College comparison

koshkas
Thu, 03 Sep 2015 19:03:22 +0000

That’s what I suspected. Ha-ha - he’ll will not need to endure “sleet and slush” and we will not end up with a huge bill (we still may end up paying too much elsewhere, though ).

I will try to “sell” him UW-Madison but I am not sure he will agree - 2(!) extra essays which don’t even remotely resemble those he’s working on. He hates essays and is universally bad at them :-(.

CS is very hard to get into anywhere - we usually see at least .2 higher GPA and +50 SAT scores as averages.
His plan is if all else fails, to go with physics major (he is applying to physics as alternative or second major) and take some extra CS courses as he goes. Employers and Grad Schools usually don’t care (in our experience) as long as he is competent.