<p>^If you don’t go, probably you can get a master in MIT with those two extra years… just saying</p>
<p>I wanted to get a Masters from MIT, or at least try, but MIT doesnt offer one in math.</p>
<p>^Actually I just wanted to make a point of how much you can do in two years…</p>
<p>^Yeah, that’s what everyone is telling me, but I might not be lucky enough to get into a good school for a masters degree. Gaah, can’t decide. I have until next Monday.</p>
<p>do it. go to MIT. so what if you have to spend the next few years as a undergrad? you’ll be studying at an institution with some of the best professors in the world. you’ll never, ever have the chance to do this again - to not have to work, to learn as much as possible, to explore and develop your interests in math. you’ll have a better shot at getting into grad school. this is a huge opportunity.</p>
<p>what could you be doing in the time that it takes to go to MIT? Is it of greater caliber and quality? Think about it for a little while and weigh the options</p>
<p>What’s pulling you to stay at Emory? What’s pulling you to Boston? I second McGovern’s point about weighing what you’d do with the 3 years if you weren’t spending them at MIT.</p>
<p>This is a simple economics decision. What’s the opportunity cost of going to MIT? That is, what would you be doing if you didn’t go to MIT? And is the utility you would receive from going to MIT greater than that if you didn’t? </p>
<p>To answer the above questions, you need to know what your preferences are, or rather what you value most in life. Is it money, education/knowledge, prestige, networking opps, OCR, etc. Only you can answer this.</p>