Where have you set your sights?

[Chuck]

Questions 1 & 2

If you were admitted everywhere you applied, which sociology departments would you hands-down prefer attending?

Try to narrow it to 1 or 2!

note: GradCafe polls only allow a limited number of response options. There are over a hundred PhD programs out there, and almost as many reasons why one might be your favorite. To narrow down the list to 20 likely "top choices" I read straight down the US News "best" list. Believe me, I know their methodology is seriously flawed, and that there are much better ways to determine a top department (by sub-discipline, advisor, research interest, geographic location, size of program, funding opportunities, friendliness of cohort, host university, joint-degree programs, mood on visit day.. etc). So choose which department is the best place for you, or check "other" and tell us about it!

Question 3

Be honest... check the box next to the statements that apply to you! I tried to list topics that are interesting for us to know about one another, but which we may not be comfortable listing publicly.

Edited February 1, 2012 by Chuck

[hobokennojokin]

Gradcafe makes you check a box for the 2nd question, even if none of those are your grad schools. You should have an option for the 2nd one such as "none of these are my dreams choices"

[Chuck]

Gradcafe makes you check a box for the 2nd question, even if none of those are your grad schools. You should have an option for the 2nd one such as "none of these are my dreams choices"

Done and done.

[schooliscool]

Gradcafe makes you check a box for the 2nd question, even if none of those are your grad schools. You should have an option for the 2nd one such as "none of these are my dreams choices"

Doesn't "other" cover that? And there's a typo in Q3 - "apply" is missing the "l."

[dsmiles]

who else is interested in brown? have you been in touch with professors there?