Hey guys, I wanted to hear your opinions on which college I should go to. I want to major in Computer Engineering and definitely partake in some entrepreneurship opportunities while I am on campus
I got into NEU and am living in MA so I figured that I wouldn’t have to deal with too much of a cultural shift. The Co-op program seems very interesting and would help me gain lots of work experience. Plus, the cost would be around 36k per year with the grant money
UIUC is out in the midwest and I’m not sure how well I’d adapt but it’s a top uni for CE. Along with that, the campus is a bit detached from everything else. I figured that if I go to UIUC or UMichigan, I would like to come back to the east coast during the summers but I don’t know how that would fare in terms of the internship opportunities. The cost amounts to 51k per year
UMichigan is a similar argument to UIUC. Top school but it has some city life. It costs about 53k per year but I could do a Ross BBA alongside my engineering degree. I don’t know how much more I’d be worth though (as silly as that may sound) in terms of entry salary in case entrepreneurship doesn’t work. The issue I have with the bigger schools is that I feel like I might get lost in the crowd of the other talented engineers (a bit irrational, but a concern I have nevertheless). I also am battling the idea of reputation vs the co-op work experience. Maybe I’m overthinking it or approaching it in the wrong way and would like some insight
My parents have been pushing me to go to the bigger schools and have been sending so many people to talk me into it and they have all been giving rather confusing opinions so I wanted to come here and get a sense of what you guys think