Hi!
I got into both M.E.T. for MechE+Business Admin and Cornell for MechE. I am struggling to decide which should I pick. Here are some of my worries, please please please help me out!
- Berkeley M.E.T. is a super selective program, but Cornell is more selective than Berkeley in general.
- Although MET is a small program (50 people) but Berkeley's class size is much bigger than Cornell's. (I would prefer small classes).
- I do want to enter the tech-related field, and since Berkeley is close to Silicon Valley, it should be pretty good. However, Cornell does have a Cornell in Silicon Valley program and claims that they also offer good connections.
- I am still not sure if I want to do a whole major in BA as an Undergrad. Cornell offers a minor in BA and also has pretty solid entrepreneurship support if I want to start my own business.
- Does diluting my attention by studying BA affect my chances of getting into top engineering grad school? I do want to get a Master of Engineering from Stanford or MIT in the future. M.E.T. seems to lean toward helping me get a good job in Silicon Valley as soon as I graduate.
- My ultimate goal is to start my own tech startup, and I could get an MBA if I need to. However, M.E.T. claims that they can accelerate my entrepreneurship journey with close connections to VCs.
Thank you all in advance for helping me out! 
Q: Why does this matter?
A: It doesn’t.
It certainly doesn’t help. Grad school admissions are based on technical competence, not breadth in other, unrelated fields.
You haven’t even selected an undergraduate school (or major) yet. It is far too early to be making plans for grad school, let alone picking out specific grad programs.
Ultimately, credentials don’t me diddly when predicting success in forming a startup. What matters is having a good idea, having the people skills to sell that idea, and having the technical competence to execute on that idea.
First congratulations. Both great programs.
If this was me I would spend an hour or so and put up both programs on your computer screen. Then go through what each year will look like class wise.
See which program and classes and opportunities on campus excite you more. Either school or just about any engineering school will get you to where you want to go. It’s about what you do while your there and not so much the name of the school. No question that each school has their advantages
At Cornell it is very business focused school. I am sure you could arrange your schedule to look like MET or at least similar classes. Plus with clubs and activities on campus there are many opportunities to do these things.
Also… Which school is a better fit /feel for you? Do you prefer one climate over the other?
Nice to have first world problems ??.