CMU, Michigan, or UNL -- Computer Science

<p>I was accepted to Carnegie Mellon's SCS, but it would cost me about $30,000 in loans per year. I don't think it's worth it going into that much debt as an undergrad, even if it's CMU.</p>

<p>I wasn't sure when I applied to Michigan if I would be able to go due to the high OOS tuition. But, I've received generous scholarships and grants so that I'd end up paying only $5,000 a year.</p>

<p>University of Nebraska-Lincoln is close to home (only about a four hour drive) but is less renown. I got accepted into the Raikes School of Computer Science and Management, but I don't really know how businesses and grad schools view it. UNL would also be cheapest as I'll have tuition and room & board covered along with receiving $2,500 a year for books and such.</p>

<p>I want to double major in computer science and math with maybe a minor in management, if that helps your advice any. </p>

<p>I was also waitlisted at Columbia, so that's a semi-option/possibility.</p>

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<p>Obviously CMU is the strongest school on your list for CS, but Michigan is no push-over. One advantage Michigan has over CMU (besides cost) is its strength in every other discipline. If decide to switch majors, Michigan has you covered in that regard. Obviously I’m biased, but I say go blue and don’t look back.</p>

<p>Does anyone know anything about the Raikes program? All I really know is what they told me, and you can’t really believe everything the college says about itself.</p>

<p>Michigan at $5k/year is an incredible bargain. It is by far your best option considered that CMU would mean $120k in debt and UNL is just not in the same league. You could double major in CS and Mathematics or CS and Business (Ross). All of those departments are ranked among the top 10 nationally.</p>

@RawkForGod, did you end up going to U Mich? Or did you end up going to Raikes at UNL? Good decision regardless where you end up since then? Or you regretted not having gone to the other?