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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one should go into a PhD program that isn't fully funded (tuition waiver plus a livable stipend). And no one gets into a fully funded PhD program unless they have an advisor or faculty member advocate for them.  It's the undergraduate faculty that will open the doors for them. My advisor got me a slot based solely on the weight of his recommendation before the grad program ever saw my transcript or GREs. [/quote]

So you have to go to a top school? Seems much different than med or law admissions.[/quote]

The PP never said this. [/quote]

She said “undergraduate faculty that will open doors.”[/quote]

Having undergrad mentors who know you well, know people in the field, and can advise you and make contact with people in PhD programs helps ENORMOUSLY. But that need not mean being at a top undergrad institution. The academic job market is such that people who have connections at top grad programs are teaching way down beyond the list of schools DCUM considers acceptable. More important is to build relationships with undergrad profs, which is why the SLAC-to-PhD pipeline is what it is.[/quote]

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