Why go to grad school? How to choose a program?

Hey there folks, I just posted something to another blog and thought people might like a pointer to it. The comment is in response to a posting about whether grad school is worth it and choosing a proper program. In general, OK-Cancel, just rocks, but I really liked this article in particular. Go to the article to see my comment. Be sure to check out the comic on the home page too.

As I write this I think it would be worthwhile to categorize a list of schools that have programs worth looking at around the world:

• Well, I'm going to Pratt Institute, so it must be good. (There are too many Industrial Design Schools to mention.)
  
• Carnegie Mellon has both HCI and Interaction Design Programs
• Stanford seems to just allow students to mix and match. Someone recently wrote a bit on the IxDG Discussion List about their experience as an undergrad at Stanford. (As a Cal grad, obviously, I would only post this because I really beleive they are offering something special.)
  
• Interaction Design Institute Ivrea
  
• University College London's Interaction Centre (UCLIC)
• Institute of Design, @ the Illinois Institute of Technology
  
• Royal College of Art

There also seem to be many many other programs throughout Europe especially in Scandanavia and Holland of which I can't remember enough of their names to do a google on them right now.