Finding the right advisor

• Introduce yourself to each faculty member whose research areas fit your interests

• Visit research different group meetings

• Ask your peers about their relationship with their advisor

• Find out how many students a faculty member advises

• Find out the average, variance in time to complete a degree

• Find out how often students drop out

• Look at the theses/dissertations of past students

• Find out where the advisor's students have gotten jobs

• "The advisor-advisee relationship is necessarily personal, and your personality quirks and your advisor's must fit well enough that you can get work done together." [C, p. 13]

• Even "interview" each potential advisor before making a choice!