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Hi! This forum has been super helpful and I have learned a lot from the application process. As schools are sending out results, I would appreciate any advice on the decision making process. When we choose among different graduate programs, what are some important factors to be considered? What questions might be proper to ask during the campus visit? What made you decide to choose the program that you are currently in? Etc.
Many thanks and wish everyone the best of luck!

If I may add to the question, what are some non-obvious red flags to look out for?

This is different for everyone. Anecdotally, I was pretty much set on one program until campus visits changed my mind, so they ended up being very important to the decision-making process.

Unless your heart is 1000% set on somewhere and there's absolutely nothing you could experience to make you choose otherwise, yes.
You might go to a campus visit and find that you can't stand the grad students and the most interesting thing in town is a supermarket.

Hi! This forum has been super helpful and I have learned a lot from the application process. As schools are sending out results, I would appreciate any advice on the decision making process. When we choose among different graduate programs, what are some important factors to be considered? What questions might be proper to ask during the campus visit? What made you decide to choose the program that you are currently in? Etc.
Many thanks and wish everyone the best of luck!

I have this weird calm before the storm feeling as I refresh the results page. No reports from the schools I applied to though.

Does anyone know if it is okay to ask POI when the admission decisions will be announced? Thanks!

Nope. It's a pretty rare practice in history.