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It varies by department, but “not that hard”. If there’s a big class e.g. Psychology 101, that is used to fund a lot of PhD students. There are fewer GSI slots in, say, the Linguistics department. But there are fewer PhD students, too.</p>
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Just FYI: of all the students I know who in high school said something like “I want to be a Philosophy professor”, 95% changed their mind. I was pretty sure I wanted to be a computer programmer in high school. I even learned C++. Suffice to say I am not a computer programmer.</p>
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Don’t worry about it. Focus on getting something approaching a 4.0 GPA and you do not need to worry about funding grad school. You may not even have to teach as part of a funding package.</p>
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No.</p>
<p>Some general advice here: under no circumstances should you be considering grad school funding when deciding where to do your undergrad. Why? Firstly, they are completely different things. Secondly, there are more important things to consider about your undergrad (e.g. will you be happy there?). Thirdly, as quick as you will be to say “But I’m absolutely sure!”, it’s very likely that your tastes and interests will develop over the next few years, and you won’t end up doing Philosophy in grad school after all.</p>