Granted I’m not the most familiar with their CODA policies, but I have a good amount of connections at NC State who can probably clarify. However, I also don’t know how much their CODA stuff applies on my situation – specifically within the major, I have dual enrollment credits (not APs) that put me past every math and science requirement that 1st/2nd years take, leaving me with just the major specific courses (hence early graduation).
I also do need to clarify financial situations with family, however the payback aspect would be less focused on covering cost, and more encouraging a high ROI route at CMU by ensuring I have financial stake in this decision. As mentioned in my above post, most likely, funds unused by going to NC State would make their way to me after undergrad, most likely to finance grad school or have a comfortable start to my post-school life. Net parent investment most likely equals out in both scenarios, just in different manners – when/where the money is used, and if I would need to pay back.
In response to an earlier question, the only other school that Im heavily considering is Georgia Tech EE, full OOS state cost which would be around 55k yearly. As my credits would only apply in-state, there is some frustration on my end in regards to retaking classes. It appears I would be “behind” relative to in-state students and other students with lots of APs carrying over (especially with such a credit heavy major) although I could be overestimating the importance of this.
I’ve toured all three campuses and spoken to connections at all three schools. At my standpoint, I think its hard for me to contextualize which school would get me to my desired end goal the most (which I think is grad school then industry, although who knows if that will change).