IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
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IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
Hi all! I'm stuck in a great place to be: I have to make a choice between all of these schools. However, it isn't an easy one. I've got my own factors to consider, but I was wondering if anyone had anything to say about these programs in terms of quality of research, location, friendliness in the department, time to graduate, etc. Thanks in advance
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Re: IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
Which subfield(s) did you apply for?
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Re: IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
Well, that's a bit complicated, as I'm not exactly sure what I want to do. I'm interested in nuclear, condensed matter Experiment/Theory, data analysis in general
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Re: IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
Then Indiana Bloomington might be better choice for you.
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Re: IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
Why so? I am also deciding on two of those, but also have Syracuse, Va Tech, UT Austin. Similarly undecided about CM exp vs. hep/nuc exp. Getting down to crunch time.... ugh. I worry that Austin and IU are too big and use incoming students as TA commodities. Syracuse too? Less sure. My visit was pretty positive there and at william and mary.postmodern physicist wrote:Then Indiana Bloomington might be better choice for you.
Re: IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
In physics, departments where grad students are used as TA commodities usually have a marked discrepancy between TA money and research money.curiousdirac wrote:Why so? I am also deciding on two of those, but also have Syracuse, Va Tech, UT Austin. Similarly undecided about CM exp vs. hep/nuc exp. Getting down to crunch time.... ugh. I worry that Austin and IU are too big and use incoming students as TA commodities. Syracuse too? Less sure. My visit was pretty positive there and at william and mary.postmodern physicist wrote:Then Indiana Bloomington might be better choice for you.
https://www.aip.org/gpb/pdf_files/071.pdf
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Re: IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
Sorry, don't understand. Are you being general or is this IU?? Please let me know!Catria wrote:In physics, departments where grad students are used as TA commodities usually have a marked discrepancy between TA money and research money.curiousdirac wrote:Why so? I am also deciding on two of those, but also have Syracuse, Va Tech, UT Austin. Similarly undecided about CM exp vs. hep/nuc exp. Getting down to crunch time.... ugh. I worry that Austin and IU are too big and use incoming students as TA commodities. Syracuse too? Less sure. My visit was pretty positive there and at william and mary.postmodern physicist wrote:Then Indiana Bloomington might be better choice for you.
https://www.aip.org/gpb/pdf_files/071.pdf
Re: IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
Just saying that IU-Bloomington's physics graduate program is a little too small to support the notion of using students as TA commodities.
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Re: IU Bloomington Vs. GA Tech Vs. UF Vs. William & Mary
I ended up choosing IU for their research options. Thanks to everyone who posted.