UC Berkeley or UMich?

<p>I have been accepted to both UCB and Mich and want to major in Nuclear Engineering. I live in California so Berkeley would be significantly cheaper but Michigan is such a great school as well. How would the two schools compare so i can make my decision?</p>

<p>I was in the same situation as you about a week ago. Berkeley ended up being the easy choice for me because although Michigan delivers a better overall sense of school spirit, belonging, and sports, those weren’t big enough factors for me to want to pay an additional 10-20k annually. Some of the biggest drawing points to Berkeley for me were it’s prestige and top-tier engineering/business programs; I’d definitely suggest Berkeley for nuclear engineering.</p>