Last minute decision on Astronomy program, Maryland or BU

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philosophysicist
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Last minute decision on Astronomy program, Maryland or BU

Post by philosophysicist » Thu Apr 14, 2011 11:40 pm

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m42
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Re: Last minute decision on Astronomy program, Maryland or BU

Post by m42 » Fri Apr 15, 2011 12:46 am

Boston - so you can open up a spot at Maryland for me ;)

Seriously though, I think MD is limited in their exoplanet research. They appear to have more missions related to study of comets/dust in our own solar system. However they have a nice connection with Goddard, which would open many doors I presume. Boston has a solid star formation / radio astronomy group - not sure about their planetary expertise however. A partnership with the Discovery Channel Telescope is definitely a good thing too...

I've been focusing more on instrumentation and star formation, hopefully someone else looking into planetary schools will have a bit more info for you. And good luck on your decision!
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Re: Last minute decision on Astronomy program, Maryland or BU

Post by pqortic » Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:24 pm

Definitely Maryland. you have no idea how much research is going on in that goddard center. you can be as specific as you want and find a scientist there working on the subject.
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Re: Last minute decision on Astronomy program, Maryland or BU

Post by InquilineKea » Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:10 pm

What about Maryland's possible connections with JHU and Boston's possible connections with MIT/Harvard?
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Re: Last minute decision on Astronomy program, Maryland or BU

Post by pqortic » Sun May 01, 2011 11:25 pm

well, Maryland is already higher than JHU at least in the field philosophysicist mentioned. but that was another factor that he should have considered.
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