I have narrowed it down to the University of Wisconsin - Madison and University of Colorado - Boulder….
University of Wisconsin - Madison
PROS:
- Great engineering program
- New engineering buildings and a big program
- Auto shop with car builds and races - SAE certified
- Can declare type of engineering major anytime
- Higher engineering ranking and overall ranking
- Excellent sports team - division 1 (BADGERS)
- Big game day activities - extreme pride
- Away from California
- My brother goes there (knows classes and can get alcohol)
- Has a outdoor program (HOOFERS)
- Has lake to go on and if frozen during the winter
- Brand new union with rock climbing wall
- Good dorms, new building
- Has three gyms
- Lots of places to eat, including State street
- Sports
- Cheaper - can get a moped to ride around along with more climbing and skiing gear
- Have lakeshore dorms with a lot of grass and fields
- Great city - Beautiful
- Has Mifflin party
CONS:
- Very large campus
- My brother goes there
- No mountains really close
- 2 hour drive to nearest Nat. Park for Climbing / Hiking / Camping etc.
- Not the best weather
- Winter is pretty bad (COLD)
- 3hr plane ride + a 3hr bus ride to get there
- More cement on main campus then grass
University of Colorado - Boulder
PROS:
- Beautiful School - smaller campus
- A lot of grass and open space
- Right next to rocky mountains
- Great weather
- Easy access to skiing / rock climbing / hiking
- Know people going there
- Okay sports team - division 1 (Buffalo)
- Great game day activities
- Lots of school pride
- More people are interested in going here (on fb, twitter etc.)
- Pretty good engineering program
- Great dorms
- Really nice people
- Great city - Pearl Street and The Hill
- Gym - Rec center - Food places
- Bike or walk everywhere
- A lot of parties
CONS:
- More expensive
- Not as good engineering program (smaller)
- Not the amount of research money
- No auto program
- More expensive - no car or moped
- Lower Rankings
- Known as a drug school
Someone help me decide. So it’s basically great school with pretty good area or pretty good school with great area… But I also realize that being an engineering major, won’t leave that much time to do other stuff except on Fridays and weekends… So I could go to Wisconsin and come to Colorado for breaks and to work over the summer…
What do you think?