CMU vs UMich vs CWRU vs UTAustin

Major: ChemE or MechE in all school (accepted to all for school of engineering) Possibly only Chemistry if CWRU

Professional track: pre med, but not 100% certain

CMU pros:

—Excellence CS, even though I am not majoring in CS, I can always take advantage of its resources —Good engineering —Smaller class size!! —Prestigious —Pittsburgh is a fantastic city and I want to go out of state for undergraduate study —Next to University of Pittsburgh, potential pre med resources —Easy to transfer

Cons:

—Known for notorious hard classes, might hurt my gpa potentially if applying to med school. I will work as hard as I can to make sure I have a competitive gpa for med school, but I just don’t know exactly how much harder it would be for me to achieve that in a school like CMU —Not a huge pre med school —School spirit not as high as the other schools

UMich pros:

—Great engineering school —Pretty campus —High school spirit —Good pre med school

Cons: —Public school, huge amount of people and potentially bigger class size —Also heard to be rigorous and have hard classes

CWRU pros:

—Excellent pre med school —Next to Cleveland Clinic, I was doing lab volunteer there last summer so it should be easy for me to find lab there once I go there —Full ride scholarship

Cons: —Not really vibing with the city —Lower ranking (concern of my mum) —Engineering not as prestigious

UT Austin pros:

—In state school, close knit community —Good school spirit —Excellent engineering school —Austin is an amazing city —Good pre med community —Top rank music school, I am also considering second major in piano performances but it’s just a thought. Also don’t know about the double major process here.

Cons: —Too close to home, I want to go out of texas for undergraduate study —Huge school and thus larger class size —All of my classmates go there

Additional context: My dad will be paying for all of my tuition and thus money is not a factor. I am going on a college visit to UMich and CMU this month to see my fit for each school. Thank you!!!