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Most recently active workshop:
UC Irvine 2022 Workshop (Online)
Are you thinking about philosophy graduate school? If yes, join the Wonder Workshop at UC Irvine on August 20-21, 2022! The application for Wonder 2022 at UC Irvine is open! Click title for more details.
Read a feature on the APA blog here.
This website is a place for the collection and dissemination of information related to philosophy graduate school applications and the application workshop Wonder Philosophy.
The workshop aims to provide information and guidance related to philosophy graduate school applications to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who may have difficulty acquiring this information otherwise. The goal is to state norms and expectations associated with graduate school applications, which are assumed to be obvious but are never actually discussed, explicitly to students whose lack of information or “connection” may otherwise put them at a disadvantage when applying to graduate school. In particular, we aim to address the following themes: deciding where to apply, putting together an application package, assessing programs and potential advisors during campus visits, and the job prospects of philosophy PhDs.
The workshop was started by graduate students from the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science (LPS) and the Department of Philosophy at the University of California, Irvine. The Pittsburgh adaptation of the workshop is run by the Minorities and Philosophy Pitt Chapter, as well as graduate students from the Department of Philosophy and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, and graduate students from the Department of Philosophy at the University of Rochester.
This website is currently still a work-in-progress, as various pages are empty. We are full-time students who are not paid or (officially) valued to conduct research to fill these pages. Consequently, we appreciate any help in the form of resource pointers, content corrections, or topic suggestions.
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Come talk to us at our workshops!
Currently, UC Irvine and Pittsburgh have organizing groups that host in-person or online workshops.
We welcome students who meet the following criteria:
1) you have seriously considered doing philosophy graduate school.
2) you are in a position to apply within the next 2 years (i.e., at most 2 years away from completing a 4-year Bachelor’s degree by fall). Master’s students and working professionals thinking about going back to school are both encouraged to apply.
You do not have to have made up your mind about applying to grad school.
You do not have to major in philosophy.
More details on current workshops here.
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If you’d like to start a similar workshop at your own institution, we are happy to provide organizational support and/or a space for advertisement here. You can find contact information here or use the contact form.
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