Happy1996

Thanks guys for the help! that's a useful set of checklists. Time to sit down and make a list I think.

I am happy to have been offered places and funding at two of my choices - so MIT turned me down, more shame on them :). One is Ivy League and I have an external scholarship to go there. The other is a really good school and they offered me a place early and offered extra funding as the guy running the lab group was keen to recruit me. I like the city and part of the USA the first one is in a bit more - but I really like the campus in the second one as it has a great vibe and happy students. I think maybe the first one is more internationally prestigious but the Faculty is much older and more established and seem less interested in me and my research whereas the second one is very interested in me and my research - so I feel in the second I could do some cutting edge stuff in a new lab group. I'm really really conflicted!! The funding works out at about the same for each though place 2 would be cheaper than place 1. How do I make the right choice? Have just been to visit both!