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Well, I don't think you can really go wrong with either, and its a personal decision so I just wanted to speak out for another option since the difference in quality of education and reputation is nearly negligible between the two. So many people are rank obsessed to the point where Stanford, Berkeley, MIT, or CMU will always be suggested as the best places to go. I could hear next week that CMU has accepted me off their wait-list or that Cornell has accepted me, but I'm already committing to Michigan because they've shown many times over that they really want me there and because I know 3-6 (if you count School of Information as well) professors I could work with there in my niche specialty (computational microeconomics and related stuff). So basically, I'm just saying you have several outstanding options that are worthy of your attention. Also, I've found it helpful to ask professors at your prospective places, "Why should I go to your school instead school X." They're usually pretty honest about accessing their own strengths and weaknesses.
I also wanted to throw out to you and anyone else considering Georgia Tech, I've heard terrible things about safety on campus, from professors and students who have been there. From multiple sources I've heard that there are no school sponsored activities on campus after 5 pm because its too dangerous!
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