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MS/PhD at Cornell.

Not sure.

Hey, I'm currently a senior at UF, getting ready to graduate! As for their Speech Pathology program, it's pretty good here. You will definitely be in good hands. Then again, I only know a bit about it because of my inquiries with the AuD program, which is in the same department. One of my friends was admitted to the program, and she did her undergrad in Communication Sciences and Disorders at UF, so maybe any prior knowledge in the field would be of help. I know the program is ranked pretty high among speech pathology programs; it's number 12 out of 38.

I go to UF now as an undergrad. They don't care about anyone. I got into a doctoral program in Plant Pathology at UF and turned it down after they refused to send me an official letter of admission. Going to Cornell in the Fall and can't wait to leave Gainesville. Worst city ever!!! Though, Ithaca isn't too far from the cattle heard lol.

Very shocking you posted a CV with a picture.....I'd never allow someone to know who I am on here. Be very careful....

I go to UF as an undergrad right now, and I also applied to and was admitted to a grad program at UF. They don't send out official acceptances in a timely fashion, but don't let that deter you. I would just call the admissions office and ask. I ended up deciding to go elsewhere for grad school though.

Georgia Tech is ranked higher, but UPenn possibly would come with more networking possibilities? I don't know. Both are in excellent urban locations for job opportunities (Atlanta and Philadelphia, respectively). I don't know if you've been to UPenn but I hear the surrounding city of the campus is pretty dangerous. However, I don't know how valid this is, nor do I see it being important enough of a factor to decline the school immediately. I guess you need to decide between going to #10 Georgia Tech or #17 UPenn (which apparently is tied with Harvard, Columbia, and Brown). I don't think you could go wrong with either choice. I don't think the rankings are that big enough of a difference, and I'd probably choose UPenn just for the extra perks of potentially increased networking with other "Ivy Leaguer" employment managers. However, the whole added networking for Ivy League is skeptical in nature to me as I feel that people network with others who went to the same school, Ivy League or not. I recently, yesterday actually, just turned down a fully funded PhD at an excellent state school in favor of a fully funded MS at an Ivy League. I have to admit, I had more of a click with my POI at Cornell than I did with my then POI at Penn State. So, maybe that is something to pay attention to as well. In a field like Computer Science I won't even ask how much the difference in cost is between the two schools. A career in computer science will give you a great return on your money to payback any extra debt you may incur for one over the other. Good luck!

Thanks, I think you're possibly correct. I talked to some people there and some some of them told me they did the MS first, and then easily transferred into the PhD upon completing their MS.

Thanks. Good luck with the proposal!

You're definitely right about that. I went to look at CVs and most of them have all three degrees. Thanks for pointing that out. I see you are at Ohio State for your MS in Entomology. That's a great school! Maybe we'll see each other at an ESA conference! Thanks. P.S. - I definitely know it's not about the name of the school, but it's frustrating when your adviser has a PhD from there and is coercing you to go, in addition to others in the department. I just want to get a job, personally. Maybe we'll end up at the same PhD program!

I just emailed PSU turning them down, thus, I will be heading to Cornell in the Fall. Knowing my luck , this will come back to bite me and possibly tempt me into jumping in one of those two gorges (jk), but it is what it is. People have told me that I cannot go wrong with either choice and most are partial to Cornell, including faculty at my school and job. I hope this is the right decision and if I don't get into a PhD after I complete this, preferably remaining at Cornell, at least I'll be able to say I went to the #1 school for this field. I don't want to be a professor anyway, I want to go into industry, which I can do with a Masters. I just talked to my aunt's boyfriend who gets paid $200,000/yr with the U.S. Dept of Homeland Security screening possible pests that come in and out of the country, and he only has a Masters from UNC-Chapel Hill (school is not being understated). Then again, he has 20 years under his belt. However, I am not settling on that and I am gonna work my tail off to get into a PhD program after I am done with this. There are no other African Americans in this department so this will be interesting, but I can deal with that I think....

The field is Entomology. I am very interested in both topics. I do not just want to be a professor, I want to have the option of working in industry also. The program at Penn State involves research on the transmission of malaria by mosquitoes in south Asia. The program at Cornell involves research and extension work on pest management of fruits. I like both topics....one is agricultural in nature and the other is more medical-oriented in nature. Argh.....

Thanks everyone. I'd definitely like to do a PhD at Cornell if I went there for my MS. My adviser already made it clear that he is not sure he could keep me on for the PhD because of funding, but that it's a road we can cross once we get there.... Even though I am funded at both, Penn State is also throwing $6,000 at me just for summer to do research (I don't have to take classes, not that I have to take many anyway since I took them most as an undergrad at my alma mater). I wouldn't struggle financially at Cornell, it is just nice to know Penn State gave me summer money too. Cornell said I MIGHT get summer money lol....

Hey all, so I am in a bad situation right now. I have two offers from top 10 programs (out of 30) in the field, an MS offer from Cornell University (funded, number 1 in the field), and a PhD offer from The Pennsylvania State University (funded, number 10 in the field). I eventually want a PhD, no questions about it. Cornell's prestige and Ivy league name are messing with my mind. However, I want a PhD, ultimately, and thus, I feel as if I should take the Penn State offer. However, my doing an MS at Cornell does not preclude my ability to do a PhD either there or somewhere else later on. All of my professors in the field are telling me to go to Cornell because it would be better for me, but they didn't even ask about my research interests (two totally different research topics from the schools). They are just focused on me going to the number 1 ranked program and could care less that I actually am a little bit more excited about the research program at Penn State, not to mention, the new Milennium Science Complex I'd be in there. I could see myself at either and enjoyed them equally. However, my undergrad grades were not that strong in my first two years and I don't want to ever again go through the feeling of "what is the committee thinking when they are looking at my transcripts....are they going to start fromthe first page.....are they going to look very quickly....etc etc." I got into these top programs because I have good research experience and excellent recs and my major GPA is really good. I just don't know if I'd get into a top PhD program again if I pass Penn State up, but I'd have an MS from the number 1 ranked dept in the field so, maybe? Would me doing a good job in an MS program at Cornell make future PhD prospective schools ignore my undergrad transcript? AGHHHHH Please help....

I was accepted to the MS program in Entomology for Fall 2011. I don't know how to feel. I was accepted into PhD programs both at U Florida and Penn State in the same field with full funding. However, Cornell is #1 in this field and I hopefully will be able to switch to the PhD after doing the MS there, which is fully funded (unusual for a Masters program).

I was accepted into the Plant Pathology department for my doctoral degree at UFL. I am currently doing my undergraduate degree here. When I spoke to admissions they said it can take over 6 weeks for them to upload. Glad you got it fixed though.