How many prof can I meet in one visit ? advice please

[Cup Cake]

So finally I got invitation for PhD position in Biomedical sciences . I am really excited since this is my first invitation and in my top choice school.

The director of the program invited me to the recruitment weekend and asked me to name the professors I would like to meet in the 3 days visit. I am actually interested to work with 4 prof there, do you think it will be bad idea to name the 4 profs. Should I choose 1,2 or 3. I have no idea!!

any advice?

Edited January 21, 2014 by Cup Cake

[Maziana]

I think it wouldn't hurt to be honest! If I were you, I'd say I'm excited about the research of these 4 professors and want to talk with them all if possible. Since you'll be there for 3 days, it's likely you'll be able to meet all or most of them. 

Edited January 21, 2014 by Maziana

[TakeruK]

4 is definitely do-able. It won't hurt to name too many profs anyways (within reason) because they may not be able to schedule everyone with some really "popular" professors. You might end up meeting with professors that are not on your list anyways. When I did my visits (mostly 2 days), I was basically always in a meeting with a professor or a graduate student from 9am to 4pm, with a break for lunch. Meetings are like 15-30 minutes long, so you can actually meet quite a few people. 

[thegirldetective]

Agree that 4 is a good number. Some places I am interviewing specified 3-6.

[Cup Cake]

Thank you very much. I think you all made good point, it is around 3 days so I hope I can handle it. This is my first interview so I guess I am freaking out. :ph34r:

[Queen of Kale]

For all of my (seemingly infinite) interviews I met with 4-8 professors, usually for around 50 minutes each, and often scheduled back-to-back (with a luck break) in one day.  This might be field specific.  Or, some sort of hazing process?  Possibly both.

[masha90]

Some schools will have you interview with up to 8 faculty members, so there's nothing wrong with asking to meet with all of those people. This is probably more the case with programs that have rotations though. Although if it's a program that admits you directly to a lab, then it's even more important to meet with all of the people whose lab you might join, since it's a huge commitment for both you and the faculty member.

[Cup Cake]

Thank you guys for your responses ..

wish me the good luck