<p>Merry Christmas/Equinox/etc</p>
<p>If for no other reason, The msft program should get you out of current school’s environment, could even get you out of the country. DS did 3 consecutive internships, post masters at Redmond, Bangalore, and followed his Msft PI to Berlin. CMU BS ME '06, Toronto mS CS '07. </p>
<p>its not what you will be doing in either choice, but gaining a network.</p>