And the winner is...

... Duke! I'm going to Duke!

Now I'll just have to train myself to wear Duke apparel and maaaaybe even put a bumper sticker on my car. I've got an NCSU engineering one, so I should be fair :o)

As much as I enjoyed visiting Georgia Tech, the program at Duke suits me much better. After meeting the professors I had interviewed with on the phone, I'm sure I would be happy with either of them; I'll most likely be working with Dr. Reichert though (I posted a link to his research in an earlier post). He has 4 students graduating in the next 2 months, so I have a lot of free reign over the research I'll be doing, or I could even design my own project around his research interests, which are my research interests also :-D

It also doesn't hurt that Duke offered me more money and a nice supplemental fellowship, is closer to my family, friends, and Keegan, and is more affordable as far as living expenses go, but the campus is gorgeous and the students in the Reichert lab are really nice. Now I'm going to be ready to start my own apartment hunt! Oh goodness...