<p>I'm thinking of schools for philosophy, but my grades aren't the best. I know of philosophy gourmet, but besides those schools listed, I was wondering about University of Puerto Rico. Philosophy gourmet suggest looking at profs' alma mater to verify qualifications and background. The profs. at UPR have gotten their PhD's from the following schools:
-New School for Social Research.
-Goethe Universit</p>
<p>Anyone have any advice, suggestion, or comments?</p>
<p>Hmm</p>
<p>First of all, congratulations for your interest in philosophy! it takes a lot of courage to study something that is sneered upon by so many. it is an extremely interesting discipline and i wish you lots of success</p>
<p>as for philosophy departments, I think columbia's and nyu's are considered the best, but you said your grades aren't the best. </p>
<p>if i were you i would look at liberal arts colleges, and particularly the strength of their philosophy departments. the alma maters of professors is a good indicator, but i would also look at the size of the departments. a LAC with a large philosophy department must pay a lot of attention to that and would therefore be good for it.</p>
<p>Most LACs would be good for philosophy.</p>
<p>ALSO, I would look at Catholic schools, schools like Boston College, Fordham University, Notre Dame, etc. Catholic education puts a big emphasis on philosophy and I'm pretty confident all Catholic schools have a good philosophy dept.</p>
<p>Thanks. I checked out some Catholic universities, but I don't know much about them and don't know which one's have good reputations. Cost is also an issue.</p>
<p>Gourman ranking for philosophy:</p>
<p>Princeton
U pittsburgh
Harvard
UC Berkeley
U Chicago
Stanford
U Michigan Ann Arbor
UCLA
MIT
Cornell
Yale
Brown
Columbia
Notre Dame
Boston U
UNC Chapel Hill
U Wisconsin Madison
Indiana U Bloomington
U Mass Amherst
U Minnesota
Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>sorted by the NUMBER of philosophy and religious studies graduates, not the proportion</p>
<p>school, SAT 75th percentile, total bachelors, philosophy bachelors, proportion of philosophy bachelors</p>
<p>COLGATE UNIVERSITY 1430 646 52 0.08
COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS 1350 675 50 0.07
SAINT OLAF COLLEGE 1340 708 45 0.06
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE 1340 597 35 0.06
WHEATON COLLEGE 1420 604 34 0.06
FURMAN UNIVERSITY 1370 643 34 0.05
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE 1530 364 30 0.08
VASSAR COLLEGE 1460 614 30 0.05
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 1490 722 28 0.04
HAMILTON COLLEGE 1420 457 27 0.06
OBERLIN COLLEGE 1440 722 27 0.04
RHODES COLLEGE 1370 334 26 0.08
HAVERFORD COLLEGE 1460 323 25 0.08
BATES COLLEGE 1420 450 25 0.06
COLORADO COLLEGE 1380 523 25 0.05
REED COLLEGE 1460 310 24 0.08
MACALESTER COLLEGE 1450 428 23 0.05
WELLESLEY COLLEGE 1460 603 23 0.04
HOPE COLLEGE 1260 638 22 0.03
WABASH COLLEGE 1310 181 20 0.11
SEWANEE: THE UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH 1320 313 20 0.06
DICKINSON COLLEGE 1370 512 20 0.04
SMITH COLLEGE 1370 688 20 0.03
DAVIDSON COLLEGE 1440 426 19 0.04
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE 1260 703 19 0.03
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND 1390 757 19 0.03
PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE 1240 268 18 0.07
GRINNELL COLLEGE 1490 367 18 0.05
WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY 1450 398 18 0.05
TRINITY COLLEGE 1400 492 18 0.04
KENYON COLLEGE 1420 399 17 0.04
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE 1500 632 17 0.03
CENTRE COLLEGE 1340 258 16 0.06
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY 1340 314 16 0.05
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER 1330 391 16 0.04
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE 1360 459 16 0.03
HENDRIX COLLEGE 1340 230 15 0.07
BOWDOIN COLLEGE 1460 414 15 0.04
BARNARD COLLEGE 1430 600 15 0.03
COLBY COLLEGE 1430 486 15 0.03
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE 1400 452 15 0.03</p>
<p>Thanks for the list. I Went over them and googled some. But many seem too competitive. Even if I could get in, I doubt I would receive any scholarships, which I would depend on.</p>
<p>Does anyone mind commenting on going from UPR(undergrad - Philosohpy) to Fordham for law school? That's one of my main concerns.</p>
<p>If you're open to Catholic schools, DePaul in Chicago has an excellent philosophy department and is generous with merit money. As for your question, I'd suggest you (1) as UPR directly what their placement rate is for mainland law schools and (2) check with Fordham whether there would be any issue with coming from UPR (I suspect there will not be one if your LSAT is high enough).</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks, I never taught of doing that. I'll email them and check DePaul out.</p>