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grumpyowl

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  1. Congratulations, all! I'll also be starting a PhD in Educational Psychology, but my specialization will be Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design. Looking forward to meeting y'all, and I'd love to participate in some kind of community group. I doubt I'll be in Seattle before August, however. re: apartments. I lived in Seattle about 3 years ago for my Master's, and found cragislist to be a good source for apartment rentals. I vaguely recall using a combination of padmapper and craigslist to find places, though perhaps there are better ways to go about that now. 3 years ago the market moved pretty fast, so I think the main value in looking now would just be to get a sense of how much things cost.
  2. I grew up outside of Houston--never lived in the city, but visited often. I did my Master's in Seattle a few years ago. To echo what RolyPolyGoalie said, both cities have some real draws. Houston has much more limited options for outdoorsy activities (i.e. no mountains, little to hiking. it's pretty flat). That said, if you have a car, you can make it to the gulf of mexico fairly quickly...which is kinda 'meh' for beaches in my opinion. That said I went there often as a kid, and had a great time. Houston does have a great arts scene--fantastic museums, good concerts, and excellent symphony, theater, and art shows around the city. While I never did live there, it seemed like that aspect of it would be nice. Food in Houston is also great. I really liked Seattle when I lived there, and I've actually decided to go back there for a PhD. That's partially for the program, and definitely partially due to how much I enjoyed the city. It can be a little hard to make friends at first, but it's really a lovely place. Happy to answer any more specific questions if you have them.
  3. Thank you both for the replies, rising_star and GreenEyedTrombonist. You've both given me some great things to think about and, more importantly, some important questions to be answered!
  4. First, thanks for reading, and any advice you may have to offer. I've applied to and been accepted to two programs in Educational Measurement, and I'm having a very difficult time trying to decide between the two schools. Details for each follow. University of Washington, Measurement, Statistics, and Research Design guaranteed RA position for first year, in line with my research interests. likely RA and TA positions in future years, but cannot be guaranteed for whole time. My masters is from UW, and I worked well with the person who would be my advisor (though they were not my master's advisor) University of Minnesota, Quantitative Methods in Education guaranteed funding for all PhD students seem to have good rapport with potential advisor At either school, my advisor shares at least some of my research interests. Also, each potential advisor seems to do a good job of making sure their advisees get the right experience for their CV for jobs/internships. From what I've been able to discover, the funding package is very similar--covers all tuition, and a stipend of roughly 20k per academic year, health insurance. I've already lived in Seattle and absolutely loved it. I also did my masters there, so I am familiar with the department, the school, etc. I think at this point I'm probably leaning towards going back to UW, but I have a nagging feeling that I might be missing out on a big opportunity with Minnesota. I think I'm looking for two different kinds of advice: 1) if you happen to know about this field or these programs, what would you have to say about the benefits of each school? 2) if you aren't in this field, how would (did) you go about making you choice of which school to attend? Thank you in advance for any advice you might have! Also I'm working out my thoughts about this as I write, so please let me know if there is anything I can clarify.
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