CatholicHobbit

Hi everyone, thanks so much for all of the awesome advice!!! I've decided to go to School A and I'm feeling so excited and at peace about the decision!

Hi guys, I need some help/advice on deciding between two schools (and it's terrifyingly close to the 15th!) I'm coming straight from undergrad and I've been admitted to two great PhD programs! There are two main factors that I'm deliberating between: academic fit and social fit. Backstory on the social consideration: I'm very shy and have social anxiety, but it's extremely important for me to feel connected with people...it's just very hard to achieve for me. I know I won't be as successful in a program if it isn't also a good social fit; that's why it's as important to me as the academic fit. School A has a couple profs with research interests in the same ballpark as mine, but not exactly the same focus and emphasis. However, I LOVED the people there and made some close friends that I'm still in contact with. I felt like I easily made progress in overcoming the social anxiety and became connected and attached to the people. School B has a prof there whose interests match up exactly with mine! She's really big in my AOI and it'd be so exciting to study with her. However, while the people were very nice, I didn't feel quite as connected there. While I think I'd end up okay socially, it just wasn't as good (or instant) of a fit as School A. So, what are yall's opinions/experiences on the importance of academic and/or social fit? I welcome any and all suggestions because I'm torn. Thanks so much for reading!!!

Hi, has anyone else been accepted to University of South Carolina? I'm also curious about my possible cohort cause it's looking like that's where I'm going!

Got my first rejection from WUSTL today. It was my top school cause of the Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology program. Sad day! ?

I'm the University of South Carolina person! Did anyone apply there too?