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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will note - the research dollars aren’t for the undergrads obviously. And almost nobody is getting those internships, girl. Those are for the serious software engineers. [/quote]

The internships are in other fields as well -  not only STEM majors.  My DC is at a different west coast public and landed a high-paying summer internship at a major tech company in their global marketing department.

According to DC, UW is to California students what Wisconsin is to east coast students. There are a lot of CA students at UW who couldn't get into the top UCs.  UW is a solid choice for a lot of majors.  [/quote]

Wisconsin?  This is really an odd comparison, I think, because I think verrrrry few East Coasters think about Wisconsin, unless they have other family or friends there?  How did you randomly pull this out if a hat to say UW is to CA students what WI is to East Coast students.  Sounds like CA students think about UW MORE (as a solid alternative for a lot of majors, as an alternative to UC schools) than East Coasters think about Wisconsin (zero, or very close to it?).  [/quote]

Wisconsin is a respectable state school that you have a chance of getting into if you are a good student who did not get into UVA/UMD. It has always drawn heavily for that type of student.  [/quote]

+100

My DW grew up in MoCo and went to Wisconsin. As did a bunch of kids from her "W" high school. Tons of kids from the Tristate area go there too, particularly from New Jersey.

I'm from California and I'd say the analogy is spot-on. [/quote]

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