• How many students does each advisor have?
• How long does it take for a grad student to graduate?
• How many students leave every year?
• Interactions between students and advisors?
• How do students find advisors? Is it easy?
• Do advisors usually have projects or do you create your own?
• Can students collaborate with biology students/labs?
• Are XYZ classes required?
• Mental health within the program?
• Life outside of the program?
• What kind of non-academic internships have students done? (Is there funding for unpaid internships?)
• Is TA-ing or teaching part of the financial package?
• How often do students fail quals?
• What’s required for a masters?
• Have professors been recently publishing (<1 years)?
• What do students do for fun together?
• What’s the friend/dating/marriage/etc culture like?
• How do you bring DEI training and education into your classes?
• Do you have previous any students I could talk to?