kagarrabrant

I have been accepted at two schools and waitlisted at my top 2 schools (PhD programs).... Do I accept an offer now or wait until the 15th just in case? I Between the two offers I have, the programs are very similar, and both are funded. I am torn because one of the programs is newer and offered me more money, however it is a college town that I do not think I would enjoy living in. The other is less money in a city (where I think I would be very happy!) that has a much higher cost of living so I would be barely scraping by off of my stipend. Both have excellent professors and research that I am interested in. I genuinely do not know which program to choose. How do other people decide?