Biomed at UT Austin vs. Georgia Tech

Colleges and Universities A-Z The University of Texas at Austin
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<p>Our son was accepted at both Georgia Tech and the University of Texas at Austin, to start in Fall 2012. We are trying to decide where he should go.</p>

<p>Pros and Cons:
- We are Texas residents, so we would save about $20K a year going to UT Austin
- Georgia Tech is ranked #2 in Biomed Engineering, UT is #10 or so
- Many or his friends are going to UT
- The Biomed Labs and the whole program at Georgia Tech are awesome. We visited both schools and were very impressed with Biomed at GA Tech
- He plans to go to Grad school at a top university (Caltech, MIT, etc.)... so maybe graduating from GA Tech will improve his changes of getting an assistanship at that time
- He is diabetic and would be closer to home if he stays in TX... you never know!</p>

<p>Any help you can give us to make this difficult decision will be appreciated</p>

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<p>I’m guessing your son is doing Biomedical Engineering? If so, then UT and GT are both excellent choices, as you said. There’s not really any difference between these two engineering schools. In your case, I’d definitely choose UT though. If you’re in-state and you’re wanting to go to a top grad school, then you’ll want to save as much money during undergrad as possible. </p>

<p>No - going to GT is not going to help propel you into a top engineering grad school. Especially over UT, an engineering school that is really pretty much on par with GT. </p>

<p>I’m not in BiomedE, but I walk past the BiomedE building everyday and it’s really nice! I also heard GT is not in a nice part of Atlanta, but I can’t speak from first-hand experience.</p>