are you guys talking about a general department ranking, or more of a ranking specific to interested field? What i meant is that, a program could be ranked as the best psych department, but perhaps 5th in the field of your interest VS. a program that has a 20 something department ranking but 1st or 2nd in the field.
Is the field ranking you are talking about or the general overall ranking that concerns you?
there are circles in every field. professors from the same circle of collaborative work will be sort of congregated at certain places. among these labs there will be lots of exchanges and connections. in this case, the fit matters. but usually, the labs from the same circle are sort of from similar programs with comparable rankings in their field. may not answer your question directly but hope it helps a bit
me too... has anyone heard from Harvard? not clinical psych... but any information about which processing stage they are at would be greatly appreciated