How much time do you dedicate on researching the faculty profile?

[tvethiopia]

21 hours ago, Wyatt's Terps said:

suppose it depends on how specifically you're defining fit. If you have a highly specific focus and a narrow range of research interests, making sure you work with the few individuals who match all of those things would be key...and knowing their very specific approaches is surely equally important. The problem, of course, is that the more narrowly you define your interests, the less of a margin of error there is.

yes yes this. fit is about more than just POIs. it MAY be in your best interest to do some thorough research, but that's entirely dependent on your particular interests and what you're looking for in a program. personally, i've spent more time reading about events, workshops, writing groups, etc at the various schools i'm looking at because a community atmosphere that embraces collaboration is really important to me. fit means different things for everyone.