I am in a really similar situation, except change BU to NYU. I was orginally accepted to Penn and NYU, both very expensive and chose NYU, because my impression of Penn at interview was just plain bad. I was waitlisted at Case and Pitt and until I got an email today from Case, I decided that I would definitely go to Case over NYU if I do get accepted, because the estimate tuition was a lot cheaper. But I got the tuition from Case this morning and it is not that big of a difference from NYU (of course cost of living difference is huge). My reasons are a bit different though, and I am still kind of deciding after I got the tuition email. My reason for choosing NYU would be the "name," my parents like NYU a lot more, the school's facility and the connections I would make there due to huge student body. But then I don't know if there is an increase in NYU tuition, just like Case's tuition increased quite a bit. But I am leaning toward Case, because it's close to home, cheaper, I like the smaller class size, cost of living, fact that I can still drive, and I don't really think advantages I mentioned above for NYU should matter as much. Hope that helped a bit, I am still trying to decide where to go... Hopefully you can help me a bit, too
