The primary purpose of college is academic study. It looks like Penn is a better academic fit for you than Chicago. How does your current college compare in academic fit?
It is as you say. A large complaint of mine about mich, specifically the EECS department, is overcrowding - there were several times where i literally could not find another human being that could help me for some problem on my IDE or code. Michigan has 0 compbio classes in the EECS department but does have an accelerated 5-year masters program in bioinformatics, which is quite a hassle as I’d either have to rush through my 4-year curriculum in 3 years or spend 5 years to graduate.