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I got into their PhD. Any insight into strengths of the program or weaknesses? Any major red flags?

It is tough to get information on the programs outside of the information provided by the schools themselves. However, I looked at a few of these programs a couple of years ago and what I gleaned from the graduate students at the programs are the following: -UIC: In terms of rankings and faculty, it is a pretty good program. They also have close connections with the UIC health system, which has been doing interesting work with Medicaid MCOs. The program suffers nationally from the fact that not many people know about UIC outside of Illinois, so this program may make more sense if you want to work in Illinois. -Tulane: Tulane got high marks from both grad students as well as faculty at other universities. I only really know about their epi program but one of the things that was mentioned to me is that there is more public health problems then public health work in New Orleans, so there are fewer opportunities for experiential learning than if you were to go to school in New York or DC. -UIOWA: I didn't check out this school but I can say for sure that now that I am on the academic circuit, I see their faculty and grad students presenting at APHA, APPAM, and other major conferences. I think they specifically come from the Health Services department. I also know a few in high level research positions at UHG. -University of Utah: I've admittedly only looked at their public policy school. I believe it is meant to be more tailored to in-state residents. They do have more on the side of research opportunities but you have to like the area. One perk is that if you are within the western states consortium, you get in-state tuition.

I am starting to decide which schools to apply to for my PhD. There are two schools that acutely match my research interests albeit their their rankings are >40. My question is two fold. First, is there any chance of going to one of these schools and ending up in a tenure-track position at a top 20 or top 40 research university. Second, for the schools that are outside the top 20, 30, or 40 rankings, where do most people end up, particularly if they are placed outside of academia?

I'm going to be applying for Sociology/Demography PhDs in the 2022 cycle. I'm interested in doing research that will certainly have a quantitative-focus. Is there a rule of thumb for what level of math I should come into the program with and/or what grades I should have in math classes? I have thus far heard everything ranging from people who had no math background to people that took advanced calculus, so I am curious if there is a minimum and/or average. For reference, I am currently in a quantitative-focused Masters program, where I am getting my certificate in Data Science as well. I went up to Calculus l in undergrad.

Hi everyone, I trying to apply to Sociology PhD programs for the 2021 cycle. I am trying to get into a top 20 school but I'm worried about my quant score (it's a 154). That being said, I did my masters in Public Policy and took additional data science/statistics courses outside my formal course work (up to hierarchal modeling). At the end, my GPA was 3.84. I've heard that if you can prove you have quant abilities in some capacity, you can make up for a low quant score on GRE. Is this just grad schools trying to play it cool and I actually have to retake the GRE or will they actually overlook my low GRE score?