the big question. . .

[wakemexsoftly]

 I wish everyone who is waiting for application decisions the best of luck. And to everyone who got what they wanted, congrats

Comments

[puf_almighty]

This is the only thing I'm still worried about! How can you tell good fit, what does that mean?

[puf_almighty]

Oh okay you mean like the research they're doing. I wrote one of the students and he was like be SURE you want to study COGNITION and the EVOLUTION OF BEHAVIOR.
Which is just exactly what I wanted.

[shil]

When you're looking for good research fit, you want to be more specific than "cognition and evolution"... I mean, that's a pretty huge field! Try to narrow things down a little more and look for professors and students producing work that you think is really interesting and that you could see yourself doing. Think of some specific projects you could see yourself doing (of course, you're not bound to this at all, but you want to show that you're really seriously interested). Then, email the prof with some info about your interests and ideas and ask them if they think you would be a good fit in their lab. Some people will send you a fairly generic yes (which is a good thing of course), but others will sound excited by your interests and ideas; these are the ones you should get excited about!

[brittdreams]

Nah, your advisor was wrong. They have to build up that specialty on the faculty side, then recruit the students to it. At least, that's how it should work.