So I have gotten into the following schools:
-NC State (Didn’t get into the engineering program though?)
-ECU Honors College
-UNC Chapel Hill
So I have just applied for scholarships at all 3 schools and I haven’t gotten a decision back yet so money hasn’t come into the equation but let’s just assume I only get a little bit of scholarship towards chapel hill and nc state. UNC Chapel Hill isn’t ABET accredited (Not a huge deal because they are expected to get it this upcoming fall). I didn’t get into the engineering program at NC State but when I visited Chapel Hill they explained to us that you can’t apply for biomedical engineering until after freshman year and I’m curious if that is the case at NC State (I don’t visit State until April 21st). ECU has a really amazing honors college, the tuition is paid for, and the preferential treatment is absolutely insane (along with gateway dorms are amazing as well). The problem with ECU, as we all know, is that their academics are sub par in comparison to NC State and Chapel Hill and I’m curious if that will affect me in the future for jobs (I’m also interested in going into politics later in my career and I’m curious if ECU would be a frowned upon school). A lot of students change their mind and there is a chance I can’t even get into the program at Chapel Hill so my 2nd interest degree would be mechanical engineering or electrical engineering. I am also interested in the marine corps option of the ROTC Scholarship and there is no NROTC program at ECU (they only have army rotc) but there is an NROTC at UNC and NC State. So basically what I’m asking is what should I do? Go to NC State when I haven’t even gotten into the engineering school? Go to UNC CH when if I don’t get into the biomedical program then I’ll be stuck with no major that I want? Go to ECU Honors College and attend a sub par academic school but I won’t be able to join NROTC?
Thanks for the help this is a huge decision for me.