Hello All,
So now is the time when decision will be rolling out and yet another stress full era of the graduate school application drama will begin. Many people will be asking the same thing if they should go to a higher ranked graduate school or remain closer to home. (in-state vs out of state, funding etc).
I have been wondering about the value (overall education , post graduation placements etc) of going to a higher ranked school. Well if you go to a top 5 school it might be a different story but how about others. Do you think there will be much difference in going from a school ranked in 30s and 40s to a school ranked in 20s. Or between the schools ranked in 11-20 VS 5-10.
Is it the brand name that people go after? Is it worth going after the brand name?
Any thoughts.