Several people advised going to a graduate school with a good reputation: ``Don't compromise. You'll meet contacts that will help you for the rest of your career.''
One recommended a women's college: ``It's an excellent environment for academic women. At a small school in a big university, you get individual attention and mentoring, but have access to all the resources you need. My school has an official policy of being sensitive to many needs - those of women, minorities, the disabled - without being patronizing or lowering standards. And since it is a women's school, women have to be trained to take leadership positions.''