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    ANDS! got a reaction from CarlieE in How to Tactfully Broach the Subject of the Need for More Funding?   
    Not all "low" offers are low; you need to take into account the cost of living of where you are being accepted. You're not going to get New York cash if you're accepted in the Mid West.
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    ANDS! got a reaction from abc123xtc in Graduate Recruiting- Do's and Don'ts.   
    What kills my interest in a program? A poorly designed website. As a student with a fair amount of options, I want to be able to find information about your program without having to dig. If drumming up support for your graduate program is key, I want that information to be one of the first things my eye falls on. I had to dig for 3 to 4 minutes on Rice universities statistics website to find out when the hell the application deadline was, until I finally just signed up for an account; turns out they list the app deadline there. Just poor showing.

    As has already been mentioned, get the students in there; I want to see not only how your students are doing, but how much they are enjoying their experience. There should be a mini-student life section showing students in the classroom, out of the classroom and participating in dept. run events if those happen. Yes, we're all their for ourselves and to get our own education, but no man is an island.

    Same goes for the instructors. Instructor profiles clearly laying out research interests, perhaps teaching philosophies - anything to give prospective students the information they need to know that "Yes, this program is going to be a great fit for me. . ."

    This is all aesthetics of course, but folks have already laid out more functional ways of improving student recruitment.
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    ANDS! got a reaction from Eigen in Are early decisions really binding?   
    You are not legally obligated to attend - even if you accepted their offer.
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    ANDS! got a reaction from kaykaykay in 14 days to make a decision, um excuse me?   
    You can always pull out; sure it sucks, but if they are forcing you into a corner. . .
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    ANDS! got a reaction from Eigen in 14 days to make a decision, um excuse me?   
    Something tells me that the cases of that happening in the entire modern history of graduate acceptances is so small as to be considered insignificant. Obviously not a null event, but not something I would lose sleep over, especially considering the ridiculousness of requiring an acceptance so early in the process.
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    ANDS! got a reaction from wangqi in 14 days to make a decision, um excuse me?   
    You can always pull out; sure it sucks, but if they are forcing you into a corner. . .
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    ANDS! got a reaction from wangqi in 14 days to make a decision, um excuse me?   
    Something tells me that the cases of that happening in the entire modern history of graduate acceptances is so small as to be considered insignificant. Obviously not a null event, but not something I would lose sleep over, especially considering the ridiculousness of requiring an acceptance so early in the process.
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    ANDS! got a reaction from Starlajane in Is it worth it?   
    I would say it depends on who is inviting you. Getting face time with competitive programs makes it that much easier for a committee (or someone on the committee or even a possible advisor) to recommend you.
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    ANDS! got a reaction from Matt W in What to do with Biomath?`   
    If you take some graduate statistics classes the you can no doubt get the jobs the BioStat's get and more. From what I understand, BioMath has a stronger emphasis on the biological side than BioStat (which generally will focus on design and analysis of experiments).

    So short answer - a lot.
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    ANDS! got a reaction from Hanyuye in What to do with Biomath?`   
    If you take some graduate statistics classes the you can no doubt get the jobs the BioStat's get and more. From what I understand, BioMath has a stronger emphasis on the biological side than BioStat (which generally will focus on design and analysis of experiments).

    So short answer - a lot.
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