#University of Maryland VS University of Minnesota TC VS University of Wisconsin Madison for CS

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fast glade
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Schools: UW Madison, UMN & UMD Intended major: Computer Science

Similarities: Schools are very closely ranked so it is tough to choose between both

UW Madison
School 1 Pros:
-Better College social life
-Got in for Letters and Sciences as UW Madison only admits to the college rather than the major
-Very similar COA to UMD (Around 60k)
-Has a good master's program that I'm interested in
-Heard that they have good ML research
-Campus appeals to me a bit more
School 1 Cons:
-Cold weather
-Heard that overcrowding is an issue in CS

UMD
School 2 Pros:
-Better internship opportunities
-Better location (DC)
-Directly admitted to CS rather than letters and sciences
-Very similar COA to UW Madison (Around 60k)
-Has a good master's program as well but heard it's competitive as there are only 20 seats
-Weather is great
-UMD is cutting down on transfers and making the major more competitive so it shouldn't be that overcrowded in the upcoming years
School 2 Cons:
College life is not as great as at UW Madison

UMN Twin Cities
School 3 Pros:
-Got a scholarship of 15k/year. COA will be around 43k per year
-Decent location as I heard Minnesota has a good job market.
-Might not be as competitive as the other two.
School 3 Cons:
-Cold Weather
-Not sure about how different it is compared to the other 2 schools as I haven't done much research on UMN. Trying to understand if the other colleges are really worth the extra cost

Tiebreaking considerations:
-I'm currently leaning towards UMD due to the location and considering the better opportunities.
-I cannot visit the campuses as I'm OOS but live outside of the USA

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please help yall i aint got time 💀

mortal shore
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How important is college life to you

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And can you/are you ok with taking on debt

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Or is that not a concern

fast glade
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idrc care about college life

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its not that big of a priority for me

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i can adjust

fast glade
brave condor
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how much debt are you willing to take?

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like maximum amount or smth

mortal shore
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Yeah

fast glade
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15 per year maybe

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my family is willing to pay for most of it if required

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10 to 15 ig

brave condor
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have you done any virtual tours or anything of the sort

fast glade
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i did the virtual tour of umd

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it was pretty good

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not the other 2 tho

mortal shore
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If they have virtual tours of the two others

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I'd do them also

fast glade
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atm between umd and uw madison im leaning towards umd because

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uw madison has more research opps

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and umdd has more internship opps

fast glade
mortal shore
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How much would you and your family pay for UMD

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Cause right now it seems you are leaning to it

edgy sky
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pick based on research interests

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umd is great for industry

fast glade
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probably the whole but I want to take a bit of student loans and pay it off myself

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my main focus is more towards internship oppurtunities and career outcomes

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im just tryna justify whether the extra cost is really worth it for umd

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not that I cant afford umd but it would be nice to save the deficit

edgy sky
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if industry is your priority, just go to umd

fast glade
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do you think its worth almost 70k more?

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damn the umn tc campus looks similar to the umd campus

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also im interested in possibly a double major in math

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i heard umn has good networking as well

fast jungle
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UMN or UMD, whichever is cheaper

sage dawn
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what did wisco do to you

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i'd lean umn here because its still a very good program but substantially cheaper

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as an international student it might be harder to secure loans

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which is why i think reducing costs should be a priority

fast jungle
fast glade
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im not intl

fast glade
sage dawn
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bur yes it would still be nice to not have to take out any loans

celest basalt
fast glade
wary wagon
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bruh

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go to UMD

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their cs program is geninuely tuff as fuck

fast jungle
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If UMD was cheaper...

fast glade
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alr bet