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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Son is a straight-A STEM kid, loves sports and California. Otherwise pretty ordinary, doesn't have great extra-curriculars aside from team sports. He's planning to study engineering or physics and is applying to UMD, Michigan, Purdue, and the UC system. He's also interested in Santa Clara because it's in CA and easy to get into. I don't know anything about it, and it's one of the priciest schools he's applying to. We're trying to discourage privates as we can't afford most of them. Any thoughts on whether it's worth the cost? Do they give merit aid? What kind of vibe?[/quote]

Santa Clara is really no difference in price compared to OOS UC...and even Michigan.

The school is ranked fairly well, has a lovely campus in the heart of Silicon Valley, and often shows up in rankings of grads making the highest $$$s after graduation.  Yes, that is mainly due to its location and grads working in Silicon Valley.

Also, it is hard to find 6,000 student schools (at least we found that difficult) that are not Ivy schools, but decently ranked.  Lots of the 2,000 kid SLACs and then the large state schools.  It is a nice size.[/quote]

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