dillemma UPDATE: Decision made.

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:57 pm

I am going to Kentucky

aernath · Post by **aernath** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:30 am

I voted "quit whining"!

What a wonderful problem though! Congratulations!!!

I can't wait to see what your list of pros and cons turns up for you!

It sounds like it depends on whether you want to stay where you know everyone/thing, or strike out and go to a new place and meet new people.

I know what ~I~ would do...

But that's not necessarily what ~you~ would want.

Good luck on your decision!

Do what is best for you!

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:23 am

aernath wrote:I voted "quit whining"!

whynning Lee, whynning

But I voted that too, because I do not think it is in my place to choose either one and there was no other option

Good luck on deciding!

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:23 am

Are you his or her place to choose either one and there was no other option D

Good luck on deciding?

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:30 am

Holy mother of Materia Cloud, I'm only just back and you're already stalking me?

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:30 am

All of them?

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:32 am

Uende wrote:
aernath wrote:I voted "quit whining"!
whynning Lee, whynning

But I voted that too, because I do not think it is in my place to choose either one and there was no other option

Good luck on deciding!

YAY!!! Uende is here

I totally missed you!!!!!!

Thank you! Perv chan and Uende

I know this is MY decision

But both od them are soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo clooooooooooooooooose! So I had to ask some voting

............... and yes, I am a whynner

(and I am tooooooooooo excited to sleep

)

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 4:33 am

Great. Why?

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:01 am

Awww that's such great news, kittens!! See... I knew you'd get more than one offer.

I'm sure you'll figure out what's best for you

and of course, don't forget to celebrate in the meantime.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:02 am

No I do not see.

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:21 am

zerospace wrote:Awww that's such great news, kittens!! See... I knew you'd get more than one offer.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.... Thank you

This is very exciting but now makes me too excited so I stayed up all night last nite

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:48 am

TWO??

Wowzer, lady!!

I'm looking at your post and thinking that you seem to be leaning toward NCSU

And that's the extent of what I know about either school, so anything else I might say would be just my own biases ...

But WOOT! That is just awesome! :yourock:

zerospace · Post by **zerospace** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:54 am

kittens wrote:This is very exciting but now makes me too excited so I stayed up all night last nite

Tee hee.. yep, excitement will do that to ya

It's always wonderful to know that you're wanted, but I had no doubts since you're so incredibly smart!

I've taken enough upper-level math courses to spot a math genius when I see one. hehehe. (Of course, the math I took was essentially to enable me to do higher-level physics

)

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 6:56 am

Thank you Baakay

So here is some pros and cons for you

I am kinda but I think it is 50/50 right now

So here is some pros and cons which I thought in this morning (ok I slept really 2 hours last nigth so my brain is not working correctly but....):

Here is pro and cons for UK.

Pros:
The salary is very very good. The starting package is great. Less
teaching load. Very close to math department. Pre-tenure sebbatical (Fall 2006) for learning more stats. This is a new place for me so more exciting.... No undergrats but only graduate students. cheap to live.

Cons: Less freedom. I am not so familier with teaching stat
courses I have to teach after all....). Less people I know. My advisor told
me that he knows many people left UK for some reason (he said at least 5).

Here are pros and cons for NCSU.

ros: Math department. So I am very familir with. More freedom on what I want. I know
more people at NCSU. I can
hire a postdoc a year. One month summer salary included. Math department at NCSU is very
very strong (it is very good school).

Cons: less salary (but the chair negociated with the dean and he got as much
as he could....). heavy teaching load (prob I would ask for reducing
teaching loads). It is so close to Duke so less exciting. More expensive to
live.

Thanks, zero

but I am not sure that I am genius.... (I am sorta helpless for so many levels

)

kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:28 am

It sounds like UK is better for you both in terms of salary and expenses.
Plus, you keep saying that it's an exciting opportunity for you. The
advantage that NCSU seems to offer you is that it's much less effort for you.
You don't have to worry about stretching yourself as much academically or
making new friends. So, hurry up and decide between greed and
slothfulness

Anime-Beta TNG

dillemma UPDATE: Decision made.

NCSU or UK?

dillemma UPDATE: Decision made.