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Cmom291

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    2014 Fall
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    Materials Science and Engineering

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  1. Excellent response Bruin4Ever. I think people get too caught up in the rankings and 'prestige' of a program and forget that this will be their life for the next few years. It's important to look for a place where ALL of you fits, not just your career aspirations. I tried to get that idea across in an earlier post but you've expressed it so much better here. I applaud your thinking! Congratulations to everyone posting their acceptances!
  2. Eruthos-- Congratulations! That's terrific! MajorLaser18-- It sounds like either school will give you a solid program with a lot of opportunities. So maybe it's time to take your head out of it and go with your gut. Where do you have an easier time seeing yourself when you look at the whole picture? How heavily does the differing work expectations and PhD vs Masters programs weigh with you? If both schools are going to give you a shot at the career you want, then it comes down to where you'll be happier (working and living) over the next few years. Good luck with your decision! And congratulations on having such a tough decision to make!
  3. I have a dilemma and I'm hoping to get some suggestions because I have no clue what the heck to do. I recently attended the open house/interview session at a smaller university with a well thought of grad materials dept. There are a lot of reasons I'd like to get into a program at this school. There are two professors at the school whose areas interest me and tie into my research background. I met briefly with Prof B but spent the majority of my time with Prof A. He was dynamic, persuasive, made his area seem pretty darn exciting. I communicated with him after the event and he already has a couple of offers out there (since before the event) but if any offers get turned down he is going to make me an offer. Seemed to think this was a good possibility. Here's the dilemma. I just talked to one of my undergrad professors that I'm pretty close to. He knows all the people involved, has worked with them. Unfortunately he was out of the state before the open house so I didn't talk to him ahead of time. He's strongly warning me away from Prof A for reasons I won't get into, but they were pretty convincing. So now what do I do? I'd love the chance to be at this university and Prof B's area also interests me and is a good fit. My undergrad professor gave her a thumbs up, said she's a good person to work with. Is it even possible to switch midstream? I don't want to offend Prof A or sound like some kind of indecisive idiot. And believe me I'm not some egotistical jerk who thinks I can just waltz into a group of my choosing. I'm sure Prof B also has offers out there, but I don't want to kick myself for not even giving it a shot. I'd be happy to just be on her wait list at this point. You're all treading the same mine filled waters I am. Any ideas?
  4. Thank you for the reassurances. If anyone hears anything else about Penn State or have gotten their own replies please let us know. I know a couple of other people in the same boat who are keeping their eye on this site. I'll let you know if I hear anything from them. Good luck to everyone still waiting for positive results and congrats to all of you who've already been accepted!
  5. Hi all! So I'm getting a little nervous. I attended Penn State's open house/interview weekend a couple of weeks ago and I thought things went pretty well, but I haven't heard anything yet. I've been convincing myself that they're just delayed making decisions because a snowstorm kind of cut down the number of attendees, so maybe they were allowing some time for interviews for people who couldn't attend. But I just saw on the results board that someone got an acceptance email from the school during the following week. Has anyone heard about other acceptances being sent out already? I was gonna just let myself keep hoping that I still had a good chance, but it's probably better to just rip the bandaid off and find out if the acceptances have already been sent out. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
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