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Thanks so much, this all seems like great advice! I had been worried before about bothering students that may be busy but I probably wouldn't turn down a coffee break so hopefully it's the same for them

Hi there, I'll be visiting schools in the next couple of weeks and I was wonderind if people had advice as to things people should do when visiting schools. I've already emailed a couple of professor whose work I'm interested in, and hope to talk to some of the grad students there, but are there any other things y'all would suggest? Thanks!

Hi! So I've read through a decent amount of posts revolving around the CIR program, but I've yet to get a decent idea of it. I had applied to UChicago's phD program, only to have been referred to CIR with half funding. Is this a good thing? I've been reading a bit about the program, but some of the impressions I've been getting contrast with each other. Some people say it's a good program and you get what you put into it, others have referred to it as a "cash cow" and implied that anyone could be accepted. I was just searching phD programs, so I've been thrown for a bit of a loop. If anyone has some further insight into the nature of the program, I'd really appreciate it as I need to send a response relatively soon! Thanks

I asked some of my professors about a similar situation, and they all suggested going to a school different from your undergrad for the reasons that: you'll experience better academic diversity (your influences, the ideas you're exposed to etc) and because, and this is just what one of my professors said, it's supposedly more difficult to gain a professorship down the road if you don't diversify, so if that's what you'd like to do, I might weigh those pieces of advice in with you decision making.

Hi there, So I've read through a decent amount of posts revolving around the CIR program, but I've yet to get a decent idea of it. I had applied to UChicago's phD program, only to have been referred to CIR with half funding. Is this a good thing? I've been reading a bit about the program, but some of the impressions I've been getting contrast with each other. Some people say it's a good program and you get what you put into it, others have referred to it as a "cash cow" and implied that anyone could be accepted. I was just searching phD programs, so I've been thrown for a bit of a loop. If anyone has some further insight into the nature of the program, I'd really appreciate it as I need to send a response relatively soon! Thanks