I agree. I appreciate chaospaladin's questions. The thought of getting my MS and then transferring elsewhere hadn't occurred to me. Thank you! I suppose there are only two issues with it: For one, I've done the transfer thing before, and it's not fun. That being said, I could suck up the change in the name of future happiness. That said, the other issue is that I would really need to hop into research as soon as I got to the new place in order to be competitive when reapplying. In fact, I'd say the main benefit of not having to transfer is that I can take my time. Also, UNC made it sound like they'd be able to help me out tuition-wise after the first year, possibly getting a waiver or at least enough of a raise to make a dent into the tuition.
However, the thought of transferring wasn't one I had considered up until now, and it's one I'll think hard about. Thank you!
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