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  1. ^ Mainly grad. I'm sure there are one or two undergrads who get to go every year but the program costs are usually in the $2-3k range (depending on the course length, lodging costs, etc.) so it's expensive if you don't have travel funds like most grad students do.
  2. The only programs that do interviews are Notre Dame, Emory, Vanderbilt, Rice, and maybe a couple more outside of the top 40. If you applied to one of those programs, and you haven't received an invitation to their interview weekend via email, you are most likely not being considered for a spot. I can confirm that Emory have sent out all of their invitations as of last week. I'm pretty certain Notre Dame has also. Not sure about the rest.
  3. I do computational sociology/social science so here is my $0.02. Learn R. It is free, well-supported, extensively-documented, and pretty much the industry standard in computational social science research. Just browse through r-bloggers.com to see how widely-used it is. Sure, it has its problems, eats up your memory and takes its sweet time analyzing more complex models, but with cloud programming becoming the standard soon that won't be an issue anymore. On top of that, I'd say learn Python, Stata, and SAS too. In my experience, different fields have different preferences. Social science people typically use R; public health like SAS. It just depends on what kind of research you want to do. Try to learn as many statistical packages as you can. You'll find that knowing different languages/programs will help you avoid certain problems and glitches associated with other programs. R is notoriously bad at recoding variables, so I recode in Stata and analyze in R. Also, regardless of your field, having programming skills AND a phd degree will almost guarantee you a data analysis job almost anywhere. So, it's a great way to build a secondary skill-set in case academia isn't your thing. I'm happy to discuss further anything related to code/computational methods.
  4. Look into Stanford, Iowa, Emory and South Carolina if you're interested in emotions/social psyc.
  5. Luckily, most sociology interviews/visitations take place on the weekends. Last year, I was invited to interview/visitation weekends that were scheduled for Thursday through Saturday. Typically, you will be asked to arrive on late Thursday night and leave on Sunday. There are exceptions to this as every department has its own schedule. In my experience, there are always at least a couple of people who either can't attend the Friday sessions or can't stay the entire weekend due to other interview/work schedule conflicts. There are a number of programs that have their visitation days on the same weekend so you might have a big decision to make if you find yourself in that situation. Most programs are fine with alternative arrangements long as you make them aware of what works best for you. As far as taking time off from your job, I think that's an issue you have to negotiate carefully and creatively. Depending on where you apply, you may or may not have to go through an interview process before you get admitted. I would definitely take time off and attend those. Visitation weekends are more relaxed since you've already been admitted. Being in service industry, I was able to get my shifts covered for those weekends without any problems. I will let other members weigh in on how to negotiate taking time off from more formal jobs.
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