Okay, so I just came back from admitted students days at both the University of Michigan and Carnegie Mellon University.
I had also previously toured both schools before applying.
On paper CMU seems like the better choice I think but after visiting both I really liked UMich.
UMich is more expensive for me than CMU because I’m out of state (about 5-7k a year more).
At UMich I would be in LSA, and I got into the LSA Honors program. At CMU I would be in Dietrich.
At the moment, I want to study stats and bio but I’m not sure which one I want to major in or if I want to try and major in both.
At CMU I have been accepted to the college with the stats but the college does not have bio. I can minor in bio or double major in stats and bio, but I can’t switch majors without switching schools. At CMU most of the general requirements unfortunately are humanities because Dietrich is the humanities college.
At UMich everything (sciences and humanities) is in one school so I can easily change my major.
CMU however is renowned for its Stats department, so if I choose to stick with stats… It’s just annoying that I’d be in the humanities college.
I am leaning towards UMich, but I fear that this is a mistake because it seems CMU is academically superior/viewed more like an Ivy type school, would get me a better paying job out of college, and the tuition for me is cheaper. But I liked UMich a lot. It is big and everyone seems very happy.
I am worried about being too stressed and unhappy at CMU. I also felt like an outsider a bit at CMU since females and caucasians are both in the minority. I am excited to find diversity at college but I’m afraid at CMU since it is so small compared to UMich that I will feel alone. It also seemed that many kids come from private schools while I come from a public school.
I am very torn and worried that picking UMich would be a mistake.
Advice???
NOTE: I’m posting this under both schools’ sections to get a variety of opinions.