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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC is fortunate to have been accepted to several top schools for CS and was deciding between Carnegie (full pay 57K), U of Michigan and Georgia Tech (both OOS - full pay Michigan at 50K and Georgia at 35K). To complicate things, U of Wisconsin unexpectedly just offered DC a full tuition scholarship and now DC is even more undecided. DC has visited all 4 and likes them equally.

We can afford the tuition but it's also good if we can save it for grad school or even down payment on a house. Do you think spending close to 150-200K in tuition is worth it for the name recognition? Wisconsin is also very good for CS but may not have the same name recognition as the other 3.

I am tempted to advise DC to choose Wisconsin but I am a bit worried that we might later regret the decision. What would you do in our shoes?[/quote]

CMU for Comp Sci. is a no-brainer. He likely won't need grad school, and the money he'll be making in the field will be more than enough for a down payment on a house.

Congrats to your DC on getting in to all of these great schools.[/quote]

Am I missing something? Is the OP's kid a girl?[/quote]

OP did not say.  Does it matter?[/quote]

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