<p>Intended field: Engineering (Chemical or Biomedical, unsure)</p>
<p>Any suggestions on which of the two to choose and why?</p>
<p>I will have to pay around 10k for both since it seems Macaulay doesn't include free housing. Oh I also have another 10k in loans from Case. Is it worth it?</p>
<p>I live in New York but distance shouldn't be too much of a problem.</p>
<p>I'm mainly looking for a comparison between their education and ability to get students jobs right out of college.</p>
<p>Macaulay or not it’s still CCNY. CWRU has a decent reputation in engineering (formerly Case Institute of Technology) and a med school, which is a plus for BME. What’s the real marginal cost here factoring for housing? Isn’t it difficult to get in to CCNY Housing?</p>
<p>Do you really want to spend 4 years at 137th & Convent Avenue?</p>
<p>For majors: I would go with chemical engineering. While Biomedical engineering is becoming increasingly popular and isn’t a bad choice, chemical engineering is more in demand from a economist prospective. If chemistry is your thing (or don’t outright hate it) maybe you can try it. Both have things in common, so if you decide that you don’t like whichever you choose, you can always switch :D</p>
<p>Regarding schools: I think CCNY is the better choice. Since you live in the city, you should have TAP and Pell available to help you pay for room and board. In addition, I know the Sophie Davis (correct me if I spelled that wrong) school in CCNY is centered around Biomedical engineering and CCNY in general is know for engineering. So CCNY would be a good choice.</p>
<p>While loans aren’t the worst thing ever. If you have a full tuition scholarship from CUNY I suggest taking it. Most people go on to peruse a graduate degree, so if you can get a free ride now and take out loans later, go with it 
Good Luck :)</p>
<p>^TAP (tuition assistance plan) pays very little tuition, not room and board.</p>
<p>According to what I know about TAP. Some people get TAP and don’t need it and just end up spending the money doing various things. Tuition assistance doesn’t mean it goes strictly to tuition. Can help you with Room and Board. I have a friend in Columbia right now who got TAP but didn’t need it because she has everything paid for her. So she spends the money on food, books, and extra fees. Can’t guarantee I am right, but just because you get a full scholarship, doesn’t mean they are taking away the opportunity unless they recently became stricter with the budget cuts…</p>
<p>Are those loans $10,000 a year or $10,000 in total? If it’s in total, Case Western will almost certainly offer a more complete college experience.</p>
<p>^^That’s an example of a typical NY state mishandling of TAP money. It just gets paid into a student account, and then gets used for purposes other than the one intended. You cannot count on something like that happening in every case, except at Columbia.</p>