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Cannot decide on a grad school ? | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)

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by anton on Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 10:19:48 PM PDT

There could be a hotshot or hotshots on the faculty of the 25-30 school with networking which could land you a tenure track research professorship doing the specialty you want. I think it comes down to being able to do a topic that relates to your interests. I am a bit leery of the NYU offer because if you check out http://thegradcafe.com/survey/index.php, you may notice that certain grad programs seem to offer a try-before-they-buy you offer. Seems like Univ. Chicago, UCLA, and NYU offer some PhD applicants a similar form of admission. The cynical side of me says they want to fleece a student and then when they apply for a PhD program send them a letter saying "sorry the competition was especially keen this year...lots of qualified applicants declined" etc. etc., and the other side says that they're giving a fair shot to get in with funding after they're done getting a lot of money from a student. I think perhaps you should look at some of the professors you're interested in studying with, email them and ask them about doing a dissertation together, and google some of their students to see where they've ended up as professors. Good luck with your decision.

Cannot decide on a grad school ? | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)

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