DialecticalBiologist

1) Overall Program Ranking
2) Subfield Ranking
3) Funding opportunities pre and post graduation
4) Flora/Fauna of local ecosystem
5) Relative, not absolute, age of faculty
6) ((Sum of Ranking of PhD Programs Attended by Faculty)/Total Number of Faculty)*2) + OR - number of delis (depending on the distribution)
7) Is there a Trader Joes? If yes, how big is the hot bar?
8) Will they pay me via Western Union? If not, will they deposit to my offshore bank account? (this money will be automatically re-routed to an on-shore bank account, so I'm not concerned about how this looks)
9) Summer funding? Competitive funding is preferred 
10) Teaching opportunities at local community college? Local preschools?
11) Is there a climate of success? Do they call themselves a family? Can I call my advisor dad?

1) Overall Program Ranking
2) Subfield Ranking
3) Funding opportunities pre and post graduation
4) Flora/Fauna of local ecosystem
5) Relative, not absolute, age of faculty
6) ((Sum of Ranking of PhD Programs Attended by Faculty)/Total Number of Faculty)*2) + OR - number of delis (depending on the distribution)
7) Is there a Trader Joes? If yes, how big is the hot bar?
8) Will they pay me via Western Union? If not, will they deposit to my offshore bank account? (this money will be automatically re-routed to an on-shore bank account, so I'm not concerned about how this looks)
9) Summer funding? Competitive funding is preferred 
10) Teaching opportunities at local community college? Local preschools?
11) Is there a climate of success? Do they call themselves a family? Can I call my advisor dad?

1) Overall Program Ranking
2) Subfield Ranking
3) Funding opportunities pre and post graduation
4) Flora/Fauna of local ecosystem
5) Relative, not absolute, age of faculty
6) ((Sum of Ranking of PhD Programs Attended by Faculty)/Total Number of Faculty)*2) + OR - number of delis (depending on the distribution)
7) Is there a Trader Joes? If yes, how big is the hot bar?
8) Will they pay me via Western Union? If not, will they deposit to my offshore bank account? (this money will be automatically re-routed to an on-shore bank account, so I'm not concerned about how this looks)
9) Summer funding? Competitive funding is preferred 
10) Teaching opportunities at local community college? Local preschools?
11) Is there a climate of success? Do they call themselves a family? Can I call my advisor dad?

http://www.poliscirumors.com/topic/love-the-fake-congratulations-on-gradcafe
Case in point. Be smart, applicants. 

1) Overall Program Ranking
2) Subfield Ranking
3) Funding opportunities pre and post graduation
4) Flora/Fauna of local ecosystem
5) Relative, not absolute, age of faculty
6) ((Sum of Ranking of PhD Programs Attended by Faculty)/Total Number of Faculty)*2) + OR - number of delis (depending on the distribution)
7) Is there a Trader Joes? If yes, how big is the hot bar?
8) Will they pay me via Western Union? If not, will they deposit to my offshore bank account? (this money will be automatically re-routed to an on-shore bank account, so I'm not concerned about how this looks)
9) Summer funding? Competitive funding is preferred 
10) Teaching opportunities at local community college? Local preschools?
11) Is there a climate of success? Do they call themselves a family? Can I call my advisor dad?

Hey all, claiming an informal phone admit this morning to Harvard Kennedy Political Economy and Government, applying for the political science track. Don't know if anyone else here applied but feel free to PM me if you did. I applied for both this and the GSAS Gov. program which I haven't heard back from yet. Best of luck to other applicants.

I’m curious what people think of poliscirumors.com 

Seconded

1) Overall Program Ranking
2) Subfield Ranking
3) Funding opportunities pre and post graduation
4) Flora/Fauna of local ecosystem
5) Relative, not absolute, age of faculty
6) ((Sum of Ranking of PhD Programs Attended by Faculty)/Total Number of Faculty)*2) + OR - number of delis (depending on the distribution)
7) Is there a Trader Joes? If yes, how big is the hot bar?
8) Will they pay me via Western Union? If not, will they deposit to my offshore bank account? (this money will be automatically re-routed to an on-shore bank account, so I'm not concerned about how this looks)
9) Summer funding? Competitive funding is preferred 
10) Teaching opportunities at local community college? Local preschools?
11) Is there a climate of success? Do they call themselves a family? Can I call my advisor dad?

If you're brave enough, you can call anyone dad. 

1) Overall Program Ranking
2) Subfield Ranking
3) Funding opportunities pre and post graduation
4) Flora/Fauna of local ecosystem
5) Relative, not absolute, age of faculty
6) ((Sum of Ranking of PhD Programs Attended by Faculty)/Total Number of Faculty)*2) + OR - number of delis (depending on the distribution)
7) Is there a Trader Joes? If yes, how big is the hot bar?
8) Will they pay me via Western Union? If not, will they deposit to my offshore bank account? (this money will be automatically re-routed to an on-shore bank account, so I'm not concerned about how this looks)
9) Summer funding? Competitive funding is preferred 
10) Teaching opportunities at local community college? Local preschools?
11) Is there a climate of success? Do they call themselves a family? Can I call my advisor dad?

1) Overall Program Ranking
2) Subfield Ranking
3) Funding opportunities pre and post graduation
4) Flora/Fauna of local ecosystem
5) Relative, not absolute, age of faculty
6) ((Sum of Ranking of PhD Programs Attended by Faculty)/Total Number of Faculty)*2) + OR - number of delis (depending on the distribution)
7) Is there a Trader Joes? If yes, how big is the hot bar?
8) Will they pay me via Western Union? If not, will they deposit to my offshore bank account? (this money will be automatically re-routed to an on-shore bank account, so I'm not concerned about how this looks)
9) Summer funding? Competitive funding is preferred 
10) Teaching opportunities at local community college? Local preschools?
11) Is there a climate of success? Do they call themselves a family? Can I call my advisor dad?