<p>OP, many people have faced the same choice you do. I was one of them, back in the day. My gut told me to go with Michigan, and I’ve never regretted it. I was admitted to the Honors Program at Michigan (engineering isn’t my thing) as well as the Honors College at MSU, so that perhaps made my decision easier. (By the way, with your stats, my guess is you’d be a shoo-in for the Honors Program at Michigan if you wanted to go that route). Most people I know who faced that choice went with Michigan, but I do know a few who went the other way and none of them regretted it, either. So at the end of the day, I think you just need to do what your gut tells you. It’s a nice choice to have; consider yourself lucky.</p>
<p>I have to say, though, that looking at the engineering curriculum at MSU, it’s not clear what the Honors College actually gets you. I see you can waive out of some general university requirements, which looks to be 6 classes, and you might be able to take some more advanced math and physics classes. But aren’t all your engineering classes still going to be just regular engineering classes, i.e., not Honors classes, not Honors sections, not with other Honors students? If that’s the case, I’d have to wonder about that choice. Seems to me there might be an advantage to doing your major at the school where your classmates are stronger, and in engineering that would definitely be Michigan.</p>