I am deciding between two MA programs. Both are at respected schools. However, given my specialty, there is only one person at each dept. who I would be working with. Is it better to have an advisor who is older, established and well-known, or one who is younger and up and coming? Right now the impression that I have is that the older advisor has many commitments to committees and such, whereas the younger advisor has more energy/time to devote to supervising my research.
University A - younger advisor (pretty much the only person in the dept. in my specialty)
University B - older advisor (again, pretty much the only person in the dept. in my specialty).
If it helps, my area is a kind of mix between social science and statistical analysis. So I am a bit worried that the older advisor might have more prestige, but may not be up to date with the newest analytical tools and techniques.
Any thoughts? Thank you!
