You might find this post informative. This student is choosing between UNL and a different school(UIUC), but there is a lot of info to be gleaned about UNL Raikes.
The consensus is that UIUC is more mind-opening, will be stronger for CS, and will “place” in more cities/regions.
UNL will be more “comfortable” if the student is from Nebraska and may be isolating outside of Raikes if the student comes from OOS. It’ll likely be more a “big fish in small pond” situation.
@Matthew_Zhou : you were admitted to UIUC CS, an elite program everyone in the country knows about if they have anything to do with hiring or CS. It’s that well-known and appreciated.
There are few public universities with stronger programs. If they admitted you, it means they think you can succeed there.
So the question is both whether you’re able (they think so, what makes you think they’re wrong?) and willing (only you would know). You don’t need to tell us
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