cheesechan 发表于 2015-4-27 10:20
umum......Duke one year = USD 56K, at least three semester = 84K
40% discount = around 50K for ...
here's the math:
for a duke student under 40% tw (a top one) and taking 2 courses in the fourth semester (which appears to me to be the norm):
2-year tuition=23795*3*60%+16590*20%=46,149 USD=30,403 GBP (note he has a 80% tw for the fourth semester, which is also the norm)
1-year ra/ta income=8000 USE=5268 GBP. Let's assume that's all one can earn for the 2 year program.
30,403-5,268=25,135 GBP, which is only a little more than LSE's one-year tuition of 24,500. Note that zero tw and zero ra/ta income is the norm at LSE.
If we take living cost into account, living in Durham is way cheaper than in London.
I kind of prefer Durham over London. Maybe I'm weird or ignorant, but I guess preference is highly personal and should only be taken into account with special caution.
The trickiness in this LSE/DUKE financial comparison lies in the value of LSE's second year. Maybe one can make quite a fortune out of it, maybe not. I'm not so sure about it.
here's the math:
for a duke student under 40% tw (a top one) and taking 2 courses in the fourth semester (which appears to me to be the norm):
2-year tuition=23795*3*60%+16590*20%=46,149 USD=30,403 GBP (note he has a 80% tw for the fourth semester, which is also the norm)
1-year ra/ta income=8000 USE=5268 GBP. Let's assume that's all one can earn for the 2 year program.
30,403-5,268=25,135 GBP, which is only a little more than LSE's one-year tuition of 24,500. Note that zero tw and zero ra/ta income is the norm at LSE.
If we take living cost into account, living in Durham is way cheaper than in London.
I kind of prefer Durham over London. Maybe I'm weird or ignorant, but I guess preference is highly personal and should only be taken into account with special caution.
The trickiness in this LSE/DUKE financial comparison lies in the value of LSE's second year. Maybe one can make quite a fortune out of it, maybe not. I'm not so sure about it.
“当年,我怕在北大读本科考不上北大研究生,所以高中报大学的时候,我最终直接放弃北大录取而选择了中央财经大学。” 如果你有这样在北大怕吊车尾,怕考不上北大研究生的心态,那么我也只能说四年不论在哪个大学读下来,也不能改变最初你对自己不自信,这也恰好证明了: you don't deserve a place at PKU。
最后想说, 你说的道理是对的, 可能在二流大学stand out top 1比在一流大学survive更能申请到很好的phd项目,但是记得之前版上不知哪位gt版友说过“就是一般大学Top 1当多了才不知道自己几斤几两。” 一流大学能够给你提供的视野、竞争、networking等等是无可替代的。而如果你在进入一个项目之前就抱着“我知道我肯定不能在这种一流大学stand out”的想法,我只能说那些一流大学白瞎了发给你这种unqualified的并且深信自己将会一直unqualifed for top u的人录取了。