aglaea Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 As decisions start to roll in, I thought it might be interesting and comforting to start a thread for this season's Philosophy applicants. Where are you applying? What are your interests? What is your background? intersectional 1
aglaea Posted January 13, 2013 Author Posted January 13, 2013 To start it off, I've applied to Princeton, MIT, Oxford, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, and Northwestern for epistemology and feminist ethics. Background: US Liberal Arts BA, Fulbright, UK MA, strong GPAs and GREs, one publication and several conference papers. Katzenmusik and PartyupDMX 1 1
notorious_biv Posted January 13, 2013 Posted January 13, 2013 PhD Programs: Arizona, Berkeley, Brown, Wisconsin-Madison, Massachusetts-Amherst, Virginia, Syracuse, Connecticut-Storrs, Rice, Iowa MA Programs: British Columbia, Arizona State, Georgia State, N. Illinois, W. Michigan, Houston Areas of Interest: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Epistemology Background: Honors B.A. from Unknown State School Cumulative GPA: 3.9+ Major GPA: 3.9+ UG Thesis on Perceptual Content 20+ Courses in Philosophy Minor in Cognitive Science Mediocre GRE Scores No Publications/Presentations
PhilosophyHopeful2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) PHD University of Arizona, University of Pennsylvania, UNC, University of Chicago, Northwestern, Duke, Texas, WUSTL, Brown, Berkeley, Colorado, Illinois, Pitt, UCLA, University of Virginia, Missouri, Vandy, Loyola Chicago Area of Interest: Philosophy and Law, Political Philosophy Background: UG Philosophy degree from Top 5 (PG) school Law degree from Tier 1 school Edited January 14, 2013 by PhilosophyHopeful2013
Philosopath Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 PhD: Arizona, Boston U, Brown, UC Riverside, UC San Diego, Harvard, Syracuse, Yale MA: Arizona State, Brandeis, Georgia State, Tufts Interests: Philosophy of mind/psychology, epistemology, ethics Background: BA from Top 30 (PG) department Major GPA: 3.9 Overall GPA: 3.9 Relatively average GRE scores No presentations
bluecheese Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 (Re: posting from 2012 thing, I guess) I'm not a strict "philosophy" applicant, although I am applying to interdisciplinary programs. List of Schools: NYU English Berkeley Rhetoric UC Santa Cruz History of Con OSU Comparative Studies UMN - CSCL Duke English SUNY Buffalo English University of Chicago English Ann Arbor English/Women's Studies MIT Comparative Media Studies Brown MCM U Penn English William & Mary American Studies Stanford MLT Syracuse English Rochester Visual and Cultural Studies Yale American Studies Iowa English Penn State English Albany English Loyola Chicago English WashU English Georgia Tech Digital Media Brown English Utah English Interests: Phenomenology, Deleuze and Affect Theory, Queer Theory, Object Oriented Ontology, and Queer Literature (with an emphasis on poetry and poetics).
aglaea Posted January 14, 2013 Author Posted January 14, 2013 bluecheese, would you be willing to tell us about your background?
bluecheese Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 (edited) Sorry... Background: GRE: 720 V / 720 Q / 4.5 AW Undergrad GPA: 3.9 Graduate GPA: 4.0 1 conference presentation, creative writing publications Edited January 14, 2013 by bluecheese
278886 Posted January 14, 2013 Posted January 14, 2013 Best wishes for everyone! PhD: UCR, UBC, Fordham, WashU, Marquette, UNM Interests: Continental, Political, Religion UGrad: 3.7 C, 3.9+ M MA: 3.9+ Four conference presentations, two publications.
Quodlibet Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 PhD Programs: UNC-Chapel Hill, WashU, SLU, Oklahoma, Baylor, Cornell Areas of Interest: Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Religion Background: UGPA: 3.3 (Major: 3.8) GGPA: 4.0 GRE: 168V / 152Q / 5.0AW 2 peer-reviewed publications, 3 conference papers Languages: German, Latin, Greek
lovephil Posted January 15, 2013 Posted January 15, 2013 To those who have indicated you have peer-reviewed publications, what kind of journals are they from?
278886 Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Why, Mind, of course! Just kidding. For me, it's one article in a no-name, one book review in a good journal, and another article with a good shot a different no-name.
