What should I do? Please advice

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<p>I am Kaushik, an international student from Ghana.
I have a couple of options available to me as I wait on a waitlist at the Washington University in Stl.</p>

<p>In future, I plan on working in the field of robotics. Hence I am interested in engineering majors such as Mechanical, Electrical and Computer engineering.</p>

<p>These are the options available to me with the approximate cost of attendance. What do you reckon would be a good place for me to prepare rigorously for a master's degree at a prestigious institution such as Stanford? </p>

<p>Purdue University (with Honors Program) - 44k per year
UofI Urbana Champaign (with Honors Program) - 48k per year
McGill University (Canada) - 40k per year
Univ of Minnesota Twin Cities (with Honors Program) - 30k per year
Worcester Polytechnic Institute with Presidential Scholarship - 25k per year
Illinois Institute of Technology with International Scholarship - 28k per year</p>

<p>My parents would be confortable paying for the bottom 3, while they may have to stress their finances for Purdue and UIUC.</p>

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<p>I answered your other post too, but regarding the cost factor I have this to say. Save your money for grad school if that’s what you planning to do. You’ll get a good education at any of the three schools offering scholarship money. Go to UIUC for grad school, that’s where they spend their grant money!</p>

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<p>Why do you think Master degree is so important? I think, for Engineering students, work experience is the most important.</p>

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<p>A Masters degree will increase your salary but it is probably not necessary until you have some experience in the workplace. By all means, go to one of the schools that you can better afford. All the universities with ABET accredited engineering programs will offer you an excellent education and the opportunity to get a good job after graduation. If you get into research instead and decide to go for a Ph.D. then any one of these schools can get you into a strong program.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>