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now I have my heart set on the likes of Cornell, Caltech, Georgia Tech, UIUC, Duke, and Berkeley, however a lot of the state schools OOS that I want to go to do not give all that great of financial aid. My family's EFC is way too high, and my dad also has to wire money to our family in India (
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Schools do not make allowances for families who send money out of the country to support others. There have been a number of kids post here on CC with a similar situation. They have to find schools that they can afford, often where they can get large merit scholarships so that the REMAINING cost after merit is applied to the entire COA is low enough.
Even schools that give “great FA” aren’t going to subtract out that money.
How much will your parents pay each year? Ask them for a budget.
Sounds like you’ll be full-pay at UIUC, Berkeley, and GT…and the other schools will likely expect your parents to pay more than they’re willing to pay.
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how did you CS majors stuck in boring states at lousy state universities/party schools fare? Did you guys get great jobs? Sorry if this post came off as ranty, I am in a bad mood from all of this.
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You do need an attitude adjustment. USoCarolina and Clemson are NOT “lousy state schools”. They are very good schools.
Of course CS graduates from these schools get great jobs…and they get paid just as much as their fellow new-hires from elsewhere. companies pay their new hires the same, regardless of where they went to school.
that said, if you get high test scores, you might be able to get enough merit to go OOS.
You need to ask your parents how much they’ll spend each year. Frankly, if 30% of their income is being sent out of the country, then they may tell you that they can’t spend much at all on your education. Find out.
BTW…at state schools, usually the CS and eng’g students are not “fratty”. STEM male students usually don’t join fraternities and are often “not preppy.”