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Category: Graduate School
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I am a masters student in philosophy and I currently have a paper under external review at one of the "top-25 general philosophy journals" listed on this webpage:https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2022/07/best-general-philosophy-journals-2022.html Of course, I am happy and excited and nervous and somewhat terrified about this at…
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In our new "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: With deadlines coming up for graduate programs, I am wondering if I, in my academic statements, should include professors that I would like to work with. I have got conflicting advice on this, some say "do not name drop" other say "name drop!…
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: In the interest of spreading the wealth (literally), does anyone have recommendations for external grad school funding sources? I thought it would be helpful to collect them in one thread given how many people are applying to programs right now. Thank you!…
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In our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, a reader asks: I am in the middle of graduate school and I'm having trouble seeing myself as an "expert" in some very niche part of this field. While true, I'm still early in my career, but the jump from being a grad student to…