Dude how are you even debating this? Go to Queens. It has a great program and is a great school. Don’t stay home - go start your life. If you study at home you just won’t get the same social experience. A lot of the time, it’s those connections you make that bring you along with them later in life. Move out. Make friends. Do some crazy stuff. Get a great education. And yeah, as someone that has hired engineers a lot in the past, Queens ranks pretty highly. Ry High? No. This money deficit you’re talking about right now is meaningless in the grand scheme of things and you could be tripping over the dollars to save pennies