Where to enter the future IT-shnik?

Question

IT education

So far, the choice is between MEPhI (KiB-Fakt) and MSTU. Bauman (IU).
I ask for advice. I know it's about the same, but still.

Answer 1

At MEPhI you will have to study hard, but what - how you get there. You can get on interesting tasks like your own compilers, or you can get a thorough knowledge of philosophy.
Stretch easier in Baumanka.
I judge purely on the affairs of my friends. I'm from another university.

Answer 2

From the city of Obninsk (100 km from Moscow) to Moscow or St. Petersburg.