How to choose between 2 schools that are opposites

Note that some majors at RIT also have restricted admission. For example, changing in to CS requires a 3.0 technical and 2.8 overall GPA: https://www.cs.rit.edu/change-program-cs

You may want to investigate this for all possible majors you may be considering at RIT. If you are in “engineering exploration”, it does look like you are assured of your choice of engineering major if you stay in good academic standing and pass calculus: https://www.rit.edu/study/engineering-exploration-undeclared