bigdecision Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 I am deciding between two MA programs. Both are at respected schools. However, given my specialty, there is only one person at each dept. who I would be working with. Is it better to have an advisor who is older, established and well-known, or one who is younger and up and coming? Right now the impression that I have is that the older advisor has many commitments to committees and such, whereas the younger advisor has more energy/time to devote to supervising my research. University A - younger advisor (pretty much the only person in the dept. in my specialty) University B - older advisor (again, pretty much the only person in the dept. in my specialty). If it helps, my area is a kind of mix between social science and statistical analysis. So I am a bit worried that the older advisor might have more prestige, but may not be up to date with the newest analytical tools and techniques. Any thoughts? Thank you!
rising_star Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Go with whoever will give you the time and attention you want. Or whoever's working style is most compatible with yours. Or maybe... flip a coin? My MA advisor isn't well known but it hasn't hurt me when it comes to PhD acceptances.
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