Advice for Incoming PhD Students
What to do at admit weekend
Admit weekend is the time each school will be giving you a preview of what
life is like at their school. They will advertise their school a bit. Some
things you could do during admit weekend:
- Enjoy the meetings with students and professors
- Learn about the cool research going on at the school
- Enjoy the food
- Ask students about the lifestyle at the school, such as:
- What students do for fun
- Where students eat
- What the housing situation is like
- How expensive it is to live there
- Whether they need a car to live there
- What the weather is typically like
- What the male/female ratio is
- Ask students and professors questions in the section above