UPenn vs NYU for masters
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 9:00 pm
I've been accepted to a few schools. I think I've narrowed down my choices to UPenn for a masters in applied math and computational science or NYU for a masters in scientific computing.
I am personally leaning towards to UPenn because I'd like to do research and write a masters thesis and there is a professor I am interested in working with who has agreed to work with me.
However, I've been told that NYU and Courant specifically is one of the best applied math departments and that I should go there because of that. After looking at the scientific computing masters more closely though, I don't think I would get a lot out of it because I already have a BA in math and a BS in computer engineering. I've taken 5 of the 8 required courses on the list for the scientific computing masters and would basically be paying to retake them. I'm also not really sure who I would work with for a thesis. I've looked through the faculty list, and although there are people doing interesting work, no one really jumps at me.
I also think I might like to go for a PhD later, and it doesn't seem like I would be able to do that so easily with a masters in scientific computing. Whereas the program at Penn is flexible and they also actually have a PhD program where some masters students stay on.
Does anyone know anything about the scientific computing program at NYU or the applied math program at Penn?
I am personally leaning towards to UPenn because I'd like to do research and write a masters thesis and there is a professor I am interested in working with who has agreed to work with me.
However, I've been told that NYU and Courant specifically is one of the best applied math departments and that I should go there because of that. After looking at the scientific computing masters more closely though, I don't think I would get a lot out of it because I already have a BA in math and a BS in computer engineering. I've taken 5 of the 8 required courses on the list for the scientific computing masters and would basically be paying to retake them. I'm also not really sure who I would work with for a thesis. I've looked through the faculty list, and although there are people doing interesting work, no one really jumps at me.
I also think I might like to go for a PhD later, and it doesn't seem like I would be able to do that so easily with a masters in scientific computing. Whereas the program at Penn is flexible and they also actually have a PhD program where some masters students stay on.
Does anyone know anything about the scientific computing program at NYU or the applied math program at Penn?