Our SoCal high-achieving daughter, who got in everywhere, actually chose Honors-SUNY Buffalo for biotech/“premed”.
She received a rare full ride.
She changed majors to Electrical Engineering/Computer Science (EECS). No regrets. Had great internships and was a top-performing student and engineering tutor. Saved a ton of money and is an actively recruited CSW engineering manager.
Her organizational system, developed while at SUNYUB, went company-wide and saved the corporation big bucks in efficiency. She received yearly stipends and bonuses for that. She trains junior engineers and they put in requests to be on her team.