Penn state vs Ohio state for computer science

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Hello everyone

I recently got acceptence letter for PSU and OSU for computer science
honestly I was B student so I am very thankful that I got into both

However, I have very hard time deciding which college I should go.
I feel like OSU has better campus town and probably provide better internship opportunity
However, PSS has higher ranking on CS (according to US news 18 to 28).
I believe skill as an individual programmer is substantially important than ranking but I am not really sure.

I also got accepted for UMass Amherst for 10k scholarship per year but they asked me to change my major from CS to Mathematics major.
I am very confident that I can transfer into CS major and I like UMass’ high reputation for CS but not sure if I should take the risk.

What do you guys think?

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BTW I am int’l student so sadly I will be paying OOS tuition for all of them

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I wouldn’t worry about ranking at all. If there’s a campus you feel more comfortable at, go there.

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I think State College is a nicer college town than Columbus, and it’s also 4-5 hours from major Eastern cities such as DC, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Pittsburgh.
However Amherst is nicer with the 5-college consortium. CS there is great but I’m not sure how difficult it is to switch into it from Mathematics.

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If you do not have direct admission to the CS major, here are the requirements to enter the CS major:
https://advising.psu.edu/entrance-major-requirements-college-engineering-2017
https://advising.engineering.osu.edu/sites/advising.engineering.osu.edu/files/uploads/Admission_To_Major/engineering_major_application_information_su2017-sp2018.pdf
https://www.cics.umass.edu/ugrad-education/major-change-cs

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^ And at PSU, nobody has direct admission, so be sure to check those out, OP.

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For internships I’d say this is true, Columbus is a large city (pop near a million) and the state capital. Whether you like it vs State College is a personal thing.