<p>Hello,
I am having an extremely difficult time deciding what school to go to next year. I am trying to enter engineering, probably electrical, and will likely double major with Physics. I have been accepted into U of Illinois, GA Tech, and U Michigan, all highly-ranked but relatively easy to get into. I am also waiting to hear from Cornell and Carnegie Mellon. Can anybody give me any input? I have visited all three (of the ones I got in to already) and have loved them all.</p>
<p>Your assumptions are dubious.</p>
<p>Are you in-state for any of them?</p>
<p>In terms of Engineering, the three schools that accepted you and the two that have yet to respond are all equally excellent. In fact, they are ranked #5-#9 in the nation according to the latest undergraduate USNWR reputational ranking. It does not get more even than that!</p>
<p>I think there are four things to consider when choosing between those five universities:</p>
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<li><p>Cost of attendance. Is cost a concern or is your family willing and easily able to afford all five options? If money is not a concern, move on to the next points, but if it is a concern, obviously, crossing out any school that would require you to take out too many loans is a good idea.</p></li>
<li><p>Fit. You said you loved all three campuses. Which one did you love the most? Where would you be happiest? They are very different. </p></li>
<li><p>Overall quality of the university. Although all five universities are excellent, Cornell and Michigan are more well rounded than the other three. GT has decidedly strong and dominant technical/science components. Two thirds of GT undergrads major in Engineering or Computer science. CMU is also quite science-based, with 50% of undergrds majoring in Engineering or Science. UIUC is more well rounded, but not that strong in non-science fields. Cornell and Michigan are strong across all academic disciplines.</p></li>
<li><p>Location. Ann Arbor, Atlanta, Ithaca, Pittsburgh and Urbana-Champaign are all very different. Which city/are do you like best.</p></li>
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<p>“I have been accepted into U of Illinois, GA Tech, and U Michigan, all highly-ranked but relatively easy to get into.”</p>
<p>Just go to MIT and be done with it.</p>
<p>Is that why barrons said that “his assumptions are dubious”?</p>
<p>Are you instate for any of these publics? It’s crazy to pay OOS for say GT if you’re instate for UMich or UIUC. </p>
<p>What is your family say? Are they willing to pay full-freight for all these schools? If not, wait for your FA pkgs to decide. It’s very likely that the OOS schools will give you very little aid.</p>
<p>Im out of state for all of them…
And when I say I loved them all a ton, I recognize that they are all different, but I loved so many different things about each of them and felt perfectly suited for all three.</p>
<p>What did you like about each school?</p>
<p>What did you dislike about each school?</p>
<p>can you afford them all?</p>
<p>Michigan’s calling your name.</p>