What to Consider When Choosing a Graduate Program

[subSquall]

Having recently finished grad school, I've put together a guide for new and prospective graduate students on picking a prof and a project, as well as pitfalls to watch out for:

http://subversiveguidetoeng.blogspot.com/2009/05/guide-to-graduate-school.html"

I thought it would be useful, especially in this economy ;) and this is the time of year people are finalizing their choice of school/prof/project

A brief outline:
-Picking a professor
-Choosing the size of your group
-Choosing the right project
-Keeping an eye on tenure status
-Equipment and Funding
-Getting Along with your group

Please let me know if this article is helpful and/or if anything should be added

 

[Norman]

No offense because I appreciate the time you put into this, but this has been done already by ZapperZ's "So you want to be a physicist": https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=240792 which is much more in depth and authoritative.

 

[maze]

More opinions never hurt...