@hcmom65, I’m still not 100% certain, but pretty sure. It’s still between UCSD, UMich, and maybe Northwestern but I did accept the offer of admission to UCSD with the $250 deposit. I like the campus and the location a lot (I love beach cities), and their computer science program is top notch. Money is not a factor for us, but UCSD would save about $35K-$40K per year compared to UMich (if you add travel expenses to and from home several times a year—I live in Southern California).
Both schools offer tremendous highly regarded educations in CS, but if incoming freshman were allowed to direct admit into the LSA-Computer Science major at UMich, I would choose it over UCSD just to experience UMich’s school spirit and to have the college town Ann Arbor to hang out. But I think being a direct admit into UCSD CSE trumps being undeclared for a year or two at UMich…But, I’m still not sure.
I’ve stopped considering JHU, UPenn, UChicago, the other UC’s, and Cal Poly SLO.
I have 24 hours to make a final choice.