One thing that stuck out for me when we toured Northeastern and Drexel was how other local schools hired their students for co-ops on research projects. At Drexel one of the kids co-oped? at Penn because they were available when needed and they were “work ready”…meaning they showed up on time. If my memory is correct the same applied to Northeastern. They had kids that co-oped at MIT.
From an engineering reputation standpoint GT wins but NEU isn’t a lightweight either.
Either way your choices are excellent.