<p>My S is interested in game design and ended up applying to MIT, CMU, RIT, RPI, WPI, Drexel, Northeastern and Cornell. He will be entering Cornell this fall (Engineering, though you can also do CS through Arts & Sciences which might be a better fit for someone who wants to also do a lot of creative writing). (Was rejected by MIT and waitlisted by CMU SCS which he did not pursue.) Even though they do not have the strongest game program of the bunch, they do have a minor, and they have an excellent CS program, great variety of offerings overall, and what I really like about it is that at least in engineering they don’t major until 2nd semester of sophomore year, and that flexibility is pretty rare among CS programs. </p>
<p>After being admitted and looking more closely at Northeastern’s games program, he decided that he was a bit underwhelmed by it (including the fact that its co-op options were limited and would put him on a different schedule than most students in his year). But we were quite impressed by the opportunities everywhere else he applied.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>