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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here.

I had been patiently waiting for replies and reading them.

It looks overwhelming opinion is to not pay OOS cost with UVA as an option.

Almost everybody agrees that Umich is better in engineering than Uva.

At this point we are heavily leaning towards Uva. As one poster suggested, save the money for Grad school. If son is really good in engineering, we would need that.

One point I disagree with many posters is picking UMich for CS over Uva. Uva CS is very good, and close DC area provides abundance of opportunity with huge earning potential.

My worry was the other way round. That if my son sticks with core engineering (Mechanical/Aero), whether his prospects would be diminished by picking Uva over Umich.[/quote]

You're pretty much right on. If he's set on doing CS it really doesn't matter what school he goes to. However, mech/aero will be much better in Michigan with job prospects being miles away. If for some reason there's a chance he will switch out of engineering, UVA would be the better choice. [/quote]

And that's the problem. His love for Aero/Mechanical is more than CS. He would rather do something where he builds something than a desk job. But I have seen many kids who go down this path and when they see starting salaries of CS graduates in college, they switch to CS.

So, keeping all this in mind, here is the decision process for picking Uva (You never know, decision may change :-() -

1. If son switches to CS, well and good.
2. If son sticks with core (Mechaincal/Aero), he would definitely need MS to get ahead. If he is good, he hopefully would get in a GAtech or equivalent for MS and we can use the saved money then.

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Where does your son want to go?  Mine in a similar situation (with UMD thrown into the mix at cost very close to that of UVA).  His target is CS.  We are struggling with the decision as well.  Everyone talks about "fit" and "let the kid decide" but DS has no clue as to where he wants to go..[/quote]

OP here. We have UMD as an option too with cost similar to UVA.  UMD is out as an option as we want son to be little bit away. I think that would be good for him. Son is ok going to Uva. Not shown any strong desire so far to go to Umich, but you never know.  [/quote]

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