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(OP)
So,if you had the choice between doing
1: A master's in concrete structures and sustainable development in Imperial College London

or

2: A master's in structural engineering in Cornell University, New York

which would you pick and why?

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i am in the states so all things being equal i would chose imperial based on the fact your education is not completely your schooling and i would love the chance to live in london for a few years

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If I was planning to work in the US, I'd go for the US college.  But it's obviously a personal preference issue.  if we all liked the same things, we'd all have studied the same topic at the same college.

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I'm Irish though and I think I'm planning to work in the EU.
Imperial is also cheaper, Cornell is a bigger adventure . .. .

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Since you plan on working in EU, I would go to Imperial, and think of visiting the USA as a vacation later on for the adventure.

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Do you like snow?  Cornell has lots of it.  Quite scenic.  Also steep hills.  Good cardio-vascular campus.  (I got one degree there (not engineering) and damn near went back years later for another (engineering).)

Why Cornell in particular, of all the top US structural programs?  (I assume your concentration would be on concrete rather than steel.)

If you go for a PhD, you can get funding at Cornell.  MS much harder; in fact it's their policy not to offer such funding but they'll sometimes make exceptions for exceptional candidates.  

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