Money is better at UChicago (considering cost of living), but NYU seems more vibrant. Thoughts?
NYU or Chicago for comparative?
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Both solid programs, with pretty strong CP subfields. I think it comes down to which area you study, who you want as an advisor, and their placement record. There's some differences in training, although I think you can come out of either with strong methods. Chicago is more eclectic in training, NYU is more focused on big data + formal.
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Both are good options, relatively speaking. My sense is that NYU has been placing better in recent years. You'll likely come out with better quant skills, which is all that really matters. But, I have to second Mirelle's point: it's really hard to get a job in academia. So, don't do this unless you're willing to a) roll the dice on getting a job in this field, b) give up control over where you live, and c) settle for a less prestigious/less well paying job than you had hoped. (Needless to say, these points don't apply if you've got the right demographics on your side - don't attack me, I'm just stating the obvious).
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‘Placement record’ differences between these schools is going to be very noisy. In any given year that depends on which students were on the market (lots of variation in student quality), whether they had constraints in their search, plus of course the massive luck factor. You’ll also be on the market 6-8 years after these recent placements, which is effectively a different world.
At the end of the day, these are both very good schools that should give your CV a shot at any job. The rest comes down to you, and luck.
Go where you feel more comfortable.
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At the end of the day, these are both very good schools that should give your CV a shot at any job. The rest comes down to you, and luck.
Go where you feel more comfortable.
This, so much this. Both are good places that *can* place students pretty much anywhere and that have enough depth that you are not dependent on a key person being your advisor (people move, retire, and fail to get tenure). Whether it will work out for you or not depends on a range of factors that are either hard to predict or unrelated to the strength of the faculty/university.
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Chicago. Both departments have virtues and dis functions for comparative. But Chicago has far greater prestige outside of academia in,eas we are talking about media, arts, and computer science. You have to enter the PhD with the view that you will most likely exit into a nonac job, possibly with just a MA,
Both cities are great, but NYC is more expensive and never has conferences in town.