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I also called them up and was told that it would be 2-3 weeks before I get my result. I also asked her if they would inform me before april 15 and she said : "not necessary". PS: I have called her twice and both the times, she seemed to be in a hurry to end the conversation!

- Not sure if I'm a good fit for the program - No interest in the assigned advisor's research. Will need to find a new advisor - Heavy course load Are you straight out of UG or have you worked for a while ? Do you have prior research experience in your field of interest? It might be better to go through some course-work if the answers to the above questions are no. You can also choose your advisor while you do some of these courses. However, if you already share a very good rapport with your School A prof., and you are pretty sure about your field/sub-field, then it would be more sensible to go to school A. Have you worked with him before ? Also, if School B doesn't have faculty active in your research area (?), then School A would be the choice.

Hi , I am an international Graduate applicant and have received admits from Purdue and Maryland, College Park. My area of application is Computer Architecture and systems. Purdue has even offered me a 14k stipend + tuition waiver for its PhD program. I am slightly unclear about picking up the better one amongst the two. How is Purdue placed academically compared to Maryland, especially the computer systems department ? Some of the people I have talked to suggest taking the Maryland option. On paper Maryland looks better but is there really a significant difference between the two ? Any suggestions here would be most welcome! Thanks.