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My kid applied to 5 schools in EA round.  Perfect academic record and great ECs too.  Applied to 5 schools for EA/ED  -  MIT, UMD, CMU, UIUC and GTech.

He did ED for CMU because MIT does not have ED.   It was actually an extremely stupid move to make.  My kid was interested in either MIT or UMD. I made him apply ED to CMU because I thought the rankings were good.  My DS was just not jazzed about CMU.  Also, did not want UIUC because did not want to be in a cold place.    Anyways, when CMU did not work out, I was very happy because I could not believe I was willing to shell out 400K on a school my DS was ambivalent about.  No school, not even MIT, is worth 400K for CS. I would rather I give the 400K to my kid to give him a leg up.

He only got into GTech and UMD in EA/ED round. Chose UMD over GTech because there was nothing special that GTech was offering him over UMD in terms of education, experience, internships or opportunity. Got into UMich, Purdue, VTech, UVA, UMBC in the regular round but was not interested and was pissed at me for making him fill the applications (Truthfully, I had panicked because DCUM had told me that we were being too ambitious and had applied to too few colleges)

UMD tuition has been paid by UMD merit scholarship.  So we have paid for only room and board and normal living costs.  He has also earned a good amount each year by interning.

Most kids who apply to MIT have the creds to apply to any top prestigious school for CS.  And as more and more "MIT-worthy" kids come to study in public flagships, their rankings will continue to rise.  MIT can only take a few small number of super-achievers.  So, it is great that state schools are benefiting by getting these super-achievers. And these kids are also being employed by FAANG companies and other gov, academic and corporate entities.

[b]Harvard is not in consideration for most CS students. [/b]
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College Scorecard earnings 5 years after graduation for Computer Science BS majors:

Harvard:  $219,550
UMD:  $144,220 [/quote]

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