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Originally Posted by LilBro
what do u want to do once u graduate? just because u go to a school thats rated #1 in the field of study for you, doesnt necessarily mean more reward $$$ or that you will mesh with the program. did u get accepted?
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Once I graduate? I'd like to do more research, and maybe pursue a professorship. The only reason I want to go to the best possible university for a PhD is that I want to have the best possible environment to do research, and be able to share my thoughts with and learn from the best minds in the field. There is no money in philosophy (associate professorships will net you a meagre $40-50k a year), so the only reason for going to a good philosophy department is wanting to get the most out of ones studies in terms of knowledge
As for getting accepted, I haven't even applied yet. But to get in, you need the right connections and references, and to know which are the right ones, you need to know where you want to go.