higher admission chances in Continental Philosophy

[anon530]

I was wondering if anybody might have some idea of which Ph.D. programs in the US (one's friendly to Continental philosophy) might be a little easier to get admitted to into then the commonly listed SPEP Schools (Villanova, Vanderbilt, UB, DePaul, Oregon, Duquesne etc.)? I would especially like to know if there are any smaller schools not listed in either the PGR or the SPEP that would be likely to accept students in Continental Philosophy?

[magog]

Unfortunately, to do SPEP-type stuff there's a pretty limited selection of PhD programs.  Depending on your background you might look at English or Comp-Lit programs as well, since they can be friendly to 'continental' phil.  What are your interests, specifically?

 

Also, you should definitely apply to the main SPEP schools - one never knows exactly what ad coms are looking for in a given year.

 

One school you might check out is Texas A&M.  I know Ted George (Hegel) and Claire Katz (20th century French) are there, and I've heard good things about the program.

 

And, if you haven't already, look into all the programs on SPEPs grad school list: http://www.spep.org/resources/graduate-programs/

Edited December 26, 2012 by magog

[anon530]

thanks for the response. i have a found a site (petersons.com, i think) that gives a statistical breakdown of graduate schools in a number of categories, including acceptance rates (i don't know how accurate or up-to-date the reporting is). the main reason i ask (and maybe Magog, you have some thoughts on this) is that I am Candian and it concerns me that this will affect my chances at American programs, especially with respect to funding. I came across a post on leiter's blog that suggests that Canadians are at a disadvantage in this regard.  

[magog]

The last time I looked at petersons the info looked pretty accurate and up to date re the programs I'm familiar with.

 

I've read Lieter on the subject of funding for international students, and I can only assume that he's correct that it's more difficult.  However, my program (one of the main 'SPEP' schools) has quite a few funded international students, several Canadian, so it's not impossible.  But I'm sure there are people on this board who have much better info on this than me.

[anon530]

magog, i noticed your post from last year. your list was virtually identical to what mine is now (I dropped a couple of the more competitive programs for ones where i thought i had a slightly better chance). would you mind if i asked which programs you managed to get into and what sort of application you had? (by which I mean GPA, GRE, MA or not etc.)

[magog]

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[superhamdi]

I know this is an old thread, but since MA programs are still taking applications I thought I'd throw this up here.

 

The APA has lists of strong philosophy programs, both MA and PhD. It doesn't rank them, but does give an overview into the program taken directly from the dept websites including concentrations and statistics. There are a few of continental programs on there. It's particularly useful for those who 1) are looking for info on strong MA programs 2) wish to study outside "mainstream" philosophy 3) don't agree with the PGR for political reasons.

 

It helped me choose MA programs. Hope this is useful to someone! Good luck! 

 

PS Stony Brook has a good continental program, particularly in SPEP stuff. I'm pretty sure one of the profs there used to be on the SPEP committee a while back (don't quote me on that though). 

Edited February 8, 2013 by superhamdi