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Questions to ask when visiting graduate schools. | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)

[new] funding/level of first year courses/ (none / 0) (#5)
by sormani on Thu May 13, 2004 at 05:44:09 PM PDT

Ask the students by email or in person: How does funding compare to cost of living? What summer jobs are available nearby? Are there other students like me here? Ask the department: How many years of funding do I have? How quickly do I need to progress to keep the funding? How well do students with American Bachelor's do in this program? Students from small colleges? Are there real first year level courses here? Get a copy of the written quals and see how far beyond your current knowledge they are. Ask about the textbooks used and look at them. See how well you follow the first chapter. Keep in mind some departments consider grad students to be cheap labor. This is more common in the sciences. You want to make sure you'll be progressing towards a PhD and they haven't just admitted you to be a good TA.

Questions to ask when visiting graduate schools. | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)

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