Hi everyone,
I recently visited all of the schools whose BME/BioE Ph.D. programs I was accepted to and have narrowed it down to Penn, BU, and Cornell. Here are the benefits and drawbacks of each school.
Penn
Benefits: Best fit with main POI, guaranteed funding/a spot in her lab, most prestigious, nice city, close to my girlfriend, grad students seemed happy/friendly
Drawbacks: No rotations, difficult to switch if advisor leaves/things don't work out, (relatively) far from my family
BU
Benefits: Close to home, in a nice city/great area for biomedical research, prestigious program, P