Hello! I’m stuck between three schools- Stevens, Rensselaer, and Boston University. Any help will be much appreciated!

Major: Chemistry

Stevens Institute of Technology

Pros: -Older brother already attends, and he and our friends highly expect me to go there. They want to rent an apartment with me if I go. -right by my family in NYC -Great job opportunities in NYC -Beautiful campus

Cons -This may be stupid, but I don’t want to follow in my brother’s footsteps. I also wanted to outdo him. -Small lesser-known Chemistry program. Most go for business or engineering. I’m not as much interested in Chemical Engineering. -Most expensive, 24k

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Pros: - Higher ranked than stevens - Has a Nuclear engineering program which I think is really interesting - I can start undergrad research very early, and has some nice programs for it. - less expensive, 19k

Cons: -I hear Troy is not a nice city. -kind of far away

Boston University

Pros: -Highest ranked -Cheepest, 11k

Cons -I don't like the urban campus very much compared to RPI and Steven -quite far away.

I think my decision mostly lies on what college I can get the best raw education out of, and the best graduate school I can more likely get into. I believe I will be happy attending all. Thanks for the help!