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Aunuwyn last won the day on January 19 2011

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  1. FSU is the stronger program, especially if you might be interested in experimetnal work.
  2. Wow that is an awful package, especially for Austin.
  3. FSU is in within high esteem across the discipline, especially in regards to methods, public opinion, experimental work, and IR. Also it is a top 25 program by several rankings, and has the pedigree that will be able to get you a good job. You will all soon realize that the rankings of a department, even a top 5, will have little effect on your ability to place after graduation. Your ability to come out of school with a publication, write an interesting dissertation, and your competence at presenting your research in froint of an academic firing squad is all that matters. In short go to a program, keep your head down, work hard, take advice, and learn, and you will be a success. Keep in mind that the dropout rate is 50% for a PhD.
  4. No, I mean if you are serious about your career and sieze the opportunities you will get excellent training. There are some faculty at these institutions that definatley could and should be working at top 5 departments.
  5. If you want to be in Academia, American shouldn't be considered. Depending on your field choices, and interests, I could suggest a proper order of schools from those.
  6. Emory, Rice, and WashU are great programs. Also the training in these departments is equivalent to the top 10 if you seek it out.
  7. 1. Being a marginal admit to one of these programs you probably wouldn't get funding, or at least not a full award. 2. It's unnecessary to waste more than 3k applying to each of the programs and instead focus on the back 5, since your chances of getting in the better ones would be astronomically low. 3. Not everyone has a substantial sum of money to throw into applications, I didn't. 4. You are not guaranteed that your investment will ever payoff in an academic job as the market is extremely tough.
  8. You are an exception, not the rule. There must have been something else on your application that was very impressive, but at most of these places you wouldn't make the first cut. If the OP applied to every top 30 school they might get into 3. That is a terrible hit rate, and an expensive strategy. They should be realistic in their options and target mostly top 40 schools, and then try to transfer up later.
  9. Not any in the top 30 since your GPA is too low.
  10. Congrats man! I might have to come visit for the Miami game in two years.
  11. Political science is not the place for you then, the discipline has become such that lacking statistical or formal modeling skills will leave you uncompetitive in the job market.
  12. That's a shame, she was one of the better faculty at the school.
  13. Depends, where are you applying now? Its possible you can go to a top 30 program do the masters, and then transfer somewhere better. Of course, you might end up liking it at a top 30 program or decide the lost time of restarting at a newer school may not be worth it.
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