UMich [full ride] vs Vanderbilt for MechE

Ashley_12245
Fri, 03 May 2024 16:55:33 +0000

I just got off the Vanderbilt waitlist!!! I only have 3 days to commit.

I’m deciding between UMich (full ride) or Vanderbilt (100% need met).

Before I would’ve chose Vanderbilt without question, but after getting into UMich and literally spending 4 months researching their programs it’s truly a well rounded top school spirit school! This morning after doing research on Vanderbilt, the resources and closeness of this school also blew me away!

I’m planning to study MechE but tbh I’m also a very artsy person who loves design and innovation. So I really want a place where I am supported and given opportunities to begin my own startup.

I also love flexibility in courses (don’t want to only do technical physics, boring) and really love traveling (hence service learning trips and study abroad).

Now it really comes down to big or small (really don’t want to repeat the uncomfortable high school feeling of knowing everyone in the community and needing to act certain way), engineering program (really want flexibility and design), career in Ann Arbor or Nashville, and fit…!

Which school do you think I should chose? Considering tuition won’t be a big problem.