An applicant should know what a group they want to be in by the time you're entering grad school. Different groups might have different numbers of people and can accept different stan, so different amount of funding available for new students. What's much more important is getting good letters of recommendation, ok? That's the single most important i sould say that first, if i were front loading.
Welcome to the September 2021 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). I take the large number of questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable size — based primarily on whether I have anything interesting to say about them, not whether the questions themselves are good — and sometimes group them together if they are about a similar topic. Enjoy!
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