<p>I've been accepted at five schools for Electrical Engineering:</p>
<p>Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania
Univeristy of Illinois - Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan
Rice University.</p>
<p>I'll have to pay out-of-state tution for all of them, and can't really decide which one will be the best. Any advice? :)</p>
<p>They'll all do nicely. Obviously, UIUC, Michigan and GT are the highest ranked in EE, but Rice and Penn are pretty respected too. I would go with overall fit.I'd say between the three heavyweights (Illinois, Michigan and GT), Michigan probably offers the most complete experience. I would probably narrow the list to Michigan and Rice. But you really must go with your gut. Where do you feel like you belong the most?</p>
<p>GT, Illinois, and Michigan probably have the best programs. But Penn has that Ivy League status which will make it a little easier for you to get into one of their grad schools and might give you a little more leeway with recruiters.</p>
<p>But honestly, you can't go wrong with any of these schools. Since the cost is high for all of them, might as well go for best fit.</p>
<p>Dsmo, I am not sure Penn Engineering will give its students more leeway with recruiters, but it will definitely help with getting into Ivy graduate schools. But going to Michigan will help with getting into CIC graduate programs. Let us see what that means:</p>
<p>CIC top 10 MBA programs:
Northwestern University (Kellogg)
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (Ross)</p>
<p>CIC top 10 Law Schools:
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>CIC top 10 Engineering departments:
Purdue University-West Lafayette
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</p>
<p>Furthemore, if he wishes to go for a graduate degree in Engineering, I would say most Engineering graduate schools in thenation, including MIT, Cal, Stanford, Caltech, Michigan, Cornell, CMU etc... would recognize a Michigan undergraduate Engineering degree at least as much as a Penn Engineering degree, perhaps even more.</p>
<p>So no matter what sort of graduate school he may wish to go for, Michigan will give him good connections.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice Alexandre and dsmo.</p>
<p>Have you studied at Michigan, Alexandre?
What does CIC stand for?</p>
<p>Yes, I attended Michigan for my undergraduate years (1992-1996). I have also lived in Ann arbor from 2001-2003. </p>
<p>The CIC (Committee of Institutional Cooperation) is a consortium of 12 research universities located in the Midwest. They include all 11 Big 10 Universities and the University of Chicago.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cic.uiuc.edu/</a></p>
<p>Indiana University-Bloomington
Michigan State University-East Lansing
Northwestern University
Ohio State University-Columbus
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
Purdue University-West Lafayette
University of Chicago
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Iowa
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>How's the housing and food at Umich? How easy is it to get a single room? Does Michigan have a vegetarian meal?</p>
<p>Housing and dorm food at Michigan are adequate. You can easily get vegetarian meals on and off campus. But getting a single room would be a neat trick! hehe</p>
<p>GT OOS tuition & fees is significantly cheaper than Michigan or Penn. The thing that works against GT is if you decide to switch out into another major. Rice has tried to keep its tuition lower than other comparable private schools.</p>
<p>I'm surprised if you were accepted into Penn that none of your other schools offered any merit.</p>
<p>Choose Penn</p>