<p>I'll make this simple:</p>
<p>Major: Computer Science.</p>
<p>Criteria
1. Research/Internship Opportunities
2. Dorm and Food Qualities
3. Science and Math program strength
4. Professor Accessibility
5. Safety</p>
<p>Additional:</p>
<ol>
<li>Campus beauty</li>
<li>Scholarship opportunities for international students</li>
</ol>
<p>Minnesota in a heartbeat. </p>
<p>Stony Brook academics will be similarly strong, just a bit weaker, but it will feel like a virtual commuter school by comparison. Minneapolis/St. Paul significantly trumps being in the middle of suburban nowhere Suffolk County - Manhattan is a looong ways away. Add in the Big 10, much stronger grad programs, only negative is cold winters.</p>