<p>There is absolutely no reason to go to a UC school as an OOS resident, especially when you are majoring in a subject easily quantified like CS. </p>
<p>When you are a liberal-arts major future employers have to make a guess for the large part about your abilities. That is a big reason why there is stronger demand for liberal-arts majors from top-ranked colleges compared to those farther down the list. </p>
<p>But any employer can easily and accurately assess your CS abilities in a few hours of interviews. Furthermore there is no magic they have at the UCs that lets them teach the subject better than it can be taught elsewhere. </p>
<p>If your parents have an extra $200K they’d like to donate to the UC college system, then as a CA resident I thank them for their gift. If they and you are taking out loans to do it then I think that is just insane. You can get the same large classes and impersonal environment for much less elsewhere.</p>