Just to weigh in on this subject again, I was hoping
to get a bit of direction from some of you folks out
there.

I just got a call from a prestigious school that I was
accepted to their school for a PHD in American Studies
(which is the direction I think I want to head).  They
are expensive, so I can't go unless they give me
money.  But lets assume they are going to (because I
have some great connections to them).

Now I have already been accepted into a state school,
sort of known for its masters in public history.  This
direction, though not my original, is interesting
becuase it allows me to try a bit of museum or a bit
of education or something.  They had offered me money
last year before I deferred to work for the time.  So
lets assume they are giving me money again.  They are
really cheap to attend.

Now then to add to this, the first school is in a VERY
expensive city to live in.  Even if I live at the end
of the train line, it is still 300 dollars more a
month than it is around the other school.  However, I
know that I would have a part time job here, and my
girlfriend would have a full time job.

What would you do in this case?  Take the first school
with a PHD in American Studies at a prestigious school
that everyone knows, but is VERY expensive all the way
around (and in a place that you had been living for
several years) or go with the MA in Public History, at
a not so well known school, but is cheap (and is in a
place that you have never been before).

OH just so everyone knows, I want to be a professor in
a few years, but until then I am willing to work in
anything that relates to preservation or history
(museums to non-profits).  So either degree will get
me somewhere.  Just where is the question.

Thanks for your help ahead of time.
Aaron


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