Is Choosing University of Michigan over Carnegie Mellon a reasonable decision?

@12345hello123, didn’t you run the net price calculator before applying ED? It is quite disingenuous to go for the slight admissions bump from ED when you likely knew the school was expensive and your aid would be low. Are your parents UNABLE to pay?

The cost differential at full pay is only $5,000 a year between the two if you are OOS at Michigan. In that case, throwing over your ED acceptance at CMU for Michigan seems dishonest. You are just hiding behind the financial argument for other reasons.