Hi everyone! I know there is a thread on contacting individual students who are already attending through PM, but I thought it might be helpful to have a forum to discuss common questions that come up about top departments. Specifically, it would be good to know (because of guaranteed anonymity!) what the worst things are about your department -- i.e. what are the cons of going where you go? Quite often it's easy to hear about all the good stuff about a place, but very little of the bad stuff, which is strictly insider info. Even if you love where you go, there must be common refrains you hear from your colleagues about certain things. Is a particular professor not great to work with? Is the stipend not enough to live on comfortably? Does the department place a too-heavy emphasis on certain methodologies? Is the location of the department less than ideal? Thanks in advance for your opinions.