Thanks for the reply and the insightful response!
I think the main reason is that I want to broaden my environment, in a sense - I’ve lived in Georgia in the same area for most of my life, and I want to experience going to a new place and meeting new people. A lot of my current friends and already-graduated friends are attending Georgia Tech, and I want to have a fresh start.
Furthermore, I agree that Georgia Tech and MIT seem to have similar levels of education in biomedical engineering; however, I do feel that MIT attracts extremely passionate people, and I think that social experience would be valuable. Prestige is also nice, of course, but I don’t think that it matters all too much for engineering.
As for master’s degrees, I haven’t put that much research into that area, but you bring up a good point. I’ll be sure to look into it.