One thing to keep in mind, which might not be obvious to someone from Hawaii, is that it is not unusual to get snow up here in the northeast, and this might occur sometime around about Christmas / New Year’s travel. Back when both daughters were in university we have had both daughters run into snow problems either getting from university to home or from home to university. One daughter missed her classes one Monday in early January because she couldn’t get there from here on time. Fortunately a lot of students missed that particular day of classes at her school. If flying from Hawaii to the northeast of the US, of course you won’t run into snow at your end. If you change planes in San Francisco or LA you won’t get snow in the middle either. If you change planes in Chicago you very well might run into snow there even if both ends are okay.
This is a long way to go for an undergraduate education.
However, both of these colleges are excellent, you can get an excellent education at either, and you will get to experience a significantly different part of the USA.
I would check out the travel options before deciding which school to ED to. Of course another option is to avoid ED altogether, and decide in March or April where to go.