USouthernMaine vs. UMaine Orono for CS or ITS

College Search & Selection
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Hi,
Quick opinions… for a 3.4 student with strong curriculum rigor, B in Calculus AB, wants to study CS or perhaps MIS or ITS, looking to add a university without a supplement, which would be best: U Southern Maine or UMaine Orono?
(Both offer good OOS tuition, well within budget). UMaine has a good school for CS and Informatics but U Southern Maine has Portland nearby (no idea about the CS program). Any preference?
Or do you know a university that’s appropriate for that profile and a 30K budget, on commonapp?
Already on the list: Truman State, Champlain, UMass Lowell, Marist.

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UMaine is the more selective.
Northeast? The $30K is for tuition only?
SUNY Buffalo, apply today!

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Thanks!
No regional preference. Likes cities and college towns but not colleges 'with nothing around ’ - small town is fine too but not rural like Kenyon /Gambier.
30k is for direct costs (tuition +r/b) give or take. It means either low costs to start with or 20k scholarships liberally provided.
In terms of environment, what’s Orono like?

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Orono? Not sure. The campus is apparently pretty. It’s considered “rural” but it’s not far from the big smoke of Bangor (3rd largest city in ME).

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Thanks!

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Any other opinion?