Guest helpme Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Hi Folks, Excellent forum this is!!! I need to know which is best in terms of placement for an International Graduate student with 2+ years of experience in an IT Global Major: 1. MS in IT...............Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 2. MS in Info Mgmt........Univ of Maryland, College Park 3. MS in MIS.......Texas A&M Univ, College Station-Mays School of Business Appreciate a reply Regards, moi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest evanthejerk Posted April 4, 2006 Share Posted April 4, 2006 But go to College Park. This is the only school on your list where you'd have a legitimate, functioning metropolis at your fingertips (DC is literally a few minutes away). I would think that as a foreign student you would enjoy having a city nearby. And should you find yourself in danger, or the focus of an international incident, you could flee to your embassy. Troy is in upstate NY - I think it's in the Albany area, or maybe Syracuse - regardless, a bleak, depressing region where a large number of people understandably commit suicide. Also, the whole state of NY has a sizeable redneck population once you're anywhere north of NYC Metro (I'd say beginning in Putnam County). "The locals" can make you real uncomfortable. And while I'm sure Texas A&M is a blast as an undergrad, if you're over the college lifestyle, I can't think of any reason to live in that part of Texas. Now of course UMCP has its drawbacks. It's unlike other college towns I've seen in that it's not "convenient" - the campus has no "miniature city" where all of life's necessities are packed into a student-centered strip mall. There is very little to do in College Park proper. I know of only a few restaurants where you can have an actual sit-down dinner, and I'm including Chipotle, Jerry's Subs and Pizza, and the two tables in the backroom of Tick Tock Liquor. I have no research or specific knowledge to back up this next claim, but PG County has to be top 5 in terms of highest crime rate. I say this using Brooklyn (pre-trendy, before the hipster migration) and the Boogiedown Bronx as reference points. But, as stated earlier, you could live in a nice area of DC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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