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So basically, if you are ready to take advantage of the best option by far for a New Jersey philosophy student, go to Rutgers.
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<p>And not Princeton? I'm in no way disparaging Rutger's philosophy program, I just don't see how it's "by far" better than Princeton. In context of this thread and op requirement's, perhaps Rutgers wins, but generally, I can't see why Rutgers would be by far the better choice.</p>
<p>I think super was factoring in the in-state tuition at Rutgers vs. the private-school tuition at Princeton when he said it was the "best option."</p>
<p>In philosophy at the graduate level Rutgers is comparable to Princeton regardless of tuition.</p>
<p>From the Leiter reports <a href="http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2006/08/code_from_berke.html:%5B/url%5D">http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2006/08/code_from_berke.html:</a></p>
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Code from Berkeley to Rutgers</p>
<p>Alan Code, one of the leading scholars of ancient philosophy in the English-speaking world, who is currently at the University of California at Berkeley, has accepted appointment as Board of Governors Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, effective the fall of 2007. That's both a significant loss for Berkeley and a major appointment for Rutgers, which will strengthen its presence in history of philosophy, especially ancient (Code will join Robert Bolton, a well-known scholar of ancient philosophy, who has been a long-time member of the Rutgers Department).
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<p>Posted by Brian Leiter on August 29, 2006 at 12:37 PM in Philosophy Updates | Permalink</p>
<p><a href="http://socrates.berkeley.edu/%7Eacode1/%5B/url%5D">http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~acode1/</a></p>
<p>Yea, I'm certainly not disparaging a Princeton education either, but if the departments are equally as good, then Rutgers is a much better value.</p>
<p>One of things that we forget is that the OP really wanted to go to William Patterson. We, and it is partly my fault, have moved on to other issues, but no one has really responded to his initial question, and he apprently has lost interest in this thread.</p>