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  1. Hey all, So i finished undergrad in may in chemical/biomedical engineering and I was admitted to a top phd program in bioegineering (funded + stipend) that I'm going to be starting in a month. I haven't really been putting much thought into it until recently but I'm starting to get worried. I keep reading horror stories of people wasting years of their life in grad school to drop out, or finishing but not landing a good job at the end (not that i'm especially interested in academia but the situation may be grim in industry too, i don't really know). I'm worried the same thing will happen to me -- that i'll waste my time and then i won't be able to land any job at all, or that at the end of it all it will just not have been worth it. In undergrad i ended with a 3.8 at a reputable engineering school just through cramming, and overall it wasn't that much work even when I was doing research on the side. I'm worried I won't be able to keep up with all the work I hear grad school is, or that I won't be able to handle working so independently compared to undergrad. I'm worried that I won't be good enough to succeed in the program. I love science but this is just a huge commitment that is worrying me. Any advice? Anyone feel the same way?
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    San Diego, CA

    Hey guys, I was wondering what the living costs in San Diego are like. I was offered a 25k stipend at UCSD for a PhD in bioengineering and I'm debating whether or not to go there. Is 25k enough for a years living? I have a friend who I can share an apartment with as well which would help drop housing costs.
  3. Congrats to you too. I'm asking the same questions haha. I'm more interested in going into industry rather than academia I think, so which school would a bio/engineering-related company be more likely to hire from? It seems like GT has a bigger program with more faculty, but that aside I found plenty of people at both schools with interesting research. I wonder if i met you on the interview weekends. I'm at GT right now for a visit and was at UCSD towards the end of Febuary.
  4. Hello! So I was accepted into UCSD and Georgia Tech for a phd in bioengineering/biomedical engineering. I'm not really sure where I should go. There are like 4 professors at each school who I'd be interested in doing research with (i'm interested in tissue engineering/stem cells/regenerative medicine...etc.). I really liked SD as a city when i visited but i was only there for 2 days. I'm also worried that the 25k stipend won't be enough to live on in an expensive city like SD. I was wondering if anyone here has any advice as to where I should go? Right now I'm leaning towards UCSD just because I'd like to experience living in San Diego (I'm from Long Island and go to undergrad in Pittsburgh), but I'm generally just pretty confused. I'm definitely looking for an enjoyable experience both academically and socially. Any advice? Any current or past students with positive or negative experiences to share? Thanks!
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