<p>I agree with the OP that California is, indeed, really far from Wisconsin. IMHO, USC is not worth the long commute. My kid was offered a half scholarship into the engineering program; there was still a lot of tuition to have to cough up every year, and the computer science program was OK but not nearly as good as 3 other schools in the state. And BTW, Harvey Mudd isn’t even offering 10k off tuition anymore like they used to. They have so much demand that they don’t have to offer money to anyone.</p>