***URGENT*** Rice or Georgia Tech?

AopsMaster804
Fri, 24 Apr 2015 04:03:09 +0000

I was formally admitted from the wait list earlier today. Now I have a week to decide. I am an engineering major, probably BME/BioE. I have family in Houston and if I choose Rice, my immediate family will move with me. I visited Rice a few months ago and felt that it was an excellent fit for me. I love how it is neighbors with TMC, so there are great opportunities for research. It’s small school size also appeals to me so that I can develop strong relationships with professors. Also, I love the fact that there is no frat system.

At GT, I was admitted to the Grand Challenges Living Learning Community, a selective program that takes 110 freshman, where we learn to develop solutions for real-world problems and receive funding to actually implement our solution. I would be paying in-state tuition also. I have been to GT quite a few times and like it very much. It is right in the heart of Atlanta whereas Rice is like its own little world inside the 4th largest city in the country.

After finaid and scholarships, I will be paying roughly 4x more to attend Rice than to attend GT. Please help me out on this, thanks!!