<p>Having driven through the Raleigh/Duram/Chapel Hill area, it is awesome. Personally I liked the parts of the NC State campus that I saw. I haven’t seen UW/Madison but I have heard it is really nice.</p>
<p><strong>IMPORTANT</strong> Do anything you can to visit these two schools and the surrounding area. The most important part of choosing a school should be how you feel at the campus and it’s surroundings area. School A may have a better program than school B but if you feel more comfortable/like the area at school B then you probably will love your college career more than if you went to school A. If I based my college decision based on prestige and rankings over how I felt on campus, I would not be going to the same school. </p>
<p>Just take my word with a grain of salt.</p>