Hi folks,

I am extremely grateful to have been accepted to Albert Einstein this cycle.

I went to their accepted students day recently and just... didn't like it. Campus is kind of in the middle of nowhere and there isn't much to do, it's a long bus ride to get to Manhattan, the rec center was 1 floor with barely any workout equipment. I came in wanting to love Einstein (and fully intended to CTE by the end of the day) but just was not impressed. I will say I really liked the people; tour guides and other students were really cool.

My other option is a slightly higher ranked school (T20) which I would pay ~25k per year in tuition (but would have to take out about 8k private loans per year, compared to Einstein which would be only federal loans for cost of living). I really like the location and vibes of the other school and think I would have much more fun there.

I don't mean to make this point to offend anyone or seem ungrateful. I never thought I would be considering turning down Einstein, but I also didn't particularly enjoy my undergrad experience and I really want to put myself in a place where I'll be happy for the next four years. What would you do? Thanks