third-year exchange at the University of Edinburgh. Phd Programs to which I am intending to apply include Georgetown, UCLA, Toronto, Columbia, UC-Berkeley, Brown, UNC-Chapel Hill, UT-Austin, UW-Madison, Pittsburgh, Harvard, and UM-Ann Arbor. My academic interests are chiefly in moral psychology, value theory, meta-ethics, and normative ethics, where (i) sophisticated versions of ethical naturalism, (ii) Kantian and Scanlonian contractualist normative theories, and (iii) 'challenges' to traditional ethics (think Williams and Foot) are of particular interest. The thesis I will be defending shortly concerns the conceptual features of such challenges as they figure in the debate around reasonable partiality. I defend a version of impartial morality that is meant to concede certain significant claims of 'partialists' while denying the conclusions they press. My broader philosophical interests are in Marx, topics in egalitarian political philosophy, ancient ethics (especially Aristotle), Kant, and the history of ethics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hegeleva Posted September 4, 2011 Share Posted September 4, 2011 Hey Scito! Hi to everyone! Great idea since I'm exactly in the same situation and starting to be kind of stressed out as well! I'm thinking about applying to PHD programs in the US and looking for interesting schools and faculties. My field is mainly Epistemology and Philosophy of Science and I wrote my final thesis (MA equivalent) on the relationship between mind and evolution. Hope we can keep in touch and help each other sorting out the application process! Good luck to you all! Hegeleva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mangochia Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Hi everyone. I'm from a Scottish university. I have a first class degree in joint honours English/Philosophy, and I'm just completing my MLitt in philosophy. In terms of AOI...pretty much everything! I'm into applied ethics (particularly issues of morally permissible violence), feminist philosophy, philosophy of mind and psychology, meta-ethics, epistemology (disagreement), metaphysics (time), paradoxes, Spinoza, and French and Scottish Enlightenment philosophy. My writing sample is most likely going to be a history piece on either 1) Enlightenment feminist philosophy 2) David Hume's racism. I'm applying to many graduate schools -NYU, Michigan, Rutgers, Columbia, MIT, CUNY, Brown, Chapel Hill, Cornell, Duke, UMass, Colorado, Penn, Syracuse, Connecticut Storrs, Georgetown, Boston, Rochester, Bufallow, Albany. I am very stressed out about this application process. I have to travel hundreds of miles to take the GRE (never done a standardised test in my life), and I have very little idea of my chances. I am worried that my broad interests and eclectic writing will not be well received. Good luck to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
especially Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Thought l'd try to revive this thread - how are everyone's applications going? Submitted already, or more left to be done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopeontelevision Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) I'm done all my applications - just trying to ensure that letters, transcripts, samples, etc all arrive at the right places. I'm graduating this year with an Honours BA from McGill in philosophy, minors in classics and political theory. I'm applying to a sort of ridiculous amount of schools: MA @ Toronto, Western, Queen's, and UBC PhD @ Northwestern, Georgetown, Harvard, Yale, Chicago, MIT, Rutgers, Columbia, NYU, and Chapel Hill My areas of interest are contemporary normative ethics and political philosophy (non-consequentialism, distributive justice). I also have an interest in French and German phenomenology (Heidegger, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty), but will only really pursue this if I am lucky enough to get into one of the pluralist schools to which I applied (although I would obviously be lucky to get into any of the schools to which I applied!). Good luck, everyone! Edited January 4, 2012 by alicehughes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roast beef Posted January 6, 2012 Share Posted January 6, 2012 On 1/4/2012 at 3:19 PM, alicehughes said: I'm done all my applications - just trying to ensure that letters, transcripts, samples, etc all arrive at the right places. I'm graduating this year with an Honours BA from McGill in philosophy, minors in classics and political theory. I'm applying to a sort of ridiculous amount of schools: MA @ Toronto, Western, Queen's, and UBC PhD @ Northwestern, Georgetown, Harvard, Yale, Chicago, MIT, Rutgers, Columbia, NYU, and Chapel Hill My areas of interest are contemporary normative ethics and political philosophy (non-consequentialism, distributive justice). I also have an interest in French and German phenomenology (Heidegger, Husserl, Merleau-Ponty), but will only really pursue this if I am lucky enough to get into one of the pluralist schools to which I applied (although I would obviously be lucky to get into any of the schools to which I applied!). Good luck, everyone! We're applying to a lot of the same places! (And I've also applied to way too many.) My list: Chicago, Stanford, Columbia, Memphis, Northwestern, Yale, UC Riverside, Boston U, Boston College, Stony Brook, Penn State, WashU. I graduated from Swarthmore College, and my interests are in language, art, and literature, primarily from a continental point of view. Historical interests in Wittgenstein and Hegel, as well as 19th century continental more broadly. All of my materials are submitted, so now there's nothing to do but be extremely nervous and hope for the next month to pass quickly. Good luck to you and to all in weathering the admissions season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
