UC Berkeley v. Cornell v. Carnegie Mellon Engineering?

<p>I feel so stuck. I want a good engineering program (probably either Mechanical or Computer Science) along with a decent music program that i can keep playing Clarinet in? I've been accepted to CIT, waitlisted for SCS, and didn't apply to CFA. I've visited all of them now, and I live in Las Vegas, NV, but was born and raised in southern California and do miss it. I think if I did get accepted to CS at CMU I'd probably feel more inclined to pick it but at this point I'm not sure which of the two I'd do. I'd love to do the whole deal (marching, concert band, orchestra) but I do know I'm gonna be limited by time in either major so we'll see when we get there.</p>

<p>How’s the financial aid looking for the three schools?</p>

<p>At this point their financial aid is pretty much the same (about half is paid for) except for Carnegie Mellon where I only have to pay $10,000. UC Berkeley might end up being close to almost nothing since I could get in-state tuition through a complicated process though it is possible.</p>