I'm really stressing about where to go to college next fall and I need some advice. I'm going to major in aerospace engineering and I've been accepted at Wichita State (I'm in KS), Purdue, GA Tech, and Texas A&M. Money has narrowed it down to WSU and TAMU. WSU is full ride and TAMU I'd only pay housing. My goal is to work for NASA doing stuff with spacecraft/rockets. WSUs aerospace dean is on a co op board with NASA and my robotics menor knows several people from WSU that now work there. TAMU is a higher ranked program and is rather close to JSC. I haven't applied for housing or visited there and I have to decide by May 1. TAMU offers a more prestigious program but it's bigger and may be harder to get opportunities but I don't know. WSU is smaller and not as well known. I'm worried that if I go to WSU it'll be hard for me to work with spacecraft like I want to. So my question is how successful do you think I can be at WSU as compared to TAMU? How important is what college you go to in getting a job/recruited by good companies? Would I hurt potential job prospects if I go to WSU? I think I could stand out more at WSU and I'm in honors, but I know TAMU is higher ranked. Any insight is appreciated. Thanks.
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