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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Read all posts, very helpful discussion. So the argument is basically about the money, right? If money is not an issue, people will always choose CMU, am I right?[/quote]

The cost savings is one factor.  Another is this:  do you want your kid to have a normal college experience?  If so, choose UVA.[/quote]

So you define a "normal" college experience as UVA's?  And experiences at other colleges like CMU are abnormal?[/quote]

This is my question too, several posts seem having concern about the experience in CMU. What is exactly the concern?[/quote]
It's not a different concept to understand.

Many students think of college as big arena sports, frat parties, bars and spending quite a bit of leisure time with their friends in clubs, activities, etc.

CMU may not be like that for an engineering major. For one, it doesn't have big arena sports. Second, I doubt the frat scene is as big as in state schools. 
It's a technical school with a very intelligent and hard working student population.

UVA certainly provides these amenities as a large state school. Classes are easier. Students are less bright so there is less competition.ACC sports. Massive frat scene.

It's like choosing between MIT or Michigan. Your lifestyle as a student is going to be different. 
The benefit of Ivies is that they have a very good social life and academic life balance. Same for Stanford and Stanford has a big arena sports scene as well.

Other schools have a much harsher social-academic life balance. CMU is one of them. It's also why its among the absolute best technical schools in the country.[/quote]

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