Hi all,
I am new to Gradcafe, and I am also desperately waiting to hear from schools. I was wondering if anyone has heard from UPenn or UT Austin? Thank you!!
If you like reading theory for fun, then Bourdieu and Granovetter are quintessential. (I personally like Berger and Luckman.) Robert Putnam's "Bowling Alone" is the classic community/social networking piece we read for this subject.