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
Course Work
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Value Theory (5+1): Philo of Law/ Ethical Theory/ Current Moral & Social Issues/ Topics in Social & Political Philo/ Moral Responsibility / Seminar in Legal Philo.
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Metaphysics-Epistemology(3): (Intro) Metaphysics/ Philo of Language/ (Advanced) Philo of Language.
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Logic (2): Intro/ Intermediate Logic.
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History(2): Aristotle/ 18 Century.
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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)