I received enough financial aid for both schools. I’m actually going to be visiting both schools soon before I make my official decision. Right now, I am heavily leaning towards UW because I have become a lot more certain that I want to be a CS major (although you never know what happens in college).
At this point, my biggest concern is really the size difference between the two. Bowdoin is less than 2,000 while University of Washington-Seattle is around 30,000. I thought I would thrive at a smaller community where I could have student-professor interactions (where the professors will actually know my name). However, I am extremely self-motivated so I don’t necessarily need my professors/advisers to look out for me for everything I do.
@ClassicRockerDad Also, sorry if I wasn’t clear about which UW I was talking about. I was talking about University of Washington-Seattle. Sorry for the confusion!