Notre Dame or Georgia Tech?

[Pupubrain]

Hi guys! I got acceptance to these 2 schools and I cannot really make up my mind. There are professors who I would like to work with in both schools. However, I heard that the students in GATech get pushed really hard especially during the PhD qualifying exams. I am majoring in chemical engineering and it would help alot if I can have opinions about these 2 schools and the cities that they are situated in. Thanks alot!

[snep]

Have you applied for Phd or Masters? Have both the schools offered comparable funding?

[Pupubrain]

Have you applied for Phd or Masters? Have both the schools offered comparable funding?

I applied for PhD and the funding is comparable =)

[snep]

If you are an international student and dint have the good fortune of making campus visits, its best to talk to graduate students in the department. Gatech is definitely very reputed for engineering. ND's Chemical engineering department also has some awesome faculty.

About students getting pushed hard, qualifiers can be a little/very stressful in any school so I dont think that should be the sole deciding factor. So check out the research groups you want to work with and talk to/mail a grad student if you can. Different applicants have different priorities when they take a call on accepting an offer from a school- other than the program, ranking and faculty check out factors like location, weather, student satisfaction etc.

Both are great admits- congratulations!

I too have an admit from ND and will most likely be going there this Fall.

I applied for PhD and the funding is comparable =)

[Pupubrain]

Hi snep! Thanks alot for the suggestion. Yes I am an international student so I don't have the luxury of making campus visits. May I know what is your intended field of research and the reason for choosing ND?

Currently I'm leaning towards GaTech as there are more projects on nanomaterials. However I also heard that choosing is a compatible advisor may be better than choosing the field of interest.

I will try to find out more by asking the graduate students =)

If you are an international student and dint have the good fortune of making campus visits, its best to talk to graduate students in the department. Gatech is definitely very reputed for engineering. ND's Chemical engineering department also has some awesome faculty.

About students getting pushed hard, qualifiers can be a little/very stressful in any school so I dont think that should be the sole deciding factor. So check out the research groups you want to work with and talk to/mail a grad student if you can. Different applicants have different priorities when they take a call on accepting an offer from a school- other than the program, ranking and faculty check out factors like location, weather, student satisfaction etc.

Both are great admits- congratulations!

I too have an admit from ND and will most likely be going there this Fall.