My friends son is a Jr in the program. They seem very happy with it, and he is doing well. He also chosenit over some parental objection- Mom is President of a tech company, and they could have paid for GT (his first choice originally) or even a private, but the kid is very analytical and didn’t see why they would pay more if they had a choice. Wants to save it for grad school at MIT. And I thjnk he was flattered by the attention.
She hasn’t mentioned any increase in cost; he was full ride ++ money for computer, $2500 for writing one paper, like that. They are also OOS.