No Sale

On Sunday, the boys and I returned from our visits to Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan. We had an enjoyable trip although the BIG question ("A-, where would you like to go to college?") remains unanswered.

The School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon is definitely top tier. We were told that this year incoming freshman had a median math SAT score of 780 and a median verbal score of 730, which only compounded A-'s fear that you can kiss your life goodbye for 4 years if you study computer science at CMU. Despite the assurances of several admissions counselors that Carnegie Mellon students did, in fact, have lives, he left there having a lot of mixed feelings about whether this was the school for him. As for me, the $38K a year price tag makes me gag regardless of A-'s passion for attending.
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