Good afternoon
I am trying to pick betwenn these 4 universities, intended major CS with a hope of minoring in EE. Money is not an issue, GT & Umich have no merit offers but godd money from the other 2 universities.
I am willing to travel away from home, but not sure of my social abilities, I am comfortable in a small group of friends and definitely not interested in Greek life.
I Know the later 2 would be foolish to give up to stay closer to home.
Any advices?
PS: waiting to hear from CMU, MIT, UCB UCLA
For CS, your best school on that list that you have been accepted to so far is Georgia Tech. However, Michigan has a great rep too, but for CS you can’t go wrong with tech.
Honestly I’m now realizing tech is probably your best fit. The main issue people have with tech is that they worry they won’t have a lot of time for socializing and hanging around because of coursework. But if this isn’t a problem for you and you are a motivated student, you really can’t go wrong with Tech.
One thing you should consider is that there is a lot of social activity at places like Michigan, NE, etc. which can actually be a bad thing if you are a CS/Eng major. I have friends in their first and second years of college at public universities and private non tech dominated schools who say that they hate it because it always seems like everyone else is out having a great time when they are constantly stuck studying and only free on some weekends.
I have one friend who attends UVirginia for Engineering who picked it over VTech because he thought he would have more social opportunities and the girls would be better (arrogant last reason btw). He told me not to make the same mistake he made because there are even less girls in his classes at UVirginia than there would have been at VTech (Due to gender distribution by major) and he found that he really was only able to make good friends with other engineers anyway, even after joining various clubs/activities because other people just had easier and different schedules, and he often got left out because of this. In hindsight he wishes he just went to VTech because almost everyone would be in the same boat as him.
In short, if you are going into anything technical or engineering or even a hard science AND you are set on staying within the tech/eng/sci fields, a tech school will be your best bet because the people there are in similar circumstances. Plus there is no denying that the rep for good tech schools is traditionally much higher for CS/Eng than other good private/pulbic universities.
Another consideration is don’t think just because you are going to a public school and not a tech school that it will be easier course work wise. Most of them are just as tough if you are in the Eng/CS programs. The reasons you hear so many complaints about the work from tech schools specifically is that nearly everyone attending is a tech major. So there is certainly going to be higher populations of complainers and people who “hate” it there and think the work is too hard.
I guess my input is unapproved by the CC board, DM me if you are interested I have a lot of good info that I feel that will help you in your decision.
Have you visited Rose Hulman? It is dramatically different than your other choices so far, so I recommend you visit it before you make a final decision.
RH is much smaller, very tight knit community, heavily male student body, and very techy/nerdy. If that is what you want, then it is a terrific school with small class sizes and terrific placement.
GT, Mich and NEU all much larger schools (also terrific) with large class sizes and TA’s.
Terre Haute is a small town, the rest of these are decidedly not.
Good luck!
In Engineering and CS, NEU is not on par with the other three. That is not to say that NEU is not good in Engineering because it is, but GT, Michigan and RH are powerhouses. GT and Michigan are traditional, research-heavy elites, while RH is the #1 LAC in Engineering. Since money is not an issue, I would recommend GT, Michigan or RH, depending on fit. GT is excellent in engineering and CS (certainly as good as Michigan), but it is not as well rounded as Michigan. That’s just me, however. You may prefer GT’s decidedly techie feel. RH is a completely different animal altogether (small and intimate). However, when it comes to Silicon Valley placement, I don’t know if RH can match GT or Michigan, both of which are extremely heavily recruited by Silicon Valley tech giants. I would visit all three of those and decide based on a variety of factors, including curriculum and “fit”.
Thank you all 
while RH is more of “fit” in size, I do feel it is removed from major cities. Your input helps me a lot an I will visit GT again before making my final call.
Of the three you will have the most traditional college experience at Michigan, and you will meet a larger variety of people (many internationals too). Ann Arbor and MIchigan are intertwined, but as a CS major you will spend the majority of your upperclass years on North Campus. GT is an urban campus, but large enough and isolated enough from Atlanta that if feels like a campus, not a city, even though you can be on the Metra in a few minutes. It has the best airport access.