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Well, it's too late, but you confirmed what I thought I chose UW. It was hard to say no to MIT and I have a feeling that some people here will say that I am just plain stupid, but considering the circumstances and the research in what I want to do, I decided UW is the best option of the two.

If I choose between UW and MIT, what would you say is the actual difference as far as the name ("wow") factor that MIT has over UW? How much will it really open doors? And what are the other factors that matter? Thanks

Thanks!

I got into MIT and I am trying to decide between it and UW. The problem with my MIT application is that they assign you to an adviser in advance and he (or she) is in charge on your funding. Basically, it seems like my ass belongs to that particular professor and I am stuck with him. The problem is that my personal impression from that particular professor is not very good. Ont he professional level he is really good, but on the personal level I am not sure it will be such a good match in the long run. I heard it's possible to switch advisers, but it's problematic with funding. Anyone here form MIT that can shed some light on my problem? I will be happy to get some opinions about the professors there, but I prefer doing it in private messages. So PM me if you have you know the CSAIL professors well. Thanks

Any chance you can connect me with him? I would be happy to ask him about it a bit (just a little, promise)

It's not like I am going to decide about what I hear here, but it will be nice to hear what people think when you have the two schools compared. I know that in the field that I want to focus in (NLP) the two schools are considered pretty good and present somewhat different approaches to the problems. That is why I asked to know the reasoning behind the preference.

Please, share your thoughts with me. Thanks

I got into PhD I was informed quite a while ago, I think at the end of February

Well, the subject line says it all: UW or Columbia for NLP, what do you say? (Please explain your stand, just so I can make something out of it)

I got a positive reply from them about 3 weeks ago

Accepted with a green tick means you are in, basically. However, they already sent the open day invites, so if you didn't get it, I would call to check. Any idea what is the standard financial support they offer?

I submitted my application right on the deadline and got an early admission in the middle of January, so it got nothing to do with the submission date However, I have no idea what is going there right now and if they are still planning to send more positive replies

It's not a job search, but there's still a pretty big difference between the schools Also, in this economy, as you said, I doubt there will be so many internships available in the summer. Anyway, how much these really mount to at the end?

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I have a few offers from some good schools and I am contemplating about trying to push one of the offers a bit higher (stipend wise) using the others, because basically this is the one that I find the most interesting at the moment. Do you think this might work? What kind of 'raise' can I get? If there's anyone here with experience with this problem, it will be very helpful

I got a positive reply from NYU (PhD) a few days ago. It did take them ages.

Hey, I have a few questions about financial support (specifically, I want information about PhD in Computer Science): 1. How much is the average monthly stipend now days? 2. Is there any standard about summer optional research work? 3. What should I expect regarding the length of promised funding (for example, one university offered promised funding for 3 years and afterwards I am supposed to join a professor's research). Thanks