Another thing to keep in mind: you probably aren't going to get a job at an R1 school even if you got your phd from one. I went to an R1 school in the Big Ten c

Another thing to keep in mind: you probably aren't going to get a job at an R1 school even if you got your phd from one. I went to an R1 school in the Big Ten conference and while everyone that I know that graduated eventually got jobs, only one of us has one in an R1 and she worked her way up. I'm at a community college and I like it but it isn't where I expected I would be when I entered grad school.