<p>Philosophicalgourmet is pretty much the standard, and they only release one report every two years (next report is coming out this fall)</p>
<p>getting into the best program doesn’t really mean anything. I know (lol) someone who went to NYU for undergrad, and is now doing grad. work at a grad. school that isn’t in the top 25, but is in the top 50. </p>
<p>If you’re interested in philosophy, (as opposed to wanting to major for it for pre-law) go to the department with a strong focus in whatever you want to major in: UCLA for example is really good for philosophy of language whereas a school like Berkeley is really good at philosophy of mind. Since UCLA is good for philosophy of language, they have a ton of classes dealing with philosophy of language. I would imagine berkeley has a similar result for philosophy of mind. It’s only really advantageous going to a school like NYU/Rutgers/Oxford for one of two reasons: either A) you’re interested in many different subjects and you’d benefit from prestigious, interdisciplinary faculty. or B) they have someone on faculty with whom you really want to work with. Otherwise it really doesn’t matter as long as you get a good foundation.</p>
<p>If you’re into pre-law, i recommend you go to a university which integrates a strong writing program, which should be any reputable philosophy program, with a strong logic program. (a second course in logic should be sufficient)</p>