<p>@Liveulife: A plus to come here is that during summers, you can apply to summer research at your desired institute of transfer (ie mit, caltech…etc). Since you will be here, you won’t experience the barriers that many internationals abroad have…please explain this, u mean me as an F1 student or after residency? and how tough is it going to obtain the residency in florida? and does that mean i become a citizen of the States?..so all in all u meant that it is not really a deal breaker if Florida Tech. gives me financial aid deal of abt 14Kusd?..n hw much shd b the living cost arnd there? i do expect myself to have sme restraint on expenses…please also see if the univ is respeted in the industry field n hw good does the degree fare against big schools…will i have a good chance f doin my masters frm MIT etc if i do well here?</p>