Advice Requested on College List - CS Major, 30-40k out of pocket max [KY resident, 3.9 GPA, 214 PSAT in 10th grade, so NMSF is possible with 11th grade PSAT]

This is very helpful info, and you did a great thing by doing the local tours of a variety of schools!

CS admissions can be tough, and you’re right that it can make admission to a given school a super-reach (e.g., Purdue and UIUC).

I think he’d get in to CS with merit aid at all the schools I’ve mentioned (Case is a wildcard though).