What might encourage an out of state student to choose Berkeley CS L&S over CMU SCS?

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Any information would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Perhaps if the student got a Regents’ scholarship at Berkeley to make the price significantly lower? Or if the CMU admission is to a division other than SCS (switching to SCS is very competitive).

Otherwise, needing to earn a 3.3 GPA to declare L&S CS is riskier than going to CMU with direct admission to SCS.

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  1. They are an athlete and want to play DivI sports.
  2. They have an allergic reaction to the usage of "yinz".
  3. Their religious beliefs prohibit them from wearing winter clothing so they would die in the Pittsburgh winter.