how important are undergrad "fit" factors when selecting a grad school?

broken_symlink
Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:09:05 +0000

When you pick an undergrad school, after figuring out cost, you look for things like size, where it is located, what kinds of students go there and stuff like that. How important are these things when selecting a grad school? I know your primary focus should be on the faculty and what the professors are doing research in. So, do you compromise and move somewhere you would hate to live, or go to school that is too big, or go to a school where you don’t really think you would fit in, in order to work with a professor who is doing research in exactly what you are interested?