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<p>But is it worth $100k in STUDENT DEBT up front. We aren’t talking about whether it is worth $100k in parents’ resources…huge difference.</p>
<p>There will be “peer brainpower” in any good CS school…especially at schools where CS admission is competitive. And, even at schools where a student doesn’t apply to his major, the CS dept will have “peer brainpower” once the first year weeding takes place…which means when the student is actually in-depth in his major, the weaker ones will have declared other majors. </p>
<p>Once you have a group of students who have 1350+ SATs (M+CR), you are going to have a pretty smart bunch.<br>
I don’t know what the OP’s son’s stats are, but if he is a 1550+ student, the I don’t think he’ll feel that he is amongst addle-brained classmates if there is a range of 1350-1500 folks also in the seats. </p>