Seeking input on colleges, ECs, etc

Dolemite
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:16:51 +0000

It is also debatable how much top school brand makes a difference in CS related fields

What are his goals? Does he plan to startup a company with some of his cohort right after graduation and eventually look for some VCs to help build it? Then going to Stanford, MIT, Cal, CMU will probably help a great deal.

Does he hope to get a job with a major company like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, etc? Then I don’t think it’ll matter too much where he goes as long as it’s a major university. My spouse teaches CS at a lower ranked school and they get kids at all of those companies. Yes, it’s their top kids but they get hired.

Based on you listing income “>$150,000” I’ll just mention that it might be worthwhile to do the NPC at say Princeton to see if you qualify for any need-based aid. An income of $150,000 at Princeton will get you Full Tuition. Any income up to about $250,000 (with basic assets) will get you some need-based aid at Princeton. I just want to make sure you are fully aware if you will qualify for any need-based aid anywhere.