especially Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 alicehughes and roastbeef, good luck to you both! I'm applying to some of the same Canadian ones that alicehughes is, wanting to work on continental political philosophy, intersections of feminism and pragmatism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainrdx Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Wow we overlap so much! Chicago, Columbia, Northwestern, UC Riverside and Boston U are all on my list. I'm primarily working on Hegel and social philosophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartless1 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Applying to: Northwestern Arizona UWashington UIC UW Madison Cornell Syracuse WUSTL Boston Rochester Mostly for value theory. Pretty nervous about the quality of my writing sample, and the fact I've mixed in so many good schools in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret Squirrel Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Why are you nervous about your WS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartless1 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 There are essentially three drafts of my writing sample. The first draft was sent to 5 schools. It had this needless section that I axe'd. The second draft was sent to one school. It axe'd the needless section, but still contained an error where my argument was subtly wrong because I'd included the word "justify" rather than "explain" in three places. The third draft is as far as I can tell strong, but I'm nervous about it because I never got it looked at by a professor for feedback, and it was a paper I'd written independent of any class. Maybe I should upload it here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Secret Squirrel Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) I'm happy to take a look at it, if you'd like. I've been staying up until 4 in the morning with nothing to do lately. PM me for my email address. The first two parts shouldn't concern you, though. They are looking for potential, not perfection. Edited January 9, 2012 by Secret Squirrel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magog Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Applied: DePaul Penn State Boston College Boston University University of Oregon University of New Mexico Loyola Chicago Duquesne Memphis Vanderbilt WashU Phenomenology, Ethics, Phil of communication/literature Already have MA in Phil/Intellectual Hist GRE: V650 Q730 AW:4.5(yuck, how do they grade these things?) Strong letters, strong writing sample (so what? EVERYONE has strong letters and a strong writing sample) The suspense is killing me. Plus it sucks being in competition with your friends. Anxiety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainrdx Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I noticed somehow WGI is much more analytic and TGC is much more continental... This is strange.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magog Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 I noticed somehow WGI is much more analytic and TGC is much more continental... This is strange.. Birds of a feather? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurry Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 McGill, Toronto, UBC, Calgary UConn, CUNY, Minnesota, UIC, Boston U, WashU, Brown, IN Bloomington, Ohio State Aiming to work in History of Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics. Hope I get in somewhere. Good Luck to everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman G Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 On 1/14/2012 at 11:23 AM, Blurry said: McGill, Toronto, UBC, Calgary UConn, CUNY, Minnesota, UIC, Boston U, WashU, Brown, IN Bloomington, Ohio State  Aiming to work in History of Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Mathematics.  Hope I get in somewhere. Good Luck to everyone!   Wow, what a list  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman G Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012  I also applied to Duquesne, DePaul, WashU, U of Memphis, U of Oregon, and Loyola. Hey, at least Loyola didn't charge an application fee! All the best and good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurry Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Wow, what a list The number or the schools? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javslavin Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 I'll throw my hat into the ring: For PhD I've applied to: Duke UNC Indiana Arizona UCSD Colorado WashU Wisconsin Michigan Pittsburgh CUNY Rutgers Harvard MIT And for MA: Milwaukee GSU Wyoming All for a concentration in Phil of cog sci/ Phil mind. GREs: 166 verbal 156 quant and 5.5 analytic GPA: 3.8 I'm with y'all! Wish me the best of luck and best to everyone else. I recommend some good beer and good shows to make the time pass. Best Javs andaval 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurry Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 On 1/19/2012 at 10:49 PM, Javslavin said: I'll throw my hat into the ring: For PhD I've applied to: Duke UNC Indiana Arizona UCSD Colorado WashU Wisconsin Michigan Pittsburgh CUNY Rutgers Harvard MIT And for MA: Milwaukee GSU Wyoming All for a concentration in Phil of cog sci/ Phil mind. GREs: 166 verbal 156 quant and 5.5 analytic GPA: 3.8 I'm with y'all! Wish me the best of luck and best to everyone else. I recommend some good beer and good shows to make the time pass. Best Javs That's a great list. Best of luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andaval Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 Have anyone heard from stony brook and/or washu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roast beef Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 On 1/20/2012 at 10:23 AM, andaval said: Have anyone heard from stony brook and/or washu? I applied to Stony Brook and haven't heard. The results survey only shows one acceptance this season, from UNC, so don't get worried yet! andaval 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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