{"id":869,"date":"2010-08-20T17:14:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T21:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/?p=869"},"modified":"2010-08-20T17:14:27","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T21:14:27","slug":"fresh-perspectives-on-picking-the-right-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2010\/08\/20\/fresh-perspectives-on-picking-the-right-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh Perspectives on Picking the Right School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/twofoldgaze.wordpress.com\/\">Kareem Carr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At various stages in the academic life cycle, for instance at the undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral level, we find ourselves trying to make a decision about which academic institutions to apply to and which academic institutions we should ultimately attend or take a job at. Various ranking systems of universities feature prominently in decision making. Although, not specifically directed to mathematics students, the consumer affairs blog, The Consumerist, takes a tough look at college rankings. The Consumerist also links to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.payscale.com\/education\/average-cost-for-college-ROI\">analysis of colleges by return on investment<\/a> done by Payscale Inc.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kareem Carr At various stages in the academic life cycle, for instance at the undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral level, we find ourselves trying to make a decision about which academic institutions to apply to and which academic institutions we &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2010\/08\/20\/fresh-perspectives-on-picking-the-right-school\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" data-url=https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2010\/08\/20\/fresh-perspectives-on-picking-the-right-school\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3gbww-e1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}