@Omics’n’stuff Thank you so much for that honest answer! I'm definitely interested in Data-science oriented research, which is why I was still considering CMU to be an option. But, one major constraint would be the cost of attendance. The MSCB course at CMU costs twice as much as the MSBINF course at GaTech. Whether the "cost of attendance" is less/more than the "opportunity cost" of not attending CMU, is a huge factor in the decision. Also, as you rightly mentioned, "the city" and "things to do for fun", is pretty high up in my priorities as well!