[Kevin Sevcik]

UT and A&M are both great schools, but will have completely different atmospheres. You can't really go wrong with engineering at either of them, though A&M is probably a little stronger (Yes, I was an ME at A&M). You'll probably want to get a feel for them before deciding, because the atmosphere is somewhat important. If you're uncomfortable there for whatever reason then you'll be very unhappy and uncomfortable when you're stressing during finals. UT will have a more liberal atmosphere, A&M a much more conservative one. Also, UT is literally in the middle of a city, while A&M sprawls out close to the edge of a largish town. Also, you'll have a bunch of nuts running around saying "Howdy!" to you at A&M. Possibly you'll end up as one of those nuts, so be warned.

UT-D is a much much smaller school. It makes up for this by doing exceedingly awesome stuff. I don't know about the EE program, but the CS program is doing all sorts of cutting edge AI and Cognitive Science stuff. And the Materials Science department is doing lots of research with nano-tech and nanotubes and such. Presumably the EE department is doing similar weird stuff. It would probably be a good choice if you're really serious about the MS, as you could latch onto a professor more easily in during your BS and get involved with research then.

So in closing... hah! I refuse to answer your question, because all the schools are different.