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Please pick an offer for PHD program for me?

I got two offers into PhD programs of psycholinguistics from two universities.
One is Ohio University: $13,300/yr+full tuition waiver for 3 years. I also have to pay for general fees and health Insurance (about $3,000 per year). My academic advisor is a Taiwanese guy. (I am Chinese guy)
Another is Bowling Green State University: $11,135/yr+full tuition waiver+fee waiver for 4 years. My academic advisor is a white woman who seems very easygoing.
So which one should I choose? Although I am a hardworking student, I don’t really want a lot of pressure from my advisor. I just want a comfortable university experience. And after graduation, I don’t really look forward to making a lot of money as long as I can find a decent job such as a university teacher. Also money is a very important issue for me because I am not rich.
Please give me some advice.

Over the course of the program, BGSU is a better deal since they support you for 4 years vs. the 3 of OU, plus you don’t have the health care costs. Bowling Green is an affordable town, perhaps more so than Athens, and it’s a nice area in which to live.

I’d also consider the rest of the faculty — besides your advisor, do you respect the work of the departmental faculty? You’ll take classes with lots of profs, not just your advisor.

I did my undergrad there and loved it — academically rigorous, supportive environment, nice campus (although I haven’t seen it in ages), highly regarded university.

The English department was great back in the day; I assume it still is.

Good luck!

Sara Pyszka, Wright State University student