marshmellow

Should you go to a higher ranking school, while you know little about what they study in that school? Or should you go to a school where you know better about who your POI is and what he does, even though the school's ranking is low? I've got an admission from school A that is highly ranked (#3) in my major area, but I have no idea which lab I want to join because I know very little about what each lab in school A does. And I have searched and studied publications of a faculty D in another school 'B', since the summer of the last year, and I am admitted to school B in the condition of joining the faculty D's lab. FYI, school B is ranked 7th in my major area. Since I can attend the visit day of school A in mid-March and the decision day of accepting admission offer is after one month, it seems that it might be possible to have a time to study about what school A's labs do. But, on the other hand, I am wondering if I can do well and graduate in school A. Both school A and B are sending me emails to ask if any questions I have about their schools. It's like they are pushing me to decide quickly. And I know they have to because they will have to find another student when I reject their admission offer.

I know that the final decision is 4-8 March. I was asking the first day of sending an admission offer email. But thank you narcisso. Btw, a minute ago, an admission result from stanford ee is uploaded in Results posts. I am expecting...

Dose anyone know when stanford electrical engineering department phd program will announce admission results? In the last year, they did on Feb. 11. But, there is not any news yet. I feel nervous waiting for the result.