Hello everyone,
Recently, I was accepted into a MSc program at a highly regarded university in my country (let's call it University A). However, I don't have an adviser: all of the interesting ones are already taken, and the lines of research of the remaining ones don't excite me one iota.
Former students told me that 95% of the advisers are big jerks; they might be great in their areas of expertise, but they don't know how to treat people. I'm from a different state, so I don't personally know any of them yet.
I'm thinking of applying for another university because I heard great things about some advisors I actually wanna work with (University B). It's a less prestigious university, but sometimes I think it will be better for me. Even so there's a problem, I have to pass in their written knowledge test to get in. I studied a lot for the University A test (5 months) and I'm completely exhausted right now. I don't know if I could study for more months to be competitive for University B.
I already got funding for 2 years in University A, and there's a possibility I get none from University B. Being accepted by University A is a dream coming true, but a sociopath advisor can make my time there a living hell. University B is smaller but it is also amazing, and I would get a valuable education there anyway.
I don't know what to do...