Stats & writing sample & schools applied to

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希望对后来者有用。

GPA: 3.991 (Cumulative); 4 (Philosophy Major).
GRE: 163 (V); 169 (Q); 4 (W).

Coursework

• Graduate seminars (3): Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason / sentimentalism in ethics / advanced symbolic logic
• Value theory (4+1): Philosophy of law / social and political philosophy / normative ethics / applied ethics / + sentimentalism in ethics
• History (5+1): Movements in 20th-century philosophy / history of 19th-century philosophy / history of 17th-century philosophy / history of medieval philosophy / history of ancient philosophy / + Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason
• Metaphysics, mind, logic & phil of science (5+1): philosophy of mind / consciousness / philosophy of biology / studies in contemporary philosophy / symbolic logic / + advanced symbolic logic
• Other (2): philosophy of art / philosophy of gender

Letter writers:

#1 大一下的教授（伦理学），那门课的 term paper 死搅蛮缠着他帮我改了一年，得过本科生的 best paper award。Writing Sample 的起源。大四上学期又上了他的课。

#2 大三下的教授（心灵哲学），虽然学生人数不算少，但在那门课上互相感觉很好所以请写了推荐信。当事人说是 「very strong letter」。

#3 大三下一直上到大四下的教授（科学哲学，分析哲学史），从黑格尔上到日常语言学派，又上回达尔文。

Programs applied to:

NIU (MA, declined), UW-Madison, WUSTL (Withdrawn), U Mass, Indiana, Cornell, Brown, Notre Dame (Withdrawn), Arizona, UNC, CUNY, U of T, UCLA, Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Princeton, NYU

Admitted, Waitlisted, Rejected, Withdrawn

[liuyimao5 (刘Yimao)]

Came to Philosophy in my junior year, spend an extra year (fifth) as undergraduate.

GPA: Under 3.5 (Cumulative); Around 3.7 (Philosophy)
GRE: Embarrassingly low. Far from adequate.

Writing Sample on Political Philosophy: State Interference in Parenting (Might attach Abstract later)

Course Work
Value Theory (5+1): Philo of Law/ Ethical Theory/ Current Moral & Social Issues/ Topics in Social & Political Philo/ Moral Responsibility / Seminar in Legal Philo.

Metaphysics-Epistemology(3): (Intro) Metaphysics/ Philo of Language/ (Advanced) Philo of Language.

Logic (2): Intro/ Intermediate Logic.

History(2): Aristotle/ 18 Century.

Other(3+1): Seminar in Philo of Psychology/ Philo of Art/ Philo aspect of Cog Sci/ (another) (Crosslisted) Cog Sci and Philo.

Letter Writers: (Not ranked):

1 大三上，大五上，大五下的教授 （法律哲学），大五上的那门课觉得特别好。

2 大四上一直到大五下的教授，(政治哲学) ，Thesis Adviser. Paper 想了一年多（觉得前期稿子不太能看，就不算“写”了一年）writing sample是节选。

3 大三下教授（伦理学）, 仔细聊过申请的事。

Programs applied to (All MA):

Brandeis (off waitlist) / UW Milwaukee / GSU / NIU / UMSL (declined) / VT (declined) / SFSU (declined) / UBC / SFU / UWO (declined)

a4/w3/r3
(没有全聚德我甚感欣慰…把我被哲学拒之门外的可能时间延到了两年后）
(Accept 了Brandeis的半奖offer)