Professor Accessibility, TA's, and Relationships

mathboy98
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:41:04 +0000

^^ I’m sure it’s possible for them to get access to professors if they really try the right things though. If it’s possible where I come from, it’d better be extremely possible anywhere. Though it takes much more effort (which can be exhausting and thus a negative) in some places. Just a thought, though I’m sure you know best about those schools.

A point in favor of a school like Harvard is the sheer size of the offerings. A friend of mine is a transfer to our school from Williams, and said he basically cleaned their department out in a short period of time, although he confirmed the teaching was terrific. He also didn’t have any special credits coming in to transfer to Williams.

Also Mollie, that’s rather interesting. I guess this also goes back to how different your graduate program setup is, as compared to ones where a graduate student is basically an entity with an office residence inside a certain building with proximity to the doors of scholars, means by which to bother them, coffee machines, and some writing instruments and paper.