Majoring and Going to Graduate School
Double Majoring? Maybe not a good idea.
Going to Grad School in Philosophy? How about a Timetable to help you get in?
Why You Can't Trust Letters of Recommendation[CHE]
A few articles on going to grad school:
"So You Want to Go to Grad School?" (CHE, June 6, 2003)
"If You Must Go to Grad School..." (CHE, July 18, 2003)
The Ph.D. Glut Revisited by Gary North is rather depressing.
Plan when you graduate...(J. Stanley) is a blog post that is more optimistic, but comes from someone , I think, from a top tier PhD program. There is a long discussion about the post in the comments.
The Philosophical Gourmet Report and Its Problems.
New site evaluating philosophy programs: The Pluralist’s Guide to Philosophy (TPGP), available here.
The 2000 National Doctoral Program Survey asked over 32,000 students and recent Ph.D.'s about their institution's educational practices in doctoral programs. Survey is here.
Click here for a great page for students already in the dissertation process.