<p>Congratulations on the acceptances. I don’t know any specifics on either school’s business and engineering programs, but I wanted to comment on the rankings ans SAT scores. One thing I’ve learned is unless your going to one of the top 15-20 schools, the rankings are really insignificant. To me it makes more sense to put the school in tiers or peer groups and based on the numbers you mentioned I’d consider peers. Being that close together in ranking I’d recommend you look at each school’s program (which your doing), location (where would you rather live-city or PS is pretty much its own town), atmosphere/social (sports school, frat school, etc.) and cost, which you’ve also done. As for those scores, just make sure you’re comparing apples to apples. Penn State has several satellite campuses and many students whose stats aren’t strong enough for the main campus are redirected to other campuses. They are considered Penn State students too and many eventually transfer to the main campus. Do those ranges reflect all campuses or just the main campus. Pittsburgh does the same thing, but on a much smaller scale. They only have a few satellite campuses. I also know plenty of kids who easily got into Pittsburgh, but not Penn State’s main campus. Finally nothing replaces a visit, so if you’ve had a chance where did you feel happiest or where you belonged? Personally I loved Pittsburgh. They had sports, research, a hospital on campus, new dorms. I haven’t visited Penn State’s main campus-my niece was diverted to a satellite which she didn’t like. Good luck to you. What an exciting decision!</p>