Interviews w/ Faculty + Visiting Expenses = Admission?

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
He is a student.

Generally in physics, to become a professor, there is like 6 or so candidates. And they pay for all candidates.

JM
(I have freinds who have went through the process recently)

Philosophers are cheap: we only pay for 2-3 for visits, although they will interview 10-15 people at the APA.

Still, it's probably easier to get a job in Ramo's field than mine (It's easier than in almost any field I think, because a lot of people feel philosophy as a vocation).

Maybe some of the more popular science stuff would be more competitive.

[Provost Harrison]

Some people here seem to be able to understand the opening post. I, however, do not, it looks like gibberish to me...

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Some people here seem to be able to understand the opening post. I, however, do not, it looks like gibberish to me...

Basically Ramo is getting an interview at the best university outside of the Ivy Leagues - Rice. It's in Houston, Texas. He can study oil. There are many large oil corporations in Houston. It's basically an incredibly good deal.

[Lawrence of Arabia]

what? rice is NOT the best university outside of the ivy leagues. heres just a few -

oxford
cambridge
u chicago
uc berkeley
stanford
ucla
ucsd

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by Ramo
**** no. The website says that there's a 2/3 chance I'd end up in an oil company, so I'd be in the midst of a drug/sex binge in such an event.

Dont sell out. Hold tight to those socialist/liberal ideals and work for a pittance somewhere.

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
what? rice is NOT the best university outside of the ivy leagues. heres just a few -

oxford
cambridge
u chicago
uc berkeley
stanford
ucla
ucsd

Indeed. Rice is decent, but not near-ivy caliber.

If you really want to not sell out, come to the U of C ... we have a geology/geophysics department somewhere, and none of our programs are remotely practical (thus not generally funded by large companies)... and plenty of DSA types

[Ramo]

With the exception of a few places (i.e. MIT), the quality of the program is highly dependent on the particular field that you're looking at. In Seismology, the Ivy's are generally mediocre (except Yale and Princeton). Rice is pretty good. Other good schools are UCSD, Berkeley, MIT, and Cal Tech.

[Apocalypse]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
what? rice is NOT the best university outside of the ivy leagues. heres just a few -

oxford
cambridge
u chicago
uc berkeley
stanford
ucla
ucsd

Well, I'm talking about in the US, especially in terms of what he is going into. There are some good opportunies for certain interships and partnerships especially.