<p>Thank you all for the responses and the discussion, it’s been really informative. I know I just have to sit tight and see what GT will offer me, I just wish I didn’t because I’d like to know like, now. Anyway, the grad school prospects are very important to me. If going to UCF hurts my chances of getting into a top grad school then I’d definitely be more inclined to pay however much is necessary to go to GT. I’m definitely not looking to work with just an undergrad degree, so I’m not worried about employers. I’m probably going to double major in computer science and math in undergrad and I want to get a PhD and do CS research. Caltech is my top choice for grad school. With that in mind, how important is prestige? And I guess this is kind of a stupid question, but how bad is debt? If it doesn’t prevent me from attending grad school and getting a research position somewhere, I’d rather live with a huge college debt than miss my chance to do what I want to do because of money.</p>
<p>And all of that aside, I really really dislike Florida, and I’m not impressed with the average quality of student at any Florida college, UCF included. I’m not from Florida originally and I never imagined I would wind up living here, let alone go to college here. It just kind of happened. So along with the prestige and the better academics, GT tempts me just because I think I’d enjoy myself more socially with the kind of students that GT attracts, and I would so much rather live in Atlanta than anywhere in Florida.</p>
<p>And on a side note, does being a woman in a male-dominated field like CS give me any sort of edge in grad school admission?</p>