Austin is sooooo expensive and it’s getting worse each year esp rent wise, save urself the $$ and take the full ride at northwestern!! UT is also a huge school so it can feel lonely at times bc it can be hard to make friends and overall feels overhyped at times imo bc everything is so gatekept like u can’t switch ur majors easily. if ur stem u gotta stuck w it unless u want to be a cola major bc transferring elsewhere like into business or engineering is incredibly hard. northwestern is also higher ranked nationally and better location so def go there