lovephil Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Schools: UNC Chapel Hill, Arizona, MIT, Texas Austin, Yale, Harvard, Columbia, Michigan Ann Arbor, Toronto, Maryland, Boston, CUNY Area: moral, social and political philosophy Background: Math GRE score: I don't want to talk about it. Verbal: 160 Analytical Writing: 5 **I usually have exam accommodations, so my letter writers are speaking to this - could not get them for GRE. Current PhD student: A+ from one class taken (the other is pending) Master's GPA: 4.3/4.3 Undergraduate GPA: 88% last 2 years (Canadian school) **First 2 years of undergrad, all Bs - extreme health concerns that prevented me from going to class and doing well Publications: One revise and resubmit with very good journal (used as writing sample) Presentations: One colloquium presentation One grad student conference One professional international philosophy conference One guest lecture Other: TA for 3 courses Editorial assistant for two books being published Research assistant currently and in the past (diff schools) Tutor at Writing Centre currently and in the past (diff schools) Referee for undergraduate journal Chaired an undergraduate conference Essay awards: 2nd place in university wide essay competition Tied for 1st - best MA student essay in philosophy
epwatson Posted January 16, 2013 Posted January 16, 2013 Schools: Chicago, Northwestern, Pennsylvania, Toronto, McGill, Queen's, Western (Ontario), McMaster, Waterloo Specialisation: Social and political philosophy (especially Rawls) Master's GPA: 4.0 Undergrad GPA: 80% (82% in last two years) GRE: 158V / 161Q / 5.0AW
PhilosophyHopeful2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Since we're all just waiting, any predictions on the first school to start accepting/rejecting? Name the school and when.
aglaea Posted January 17, 2013 Author Posted January 17, 2013 Do any schools interview? That can be an early indication of one's chances. I'm hoping to hear back from Northwestern, Yale, and MIT in about a month. Since we're all just waiting, any predictions on the first school to start accepting/rejecting? Name the school and when.
everythinginitsrightplace Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Hi everyone. AOI: moral theory, applied ethics Schools: Minnesota, Northwestern, Utah, Rice, Loyola Chicago, Michigan State, SUNY Albany UGPA: 3.66 GGPA: 4.0 GRE: 169V/161Q/5.0AW Writing Sample: um, I like it? Handicap: missing pinky finger on my left hand Good luck! coffeekid 1
Quodlibet Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 To those who have indicated you have peer-reviewed publications, what kind of journals are they from? I have an article in Philosophia and another in a theology journal. heyspike0 1
aglaea Posted January 17, 2013 Author Posted January 17, 2013 I have an article in Philosophia and another in a theology journal. Pretty impressive! Your numbers look good, and you have a master's already? This question is prying, but our interests are similar, so I was wondering: why aren't you applying to more prestigious programs, like Rutgers, Oxford, or Yale?
philosophia3 Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Anyone else pulling their hair out waiting to hear back, or is it just me? The waiting game is pure brutality.
heyspike0 Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 Since we're all just waiting, any predictions on the first school to start accepting/rejecting? Name the school and when. Duke and UNC have, in previous years, tended to notify people around the end of Jan/beginning of Feb
aglaea Posted January 17, 2013 Author Posted January 17, 2013 Anyone else pulling their hair out waiting to hear back, or is it just me? The waiting game is pure brutality. Torturous! (What do you think we're all doing on TGC?) Where have you applied?
philosophia3 Posted January 17, 2013 Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Torturous! (What do you think we're all doing on TGC?) Where have you applied? Hey aglaea, I applied to Temple U, Viilanova U, DePaul U, McGill U, Fordham U, UOregon, UMemphis, UAlberta, UBuffalo, Michigan State U, New School for Social Research, Georgia State U, Tufts U. My research is continental heavy. AOI: Kantian judgment, the sublime, philosophy of literature, critical theory, etc. Would seriously do anything to get into UOregon, DePaul U or Fordham U. Really, though, I will be happy with acceptances from any of the schools I applied to! Hoping for at least one piece of good news Edited January 17, 2013 by philosophia3
incontradiction Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Schools: MIT, Cornell, UMass Amherst, Toronto, Ohio University, Brandeis University, CUNY, Maryland, Duke, University of Miami, USC, UCSB, Boston University. GRE: 164 V, 154 Q, 5 AW GPA: 3.6 Two undergraduate conference presentations (not expecting these to be a factor). Two forthcoming book chapters in a communications/discourse analysis book to be published by Routledge. Sample is a on some unpublished Kripke work. I've gotten to read one of my letters, and it was excellent. I'm assuming the rest are at least good. AnthonyGose 1
Philosopath Posted January 18, 2013 Posted January 18, 2013 Schools: Princeton, MIT, Yale, Rutgers, USC, UCLA, Berkeley, Wisconsin, Arizona, UT Austin, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Duke, UCSD, CUNY, UC Boulder, UMass Amherst, Areas of Interest: Epistemology, Metaethics, Phil. of Language, Phil. of Mathematics BS Math, BA Phil - T30 public school - Cumulative GPA = 3.80, Phil GPA = 3.95 JD - T25 ranked school - GPA = 3.24 MA (non-philosophy but at school with T10 leiter phil dept.) - GPA = 3.91 - (mostly phil grad seminars) GRE - 630 V / 800 Q / 4.5 AW 2 years practicing attorney TA for math & phil courses as undergraduate - 3 years Departmental Fellowship @ MA Program Tuition Scholarship @ JD program 2x awarded prize for outstanding performance as undergraduate in mathematics no presentations/publications Looks like a stellar profile, with the only weak point being the JD GPA, but I doubt that matters at all to philosophy admissions people.
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