Going to visit Georgetown on Thursday and Friday. No time to DC-ish stuff, but plenty of time with faculty and current grads. My question to you: what are the important, non-obvious questions I should ask of the current grad students? I assume questioning the faculty will be fruitless--their department is trying to convince me to go there--but the current grads should be more forthcoming. So what do I ask them?
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I had a chat session or two with some prospective grad students in the psych/law lab that were touring schools.
1) How much professor interaction is there? Do they give you a lot of hands on help and/or guidance or do they let you go off on your own.
2) Are you being taken in the direction you thought you would go education wise? How is it different?
3) Do you work with one professor or do you get passed around.
4) Financial Aide. Availability of grants, scholarships. Availability of TA positions.
5) Where the hell can I live?
6) What happened to the Hoyas in the tournament?
7) Why did you pick G-Town?
8) Are the hookers relatively disease free?
9) Know, I know I as a philosophy student I will be required to grow a dirty, hobo beard, do you offer counseling on that?
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March 24, 2008 08:07 PM
Here's what I asked the current med students (edited for applicability) when I was asking them about their school. In no particular order:
1. What's the student health insurance like?
2. What's quality of living like on a budget (especially when you're coming from Tucson to DC)?
3. What's the vibe like between students? Is it competitive, collegial, etc.?
4. How much does the program interact with the rest of the university?
5. Given what you know now and your choices, would you still pick this place?
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March 24, 2008 08:11 AM