>>22047405>same guyActually, an addendum: I really don't know much about America since I moved out to Germany. But I more or less understand that where you went to college is important in the case of certain employers (Kaiser Permanente in my area hired local medical graduates for example) but at the same time they want real work experience more than a bunch of empty degrees, whether they come from a local college to an Ivy League school. Of course, the Ivy League grad will get the hire but they will expect more from him that he will be able to start work running. For you, with a good resume, you can probably go to school and quickly be able to find a job afterwards in the area (if Maryland needs physics people or whatever it is you plan to do). So, there is also local demand that is in the question. A kind of dumb but pertinent example would be Kansas isn't going to be looking for many lobster catchers. So you also need to find places in maybe the NE area looking for physics people. What do you want to do with your degree, anyway?