lethalcatmonk

Hi all, Thanks for helping me out. I've been accepted to Duke, Hopkins, and UPenn for grad school in genetics, physiology, and cell and molecular bio, respectively. I'm really having trouble deciding where to accept. The professors that I met with during interviews at Hopkins and Duke really jazzed me (Duke most of all). UPenn didn't excite me as much, but I only met 4 profs of 299, so I doubt it would be a problem finding others. Durham is a bit small for my taste, but a grad student could purchase a house on their stipend (not pay it off then sell it when they want to leave) and it would be a nice place to be, generally. Baltimore seemed, well, gross. They literally had watch towers around the hospital. Philly seems like an awesome city, with everything you could want but without being like NYC (it would take hours to get out). To complicate matters, Hopkins is rated very highly, but idk what 7th vs say 12-14 (I guessed on 12-14) matters in the whole US news and world report. After all, there a many top notch programs because no 10 schools could fit all the top researchers....additionally, my bf is moving out and wants to get his MBA, so it would be nice if there was a good business school nearby. We both have graduated from Berkeley. Distressed, lethalcatmonk PS-I just thought the poll was novel, don't think I'm too silly