Dear future colleagues,
[dear competitors,]
dear lurkers,
As a first time poster, let me make two remarks. First, thanks to all the posters for upholding this forum's joviality. Never have I seen pats on the back to such a degree of regularity on an internet outlet of hopes and anxieties. Well done.
Second, I was a much calmer and less anxious applicant before I knew about this forum. I had not been expecting to hear from any school before mid February, and now I can't let an hour pass without checking results or websites or e-mails.
Out of interest, and to kill the wait, I'd like to put a few questions out.
- How important is a school's location for you? Of course, it makes a huge difference whether you move to LA or to Ithaca, but what role does this play for your decisions?
- How many of aspiring political scientists have a background in another discipline? Any sociologists, anthropologists, economists, physicists, philosophers, statisticians, mathematicians, econometricians among you?
- Any Americans who applied outside the US, and who would like to take up a job abroad at some point?
(I'm aware some of these questions have been addressed elsewhere, but this forum is too quiet for the regularity I check for news.)
