clove1688

Id pick stanford. Palo Alto is a great place to live and the prestige of either program is awesome. Congrats!

I got into Arizona's program and am wondering what the views of this program are? Is it worth going to a small, new program such as this and what would be my chances of getting into a PhD program such as Duke or UT Austin after (I want to be a Bayesian). Is there an advantage of going to such a small program vs. going to a larger program like NCSU where the masters' is 1 year long? I don't know how I would be able to differentiate myself in such a big program in six months to get good recommendations for my PhD application. Some of you might think I'm an idiot for comparing an unranked program to one which is so highly ranked, but I'm genuinely confused. My math grades have not been the best an I need recommendations and research to make up for them. I think I could really stand out in a smaller program and leverage that to stand out in an applicant pool in the future. At the end of the day, I don't want to spend a ton of money and end up in the same place. Especially when it comes to industry, all that seems to matter is being a solid coder and overall skills (both of which will improve more in AZ in my opinion; I'll get to take more classes in a wider range of subjects).