<p>I actually don’t really know anything about the Mech-E program even though I have a few friends in it, but here are some plusses:
if (the horror! the horror!) you change your mind about your major to a non-engineering field, say math (like me yay!), you have the option of other (really good) programs whereas at a technical school like GT, there’s not as much flexibility (although my best friend goes to GT and is in aerospace and absolutely loves it, but then she’s known she wanted to do that since she was like 7 years old)
also
In-state tuition. Yeah. Speaks for itself.
Also, UVA is just a great place in general. I love it so much, and so does almost everyone else who ends up here. </p>
<p>So this doesn’t really answer your question at all, but maybe it helps a little…</p>