Everyday Ethics

I apologize in advance to those who visit this site expecting to read something overtly philosophical.  This will not be that sort of piece.  Rather, I want to talk a little bit about the trials and tribulations associated with trying to make a career out of being a philosopher in the 21st century.  In addition, [...]

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Anyone hoping to attend a PhD program in philosophy this fall is familiar with the date of April 15th.  This is the day that funded offers must be either accepted or rejected, and as I write this, that day is tomorrow.  As of two weeks ago, I was fairly certain of my fate.  I had [...]

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For anyone pondering graduate study, the date of April 15th has some special significance.  This is the day that many of us will make the final decision about where we are going to continue our education.  This is also the day that the arduous waiting list game will cease.  A substantial amount of wait-list movement [...]

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Most of the initial PhD decisions have now been released, and prospective students across the nation are trying to make the difficult decision of where to continue their philosophical careers.  One of the best ways to get a feel for a program is the campus visit, and we’ve prepared a list of helpful tips to [...]

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Now that your graduate school applications are in, it’s time to start thinking about how you are going to pay for all your expenses.  Most decent philosophy graduate programs will likely offer some kind of stipend or fellowship, with a tuition waiver, which helps but is tough to live on.  In my own program at [...]

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In several previous articles, I shared some of my experiences with applying to philosophy graduate programs, in an effort to help future applicants avoid my own mistakes. Now that the application process is complete, I am in the midst of a new challenge: the waiting game. It’s difficult to sit and wait [...]

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Selecting a graduate program in philosophy is a difficult task in itself, never mind the time-consuming nature of the actual application process.  There are a variety of helpful websites, particularly the Leiter report, which ranks philosophy graduate programs based on the quality of their faculty and that is widely regarded as the industry standard for [...]

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The application process for graduate programs in philosophy is rigorous, time-consuming, and not for the faint of heart, the disorganized, or the procrastinator.  It is difficult to get a straight answer regarding what good PhD programs in philosophy are looking for, and my own impression is that connections, unknowable intangibles, and a bit of luck [...]

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The first time that I applied to graduate study in philosophy, I applied to four programs and struggled with keeping track of all that was required for each school.  My more recent application experience involved applying to ten schools, and this required a comprehensive organizational system.  Trying to keep track of what ten different schools [...]

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Although we typically offer discussion about how to interpret ethical principles embedded in our everyday activity, I want to take a moment to present something of value for my fellow PhD program hopefuls.  Specifically, I want to talk about perhaps the greatest scourge of the application process, the dreaded GRE test.
As a current graduate student [...]

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