I’m totally okay with a smaller, liberal arts college. An environment like that would probably make it easier
For me to do my own thing than a huge school.
Going up North to somewhere like the New School in New York, or out west to California or Arizona etc is pretty much out of the question. I want to either be in the South, or barring that go abroad to the UK or France.
I contacted the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy (SPEP) and got a list of Masters programs in the South that are continentally focused, but there was no information for undergrads. The schools that they told me to look at were Emory, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Rice and Tulane, and that I should keep the Catholic University of America, UT-Austin, the University of Dallas, St Louis University, Washington University of St Louis in mind along with several Liberal Arts colleges that they have no jnfotmation on.
Vanderbilt looks like my current first choice, with Emory at 2nd and Georgetown under lots of consideration. I want to learn more about Tulane, I grew up almost right next door to it and the reputation has always been one of partying is more important than studying. Rice is a great school but I don’t know if I want to live in Texas.
The rest are either hardcore Catholic universities that’re geared towards people who want to serve the church in some respect (Catholic University of America and the University of Dallas), are in St Louis of they’re big party schools where I might be friendless.
Rhodes, Davidson and the University of the South are places I’m going to research more.