UCSD for MechE vs. Georgia Tech for BME

puumba1
Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:54:47 +0000

So I got accepted to UCSD (John Muir) for my alternate choice of Mechanical Engineering instead of Biomedical Engineering. I also accepted to Georgia Tech for BME. Pros & cons of each are:

UCSD:
Pros are that I’m in state, so tuition is less, and it’s only an hour away from home. Also, the social life is better, it’s near the beach, better weather. Cons are that I didn’t get accepted for BME, so I dunno if I can transfer into it.

GTech:
Pros are that I got accepted for BME, and since it’s farther from home I get more of the independent college experience, and I get to experience a new place. Cons are that I have to pay full price, social life is supposedly worse, and do I even have to mention the guy to girl ratio?

If you guys could weigh in on this choice I would really appreciate it. Oh and I’m also on the waitlist at Cornell and Rice, and I’m appealing to UCLA and UC Berkeley. I’m hoping maybe for one of those, even though chances are slim. So I’m just gonna decide between one of these two.