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Blast from the past: Advice on “personal statements” for PhD admissions

Brian Leiter

Back in 2007, with reader comments as well.

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2 responses to “Blast from the past: Advice on “personal statements” for PhD admissions”

  1. Noam Goldstein

    Dear Professor Leiter,
    It seems that the website from which most of these “blasts from the past” are taken has been taken off the web, and their content cannot be accessed via the links on this website. As I am currently in the process of PHD admissions in philosophy, I would very much love to access this post and other advice regarding the various aspects of the admissions process. Your input specifically would be especially interesting as the University of Chicago is a top choice for me. I was thus wondering whether posts on this subject are perhaps available in some other medium?
    Thanks in advance,
    Noam Goldstein (MA student in the Philosophy department at Tel Aviv University)

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