Help! How to decide on a school?

<p>I recently got accepted by UIUC and Purdue while still waiting on U-Mich, MIT, Cornell, and Stanford.</p>

<p>I'm an international student that wants to study aeronautical engineering and if possible, eventually transition into america's aerospace industry. </p>

<p>Would anyone be so kind as to share some insight on what is life like at the schools I mentioned? Things that can't be gleaned from the school website and whatnot.
Or would anyone be knowledgeable on how each school would help me pursue a career in aero?</p>

<p>Can you afford all of them?
What location to do you like best?
Which school do you feel is the best for you so far?</p>

<p>Well, I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I will have to shoulder some debt, but none of them are too far out of reach financially
location wise, i thought that aside from stanford they were all near the great lakes, so not much of a choice?
dunno, never visited any of them, all i know is based off of school websites ans us news rankings</p>

<p>here is my understanding of those schools so far</p>

<p>MIT: they practice need-blind, so if i somehow get in, going there for sure</p>

<p>Purdue: great food and facilities, but not as well-rounded academically</p>

<p>UIUC&U-Mich: i don’t really know what a college town is </p>

<p>Cornell&Stanford: they don’t have aerospace majors if i recall, i just applied there for ■■■■■ and giggles</p>

<p>to my understanding academically wise these schools are on the same lvl in the aero area. what i want is a deeper understanding of each shcools culture, student life style, and how do student from these schools transition into the industry</p>