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So, Who is going to Caltech next year!?

Hey! UCI is a great place to be in and my biased opinion is UCI would be awesome for BCI. You should look into Dr. Zoran Nenadic he is the king of BCI at UCI and he is very good at what he does... also he is a great person. living in CA especially Socal is a huge factor that you should take into consideration. The weather is always perfect, UCI has a friendly and beautiful campus and UCI is quickly climbing the ranks. if you have any more questions about UCI feel free to pm me

You will be spending around 5 years at your choice school. Therefore, I think by going to Stanford and living California you will be a happy graduate student ( I interviewed at Stanford and I think it is an awesome school). That being said of you feel the quality of education and type of research you can get from MIT is significantly better you should go to MIT.

it's 2:02 and still down clearly our tax money is not being put into good use

I don't know if I have the nerve to look once the list is up....

I think this is pretty awesome! Congratulations! If you have any questions about UCI and the faculty over there feel free to mesage me and I will be more than happy to share what I know

PhD, I really love the weather, lifestyle and culture here. Which makes it very hard for me to leave. But at the same time it might be good for me to get a new experience and challenge myself...

I will be switching my current area of research and switching my POI at UC Irvine so that should expose me to new ideas. I still agree that connections/ideas wise Upenn would be a better option. Yes and Irvine is still much better

Hey! I am also considering Penn for a very different program Bioengineering. But I am also going through the process of figuring out if I want to live in Philadelphia and if so where is a good place to live and how much would it cost. So... That being said I was wondering if you accumulated any info on where is the best place to live around Penn ( cheap, safe and nice)?? Thanks!!

I did hear this advice from many people but I never had a concrete reason as to why switching schools is better. My ultimate goal is to stay in academia and I believe that both POI have exciting projects and they are well respected. So that should not be a problem in getting a post doc once I'm done. So do you guys have any specific disadvantages that might arise from me staying at UC Irvine in regards to a future career in academia? Also, jeffleung1992 do you mind expanding on how rankings of Upenn do not tell the whole story please Thanks!

I got offers from these two programs and I am having a hard time deciding which offer should I take. While UPenn is ranked higher both of the professors I will be working with are great. Here is my list of pros and cons: UCI: Pros: 1) better stipend 2) California weather/culture Cons: 1) I went to UC Irvine for my undergrad 2) ranked 18th in Chem Upenn: Pros: 1) More potential collaborations in my field of interest. 2) First student for POI 3) ranked 10th in bioengineering Cons: 1) Bad weather 2) lower but yet decent stipend 3) new culture that i might not like Thanks!