I am just looking for some advice from the internet world about this. I am a direct track PhD first year student at Auburn University and am starting to realize that the school might not be the best fit for me. I was considering dropping down to just finish my MA here. I am in a fully funded program (I TA and the program is set up so it's not very time consuming) with great professors, I just feel like none of them fit my interests very well. I applied straight from undergrad and don't think I realized what I was getting myself into, plus Auburn was the only school that gave me a fully funded deal, so I came down here. Does anyone have advice on what schools I could get into with an MA from Auburn. I was really hoping for Emory, USC, WashU, NYU, Georgia State in Atlanta as my back up. Is this a terrible idea in general or what? Any advice given would be greatly appreciated.
