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"While going to Stanford or somewhere and getting a CS degree might pay off, you don't actually have to go to freaking ivy league schools if you don't have the
by natrius 14y ago
"While going to Stanford or somewhere and getting a CS degree might pay off, you don't actually have to go to freaking ivy league schools if you don't have the money or want the debt."
The idea that one has to go into debt to go to a top-level school is an outdated one. Every fancy school I got into was cheaper than the University of Texas after financial aid.
- qdog 14y agoYou didn't get the same financial aid at UT? My impression is that if your family makes too much (ie: 80k or 100k/yr), you aren't getting anything but student loans. A friend of mine went back to NYU a couple years ago to finish his degree while he was working, I think he still racked 50 or 100k in loans. Obviously if you can go to a school with a lot of scholarships or grants, debt isn't an issue.