ASU is assured. You meet the threshold.
GMU is - I don’t know if it’s assured - but I’d say 99.9%.
I say you get in everywhere down to Wisc - but even if not, I’m confident a few. Assured - no. But I think you easily hit whatever threshold.
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budget is a non-issue, though I would prefer a cheaper university, but I am willing to spend a lot for a top one.
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There are no assurances in life. As one parent notes on this site, her parent was recruited by Google from N Georgia. My nephew, who I’m with right now, works for a similar company in New York, had a Poli Sci degree from Arizona with a finance MBA. Had to pass a lot of tests. I just asked him - kids from “top schools” get turned down in droves. He listed who is on his and various other teams - they are all over - some of these, some regional, directional, two I’ve not heard of (just looked them up) - one in Kansas, one in Iowa.
Based on that comment though and not truly understanding your NM comment, I’m going to make two suggestions.
- U Tulsa - if you are NMSF, they award you free tuition and dorm.
- U Alabama, if you get NMF, you get 5 years tuition (think Masters degree), 4 years housing, $4k a year and $3k one time for research or abroad. I just mentored a kid from a similar SEC public (not a CS power) who interned at companies in Nashville, a night in Kansas City, a night in Seattle, and is starting there at $150k with a $25k sign on. He did a 5 year Masters.
- I don’t know much about UT Dallas but people here highly recommend it for CS. It’s a large commuter population but also residential. It looks like their NMF gets four year full ride and money to study abroad.
I say apply to these three - why ? Because they are safe, likely easy apps and all three offer enrichment too (Honors and even sub Honors like Randall Research at Alabama). And because when you make a statement like I put in quotes, you’ll want flexibility - in case you talk with your folks later and decide it’s smart to save $2, $3, $400k.
I’ll tell you this without naming the school as I was asked by the mods not to - my MechE son chose Bama over Purdue. One summer he interned (and rented a Airbnb) with kids from one of the schools on your last three tiers. He was invited back a second summer and offered a job. They were not invited back a second summer.
The point - in most instances - it’s the kid, not the school, that matter.
No one knows the market today, let alone four years from now. But here’s an article about today. And there’s others.
Good luck.