Sportz, I understand that you think Case, as a private institution, could offer more opportunities than a public state school could. What kinds of opportunities are you thinking about? When it comes to most state schools, I would agree with you. However, Georgia Tech is among the small group of very elite public schools (I would put places like Michigan and UVA in this category) that offer far more than the bulk of private schools can hope to. There are so many opportunities for research, study abroad, internships, networking, and coops that they are difficult to quantify. My student was also looking forward to the summer in France at Georgia Tech’s Lorraine campus, but there would have been internship opportunities to consider were this not the plan. Upperclassmen in the friend group all had internships secured with major companies; this was not at all a problem for them. If the price of tuition is not a concern, go with the best, I say.