help us w college list for a philosophy major?

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Anonymous wrote:Consider St. John's College for a strong foundation in philosophy.

+1000

St John's is not for everyone, but this could be a perfect place for you son

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Philosophy major + hate math = law school in his future. May as well get him used to it now.

OP would like to say good not great math means GOOD not great. 750 on math SAT before junior year started. Probable NMSF based on PSAT. Just acknowledging he knows Phil has a lot of math and he's not out there winning olympiads or doing math on his own for fun. I probably downplayed it. He's good at math. Not a super star quant kid though

Philosophy has almost no math at all, it has the basics of logic, but proof based math is much more difficult.

The philosophy my son studies has a LOT of math in it. His philosophy books are filled will math, proofs and such. I think it depends on the type of philosophy one is interested in.

[Anonymous]

If you already know that a philosophy degree won't get you a job, so you have to take data science classes, then you might want to rethink the philosophy degree.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:full pay boy, 1500 SAT as a junior is taking it again. 3.75 GPA for known private.

Philosophy is intended major, but would like a school that isn't so competitive that he'll be boxed out of internships by the Econ people - or that allows kids with good not great math skills to add some Econ or data science or something to philosophy so he can leave with a job.

Good school based ECs and paid summer jobs, but no competitive summer programs (yet, he applied to some for this year)

location - not west coast, but otherwise open. size - open.

George Mason

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Anonymous wrote:just skip college and get a low paying job that doesn't require all that spending on college!

or get a degree that is more marketable and do philosophy as a hobby.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/02/20/mark-cuban-philosophy-degree-will-be-worth-more-than-computer-science.html

Is Marc Cuban God?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you already know that a philosophy degree won't get you a job, so you have to take data science classes, then you might want to rethink the philosophy degree.

Disagree! Phil plus data science would be super marketable.

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Anonymous wrote:Consider St. John's College for a strong foundation in philosophy.

+1000

St John's is not for everyone, but this could be a perfect place for you son

St . John's is an amazing place. But for any family concerned -- as OP says she is -- about summer internship opportunities through the career center at a university, St. John's will absolutely not be a fit.

If St. John's is sending ANY summer interns or recent grads to be analysts on Wall St. or in top consulting firms, I'll eat my hat.

[Anonymous]

Catholic U. He'll have plenty of philosophy options (has a whole school of it and it's by no means all religious) plus ample other options, including Economics. Plus access to the city for internships, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:just skip college and get a low paying job that doesn't require all that spending on college!

or get a degree that is more marketable and do philosophy as a hobby.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/02/20/mark-cuban-philosophy-degree-will-be-worth-more-than-computer-science.html

Is Marc Cuban God?

I dont believe so.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:full pay boy, 1500 SAT as a junior is taking it again. 3.75 GPA for known private.

Philosophy is intended major, but would like a school that isn't so competitive that he'll be boxed out of internships by the Econ people - or that allows kids with good not great math skills to add some Econ or data science or something to philosophy so he can leave with a job.

Good school based ECs and paid summer jobs, but no competitive summer programs (yet, he applied to some for this year)

location - not west coast, but otherwise open. size - open.

Do you think a declared philosophy major will be a hook at top schools? I would seriously investigate that. Few high schools teach philosophy and to claim to want to major in a subject you've barely explored will be hard to make sound authentic.

Some do though.

like a lot of things, you have to show interest in activities done out of school. very few high schools have deep programming in bio medical engineering or AI or agricultural research or sustainable architecture. This is all done outside school. But agree, if kid hasn't done research or summer programming and just jots Philosophy in major box, it's not helpful. The opposite probably.

That is completely ridiculous and untrue.

[Anonymous]

NYU may not be the best for most things but it has had an outstanding philosophy department for the last 20+ years and keeps getting stronger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NYU may not be the best for most things but it has had an outstanding philosophy department for the last 20+ years and keeps getting stronger.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Catholic U. He'll have plenty of philosophy options (has a whole school of it and it's by no means all religious) plus ample other options, including Economics. Plus access to the city for internships, etc.

+1

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Pitt Honors for this student.

[Anonymous]

Pitt has a VERY strong philosophy department.