I went with the college that had the "best" program. I loved every minute of it and got a ton out of it. The quality of the professors and students in a top not

I went with the college that had the "best" program. I loved every minute of it and got a ton out of it. The quality of the professors and students in a top notch program is invaluable. They provide you with stimulating material while you're in school and great connections when you're out. People say that just doing something is more important than where you went to college. That's true, but it's not a coincidence that a large number of successful startups and engineers in general come from Stanford, MIT, and the University of Illinois (and a few others, of course). The network can't be emphasized enough.