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FalconOne
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Okay, maybe that's a little vague. But I'm serious. All my friends applied to MIT, Caltech, Harvard, etc. In fact, it seems like everyone does. I didn't. I'm in the National Guard, so I'm stuck to one state. One of my friends suggested that I shouldn't go to graduate school at all unless I get into one of the top schools. I've come from a camp that believes that your research and publications matter more. The handful of schools I applied to all have research I'm interested in and I don't think the schools are horrible by any means in terms of rank, but they certainly aren't Top 10. But am I just going to hurt myself in terms of employment if I get a PhD from a not-top tier school? I just feel like waiting 8 years to maybe try to get in someplace "great" is a really long wait. (That's how long my commitment is)