[colinmhayes]

Are you counting stanford and MIT as ivy? If so then sure, but at least based off my experience, cs students that were accepted to ivy as well as stanford/mit/cmu always choose stanford/mit/cmu.

I'd love to see your data about whether students choose ivy vs. top state. I wasn't aware that existed so was just speaking from my experience knowing > 10 people choose U of I over ivys, including harvard.

[CaptainNegative]

> cs students that were accepted to ivy as well as stanford/mit/cmu always choose stanford/mit/cmu

I got a full ride to both Princeton and CMU for CS, and chose Princeton because I preferred their program. I was not the only one to do so.

Blanket statements are dumb ... typically :).

[barry-cotter]

> Are you counting stanford and MIT as ivy?

Brown and Dartmouth and Cornell are Ivy League and few would choose any of them over MIT or Stanford. Ivy League and top are not the same.