affordable CS schools for a A- student

College Majors Math/Computer Science Majors
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I’ve read @theshadow 's thread, and gotten ideas from there, but most of those schools are out of our budget. Mostly looking for opinions of schools that are on DS’s list, or schools that should be. Things like “nice school but not great CS dept” or “this one is better than that one” are super helpful.

The short form on his stats. gpa 3.8uw/4.2w. 34 ACT. SAT score not back. PSAT SI high enough that NMF is high possibility. No hook, no URM. No good ECs, lots of music, and band-related leadership. Our EFC is completely unaffordable, especially with an older sibling in school, so any OOS or private that isn’t generous with merit aid is unaffordable.

Schools on our list:
Arizona State (if NMF)
Alabama
UAH
OU (if NMF)
UIUC (reach and unaffordable, but he wants to app)
Purdue (reach? unaffordable, but he wants to app)
UTDallas
Temple
UKansas & KState (pseudo-safeties. possibly more expensive than OOS schools)
CWRU
UArk
UCF (if NMF)

Help? Thanks!

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What is your net price limit?

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@ucbalumnus Oh sorry, that would have helped right? Our “worst case scenario” limit is full price IS, so 10k tuition or so. (so COA around 20-25k?)

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There are a couple of LACs or similar that offer computational mathematics from their math departments.

I always asked a couple basic questions during a visit. Was interested to know if they ensured students had exposure to pointers, assembly code, and had to work with an OS via the command line. Someone will say these aren’t important, but I’m tired of explaining these things to new hires.

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Gone through these lists?

http://automaticfulltuition.yolasite.com/
http://competitivefulltuition.yolasite.com/
http://nmfscholarships.yolasite.com/

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@ucbalumnus Yes, mostly the first and last. It is just hard to objectively compare the quality of “mid-range” schools, if that makes sense. We were pointed at Rugg’s guide which left us even more confused by the relative rankings of some schools.

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Northeastern University in Boston, $30,000 merit if NMF.