Fri 11 Jan 2002
http://survey.nagps.org/report738-170-1.php
The 2000 National Doctoral Program Survey
Released October 17, 2001
National association of graduate and professional students.
scored avg or above average on every criteria except controlling time to degree- and this was better than NYU and Columbia.

Things to look out for:
from getting what you came for:
(1) turf battles
attribs of good advisor:
Career Maturity.
(2) Is professor tenured - otherwise, like with carolynn, the prof could move.
rigor,
vigor
experimental design, statistics, or theory.
well-respected, and kind.
The more papers a prof's research factory can crank out, the more his rep will soar.

assess the type, quality, and quantity of their research.
whose research is exciting to you and respected by other researchers.
Number of publications in respected journals.
the mind behind the writing.
profs on sabattical? dead, or in coma?
Should I learn Japanese or Mandarin.
talk with grad students.
Cuny sociology faculty, research interests:
Ahead of time, compose a list of questions to ask professors.
do you like the way his mind works, do you want to do the kind of work he does?
Do you have rapport.. Is he generous.
American Association of Sociology Guide to Graduate Departments.
List professors by dept and tells who his recent students were and where they work.
2001 guide to graduate departments of sociology.

Does advisor give students enough time? - you need to see them.
Do his students finish quickly?
Who gets first authorship.
some professors can be generous, if they are well-established.
is prof consisten in demands?
reeasonable about amount of work expected.
Do students respect him intellectually?
Good writer?

lest teaching fin aid the better.
Should be done in 4 years!
FAFSA deadline
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