On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Andrew McNabb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 01:19:56PM -0600, Derek Davis wrote: > > I have applied to graduate school, and been accepted to my top two > > choices, University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech. However, I don't > > know how to choose between the two. > > My opinion is that the advisor is everything. I would recommend making > a list of all faculty from both universities whose research interests > you. Then contact each of them and ask them if they're taking students > and basically try to get them to sell you on what they're doing. > Scratch the ones that aren't taking students or who are rude. Then, > with any advisors left over, contact a graduate student of theirs, and > find out what they like or dislike about their advisor. > This is the best advice. It is a lot of work up front but is is better to do it before you get to graduate school then after you are attending and your adviser turns out to be a jerk and you are running out of time. Brian > > -- > Andrew McNabb > http://www.mcnabbs.org/andrew/ > PGP Fingerprint: 8A17 B57C 6879 1863 DE55 8012 AB4D 6098 8826 6868 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFH6qygq01gmIgmaGgRAuS0AJ9b4g7S7NkCvdruyviYb2rWMU4J+ACcCAqc > qpreH1kA1PkkHY+O7miobow= > =AVSv > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
