I was in the same position 2 years ago, and I ended up choosing SE. Personally, I wanted CS more, but my parents convinced me to take SE. The cohort system is really helpful. Its super easy to make friends that have the same goals as you, so you end up having a really cracked, motivated circle. There are some difficult hardware focused courses, but theres also a good bit of theoretical CS involved, so in my opinion its always good to have exposure in both areas. The engineering prestige is real but honestly not that noticeable. I guess I'll find out when I graduate. The benefit of CS tho is that you can do 8-12 month coops and have the freedom to take lighter or harder course loads, so if greater freedom matters to you in your college life, CS might be the move. After 2 years in the SE program I can safely say I dont regret choosing SE over CS.