StephDY Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 (edited) So I am deciding between UCSD and Purdue for my graduate study (ECE). Here are some of my own analysis: UCSD Better internship/job opportunities Better location. In CA near Silicon Valley Sunshine beaches seals!!! Better overall reputation Purdue Better chance to receive funding Easier to transfer to PhD program (Slightly) better ranking in ECE Cheaper living expenses I'm positive to continue pursuing a PhD after MS study, so if just considering chance of admission to PhD program I'd vote for Purdue since I was told by UCSD admission office that chance of transfering to PhD program is rare. However, I visited SD in March and I LOVEEEE that city! I already spent four years in midwest and I'm not so much a fan of it. If I ended up finishing my MS and hopefully PhD in Purdue, that's gonna be six years, and I honestly don't know if I can handle another six-year cold and snowy weather. Neither promised me with funding but seems that chance of receiving funding is better in Purdue. Open to all ideas/comments/suggestions. --------------------------Some Add-ons---------------------- UCSD track: Robotics, Intelligence and Control Purdue track: Signal Processing UCSD has limitations on course registrations outside my track while Purdue does not. Edited April 5, 2017 by StephDY Additional Info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoTech Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 You will not want to get a PhD in robotics after you see the job offers that come after the MS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephDY Posted April 6, 2017 Author Share Posted April 6, 2017 4 hours ago, DiscoTech said: You will not want to get a PhD in robotics after you see the job offers that come after the MS. I'm more on the Intelligence side though. Might end up doing machine learning or computer vision in grad school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunarCircle Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 @StephDY What did you decide in the end? I'm in a similar situation having received admits from Purdue Ph.D. ECE and UCSD MS ECE. I'm also interested in doing a Ph.D. in computer vision and machine learning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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