<p>Actually my son isn’t a student at SMU yet. He has been accepted to both SMU and TCU. He hasn’t seen TCU. However, he has seen eight campuses and SMU was one of the last ones. He said SMU fits perfectly and it was by far the best school for him. He told me he would have applied ED if they offered it. He also said there was no reason to keep looking at schools because SMU was his favorite! So he isn’t going to visit TCU. He said that it would be very difficult for TCU or any other school to beat SMU because he really likes it. They also have a better engineering program. In an interview with a third school, the dean told my son that of the three engineering schools he is looking at, TCU ranks 2nd and SMU is by far the best and that his school was 3rd. That was very nice of him to tell my son that. Every school is different and you are right there are many factors that need to be looked at before deciding which one to go to. A campus visit is a must and your gut says it all. I agree it is definitely a personal choice and it isn’t the same choice for everyone. Good luck!</p>