<p>Engineering wise, I would say UIUC, Michigan, and GT are all on the same level. Socially/atmosphere-wise, I would say UIUC and Michigan are better than Purdue and GT. If in need of money (I don't think you want to graduate 160k in debt), I would go with Purdue (40,000+ saved over 4 years IS ALOT) or GT. If not, I would say go to either UIUC or Michigan. To me, it seems like your overall personality/ethnicity would match at these two universities (they both have pretty good safety nets if you don't like engineering). I'm actually not too positive about GT.</p>