I got admitted to both Dartmouth and PennState, in Computer Science Phd program. Got stuck with the limited choice.
Hope you guys can give me a heads-up. Thanks in advance.
PSU ranks around 30's, and Dartmouth around 50's in Computer Science ranking; while the latter one has the fame for being an ivy.
Both offered similar finance package, both in middle of nowhere.
Protential advisors are both established profs. The dartmouth prof is in system/networking, the one in PSU is into networking/algrithms.
About myself: Third year Phd in an unranked/nonsense school near Boston, trying transfer OUT. 1 infocom, 1 mobihoc paper. I got 1 year left hear in my current school if want to finish the phd off here. I "dream" of faculty job in future, thus the transfer.
It wouldn't be a dilema if the job market isn't so bad out there. I would have choose to stay if it is in 2005-2006.
Right now i got 3 choices:
Dartmouth?
PSU?
my current school? -- a doctor degree in one more year.
What should I do?