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doctoraldude

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  1. imo 'state of the discipline' articles are thngs people write once they have 'seen it all', so to speak. What you'll be doing has more to do with actual bread-and-butter research. I would suggest zeroing in on a top department each in Soc & PolSci and then reading some working papers of faculty at the two places. Whichever floats your boat (thril-wise, dorks that we are...) is more likely to be the field where you can really enjoy your work... btw, congrats on the score - 750 in each is nice
  2. Wow! Well put! That just about sums up my two-and a half months of waiting to leave the firm!
  3. You might want to read up some articles such as : "The role of general theory in comparative-historical sociology" (E Kiser, M Hechter - American Journal of Sociology, 1991) ... etc and similar stuff for polsci - and figure out which suits you better. Btw "historical institutionalism" is a term mostly used in polsci than soc imo. You might also look at some of the recent work under contention/contentious politics/Social movements . For related work on the comparative methodology per se, there's Charles Ragin's work you can read up ...
  4. based on your background & interests, I think you'll find agent-based modeling interesting - so you might want to build on that for an application. Caveat: a lot of soc profs dont believe in the validity of agent-based models to explain social facts - so you'll have to be selective in choosing the right depatments And yes, harrison white's work is nice as well (I wish I had time to read more )
  5. depends on the school & the program. Some schools want impressive stats and awards alone, while some others might want to know the person behind the numbers. Some programs need rigorous disciplinary training while others might have more to do with a 'world-view' What I'm saying is, you wouldn't really know what-has-the-most-weight unless you research the school/program in some depth
  6. I'm facing the same problem - sending another gift by post/courier seems kinda cold & detached to me. So I'm planning to visit them instead, and carry along something suitable (thanks for all the gift ideas, folks !)
  7. Hey folks - What are you all reading this summer ? My list: Is Paris Burning (Collins & Lapierre) A Suitable Boy (Vikram Seth) Predictably irrational (Dan Ariely) An Engine Not a camera (MacKenzie) Any "must-read"s out there that I should add ?
  8. I probably wont know the answer till I'm a few years into my program ...
  9. yes, there are a few logins you have to go through - but it worked fine. A bit slow, but I did manage to submit without falling asleep ...
  10. thanks - an intuitive OS should be a nice change !
  11. do macs have sturdy keypads ? I'm used to hammering away at a Lenovo at work, but i'm thinking of getting a mac (I do want to know what it feels like, to be a mac-snob )
  12. I went with books - tailored to each referee's taste (or atleast i think so!) ... and a paper thank-you note tucked in. Ofcourse all this was before I got any calls from univ's, so it;s been a while. and now i'm wondering if another round of gifting might be appropriate
  13. it's valid for a while ... but within 10 days you need to apply for a US one
  14. well it's april 15th already ! you might as well ask the question with the school and specialty name thrown in
  15. for me, not worth the jetlag & 1000+ dollars otherwise it should be a good opportunity to network with peers-to-be ...
  16. there's kitchen+dining space though - dunno how large or small :?
  17. 3 year phds are often the norm in european (esp british) schools ... so you might check those out. For US programs, your professors will be thrilled if you are able to complete requirements in three years ... but it takes superhuman effort (i/e risk going crazy )
  18. I cantfind the link, but it comes to less than 3500 tax per year ... so for 30 k stipend that would be more than 2200 p/m after-tax pay (ie with tiered tax - not a single slab rate on all the 30 k ) EDIT - My bad :? the tiered-tax thing applied for US citizens; tax is 14% on the whole amount if you're an international from a non-tax-treaty nation (you get a deduction if you're from a taxt treaty nation) SOme details at this link : http://fingate.stanford.edu/students/taxinfo/index.html EDIT2 - Wrong forum, i know
  19. Hey i'm on a visit too ! it's an impossibly confusing campus
  20. just curious - judging by the size of this thread, is social psychology the absolutely dominant sub-field in psych ?
  21. thanks! (mental note: must take off rose-tinted glasses during visit... )
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