MIT and Stanford will be more helpful if you are planning to be engineer in the long run. And by long run I don't mean just employment, I am talking more along

MIT and Stanford will be more helpful if you are planning to be engineer in the long run. And by long run I don't mean just employment, I am talking more along the terms of your identity. Having said that I don't think you could go wrong with either one. But the question to ask given your situation is do you think your school is going to play a very large part in what you achieve. It might play a small part but your actions are going to determine most of the outcomes. How much do you think Elon Musk is what he is for which schools he went to? I contend there might be a very small part. Congratulations and good luck.