From paper Chicago is definitely the best place (not even one of). However, Chicago is a place which emphasizes independence, i.e., faculty encourages student to work independently and unless you have very good ideas faculty members might want to work with you. However, if it turns out that you can work out something with one of the faculty members, then you will definitely be a job market star (like Ana Costello this year). Therefore, if you are not that independent and want quite intensive advise from faculty members, then Chicago might not be a good fit. Similar thing for Stanford, but for Stanford the interaction is somewhat stronger, especially if the faculty members like you they are more willing to work with you, e.g., Dan Taylor, Chris Armstrong and one of the job market candidates from Stanford this year (cannot remember the name) all have very good publications when they are on the market. Duke probably falls in the same camp. Not know much about NYU, but it seems that faculty members are willing to work with students. For the rest of the schools, if LZ is interested in doing empirical work but not that independent, I strongly suggest UNC. Although UNC is not reputable as schools like Chicago or MIT, UNC placement is extremely good because UNC faculty members interact intensively with their students. This year they produced (another) job market star who got all the top school interviews in a tough year for empirists. if LZ is interested in doing theory, I strongly suggest Minnesota. Just look at Minnesota's placements for theory candidates and it's probably the best among the United States. If LZ is interested in doing experimental, then Cornell is the best. Given that LZ already got offers from Chicago and Stanford, the rest of the schools may not be worth considering. -- by 会员 majia20112011 (2011/2/19 23:55:56)
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