Location vs prestige
Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:03 am
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Maryland is a better location? I took Maryland off of my list because of the location!larry burns wrote:So I am basically deciding between the Astronomy programs at Maryland vs Arizona to submit my last grad application, since I've already submitted enough apps that have costed me alot. I'm interested in computational astrophysics, not instrumentation or observation at all. Arizona is obviously highly-ranked in astro, but I don't like the location at all. Theres about 1-2 profs I'd like to work with, and I already emailed one of them to find that out that he plans to have an opening in his research group. He also has produced alot of publications in the past few years
For Maryland, the location is much better, and theres 2-3 profs I'd like to work with, but its ranked pretty low since those profs have produced far fewer publications than the prof I mentioned earlier.
Since I wasn't sure between Astro vs Physics, I've only applied to Texas Austin and Washington so far for Astro.
Which school do you guys think I should apply to?
Same here. I've been to both cities several times, and lived in AZ for years (its a dry heat!). The DC area is awful! Most of MD is great but not around DC! eeewww!WhoaNonstop wrote:
Maryland is a better location? I took Maryland off of my list because of the location!
-Riley
Yes, much too soon.YodaT wrote:On second thought, AZ is the wild west... they're shooting up politicians and judges. (too soon?).
Depends where your priorities are. Honestly, if trading some of the better years of your life for solitude sounds like a good plan in advancing your career, then by all means go to the best school possible. However, I still feel there are plenty of top schools with a nice geographical location. If location truly doesn't matter to you, I highly suggest applying to all the top programs in the mid west, because it seems that nobody wants to go to school there, so scores are lower.YodaT wrote:Would you really trade a better career for 4-5 years of schooling at an ideal geographical location?