Good philosophy programs

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello! I'm an international student and I applied to Harvard, Yale, Brown, Reed, Grinnell and Amherst. I know that the possibilities of being accepted at any of these schools are near zero for me, but, if by a miracle I get into two or more, I would like to know which ones have the best Philosophy and Literature programs. </p>

<p>Thank you for your help!</p>

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<p>Amherst and Reed are both mentioned as having good philosophy programs among LACs.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/undergrad.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.philosophicalgourmet.com/undergrad.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Harvard and Yale are best for literature, especially comp lit.</p>

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<p>Being deferred instead of rejected by Harvard, I hardly think your chances are near zero at any of these schools!</p>

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<p>Rutgers University has the number 2 ranked philosophy department in the country.</p>

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<p>That's grad school not undergrad.</p>

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<p>Yes, I was deferred with a 2020 SAT.. but hey, they reject only like 5 % of the applicants so... that's not a big achivement. Anyway, thank you so much for your help. I was wandering, what should have more weight? The major or the undergraduate experience in general? Because, for example... I really like Harvard's core curriculum... but maybe Reed or Amherst are better for the majors I'm planning to study. What do you think?</p>