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BTW, if you decide one school to go, please decline the other ASAP. April 15th is coming and your rejection will save some people!

Congratulations, giantfox! As you know, both of them are great schools! If you want to more focus on researching AI or applied machine learning, U Mass Amherst would be a great choice! If your research interest is theoretical ML, both are quite good. BTW, U Mass Amherst is not that far from Boston, so you don't need to worry about the location. Some of my friends are PhD students of U Mass Amherst, and they often spend their weekend in Boston. Also, some of them actively interact with guys at MIT or Harvard. Consider your research interests and make a decision for it. Good luck with your decision!

I've not yet decided where to go. I'm still on the waiting list of the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP)'s CS PhD program. If you are planning to join other programs or schools, please please decline your offer from UMCP ASAP... I'm really longing to get admission from University of Maryland.