<p>i'm an international student accepted by CMU school of computer science, annual total cost is $53,000. i don't know whether the cmu education deserve it, because i had never been to US and do not have a concept of what CMU means to a student.</p>
<p>Give me some advice and something beyond the Viewbook and statistic.</p>
<p>Thx.</p>
<p>CMU is the best computer science school in the nation. MIT and Stanford are probably the only schools that could argue it.</p>
<p>But arguing the dollars and cents is a personal thing. 200k in debt - no way. If you have enough cash this doesn't even matter - definitely. Somewhere in between, the answer is somewhere in between</p>
<p>200 is around the total deposit of my family.
but if after the college education,i can be more competitive in finding job,it's okay.
just view it as a investment. profitable?</p>
<p>btw,i think i have a talent in math and science. i scored 144 in AMC,9 in AIME in 9 grade and got 2400 for SAT2 math Lv2c,Physics and chemistry.</p>
<p>Try cheaper alternatives such as Wisconsin with solid computer science program. 53K is outrageous.</p>
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<p>Er, Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, and CMU consistently rank with one another in CS.</p>
<p>Wisc, Umich,USC actually cost 43k, 45k,49k, respectively, for intl students.
CMU is just less than 10k more.
Wisc and UMich are too large.</p>
<p>kyledavid80 - I'm aware of that, although I guess I forgot Berkeley. However, IMO CMU is the best. Their program is just plain sick.</p>
<p>the application process of intl student is too slow and disarray.
they first missed my all my sat, and then missed my sat2, and then take me as a early decision student,and charge me twice for DHL fee.</p>
<p>so i doubt cmu really as good as it appears in viewbook and in statistic.</p>
<p>It is an amazing program, obviously lacking some organization in the admissions department, but nonetheless an exceptional program, I would talk on the CMU board to find out more it I were you.</p>
<p>Er..i don't know how i can get to the cmu board.........</p>
<p>There is no data to support a differential earning coming from a school that costs $200k vs one that costs you $100k. </p>
<p>Yes a college degree IS an investment. However, spending a huge amount for a 'prestigious' college instead of a less expensive one is not. There is no data demonstrating a financial benefit to coming from a higher ranked school. Might help with that first job, but the research shows the effect has no lasting impact, and most definitely the tuition differential is not returned by salary.</p>
<p>On the side, where is says 'College Search', 'College Admissions', click 'Colleges'. On that page there will be a list of Universities, another list of LAC's, and the alphabet. In the universities section there is Carnegie Mellon University, click that and you are on that board.</p>
<p>thx a lot
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<p>Evi, CMU is amazing. Only Cal, MIT and Stanford can claim to beas good in CS. But to wipe out your entire family's savings is a little extreme. Did you apply to Cal? You could get a scholarship, making it essentially half the cost of CMU. Whatareyour other alternatives? How much do they cost?</p>
<p>cmu do not offer intl aid.</p>
<p>only safeties. Berkley have not come out. others HMC,Carleton,bucknell</p>
<p>I think you will get into Cal and could get a good scholarship from them. Waitand see. Also, HMC may give you merrit aid, if you qualify. Both of those schools are on par with CMU.</p>
<p>What are your safeties? What aid/scholarships did they offer you?</p>
<p>For that kind of money and with your stats, you should be looking at MIT and Stanford for CS. When spending such a large sum of money, you'd want to get the biggest punch out of your investment. MIT has historical prestige and Stanford has the elite reputation + close connection with Silicon Valley. CMU is a great school arguably the best in CS, yes, but again when you're spending such a large amount of money for school you'd want to look for maximum returns. Both MIT and Stanford will take you farther in life in just about everything and not just CS.</p>
<p>Don't come to Berkeley, it's not worth it for you to pay such a extraordinary amount of money to attend Berkeley when the undergraduate portion is mainly dedicated to the service of Californians. Plus while Berkeley undergrad is a great place to be, there is quite a gap between it and Berkeley's internationally renowned graduate programs.</p>
<p>I offer an alternative suggestion: let your family invest that 200k USD (what is it about 1 million RMB?) in a high-performance portfolio. Go to a top school in China, work your butt off and come to either MIT, Stanford, CMU or Berkeley for a fantastic graduate program. It's much more sensible economically and will, without a doubt, grant you a future just as bright as if you have dumped that money into 4 years of undergrad here in the US.</p>
<p>^ Don't write off Cal - especially for EECS. I'd say IF the OP gets some good aid, Cal is great...it has a proximity to Silicon Valley that Stanford enjoys.</p>
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Not so much....sure, the lower-division math and science prerequisites will be large classes, but the overall undergrad program is excellent.</p>
<p>2008 Undergrad USNWR rankings:
Computer Engineering
1 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br>
2 Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
2 Stanford University (CA)
4 University of California–Berkeley *
5 U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *
6 Georgia Institute of Technology *
7 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor * </p>
<p>Electrical / Electronic / Communications
1 Massachusetts Inst. of Technology<br>
2 University of California–Berkeley *
3 Stanford University (CA)
4 U. of Illinois–Urbana-Champaign *
5 University of Michigan–Ann Arbor *</p>
<p>I'm not writing off Cal, you guys become way too sensitive whenever the name is mentioned. For 200k, are you seriously gonna suggest that he comes to Berkeley? I'm a CA resident and I love Cal, but economics are very important and as a general rule of thumb there's no reason to waste entire saving accounts on undergraduate education, period.</p>
<p>But yeah if with aid your cost can be reduced to below 20k per year, then I'd say it's a good choice.</p>
<p>P.S. I don't know how much Cal costs for international students, but I suspect it should be in the relative ballpark.</p>
<p>P.P.S. Money, in general, needs to be spent in smart ways to get the maximum value out of them, especially for families where money isn't a non-issue.</p>