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To: Libbyt who wrote (102883)	5/7/2000 3:55:00 AM
From: John Chen	Respond to of 164684

Libbyt,re:"CMU...". Thanks alot. Academic Scholarship (probably out of question, not great SAT, great GPA, top 5% of class (1000+) ). Need-based assistantship (this bring out some grief, I need it, but ...). We pretty much subscribe to the thought of paying it. Your points on 'interest, personality, talent, success vs. university/education/effort' are well taken. I've given him the idea that: either school is excellent and all (success) depends on himself (effort), not the school (both has excellent faculty). We didn't bring the 'cost as issue' (In someway, it is an issue on my wife's and my mind). But thinking, it's spend it now or leave it to him anyway. His strength (scores) is in math but he doesn't like 'computer science' or 'engineering', which I suggested on the assumption that job-availability. I suggested to have 'computer-science and business' combination, with either one being major. I bias on 'business'. We have a saying that: "in a line-of-business(profession), and hate/disregard it". Kind of 'burned-out', wore-down'. That's why the bias on business. (engineering/computer science probably have a steadier job, but I have enough of it). Unfortunately, he thinks he doesn't know what he wants to be a couple of weeks ago. Some people do suggest the freshman year can still be an exploring year and decide the major on 2nd year. It's been like: 'medical' 'business' and until recently, he throws in 'EE/computer science' due to job-availability. I'm not for 'medical/Doctor' due to it's time/hell tested environment. I like him to be 'Bezos' (fortune-wise), no need to worry about money and just working for people. We kind of like the 'small campus' of CMU. Assuming there will be less partying crowd. At this time, he is thinking CMU. Let'see, in less than 3 weeks, his decision was: 1. State-U. (business, medical) 2. CMU (small, well-known) 3. State-U. (1st year exploring) 4. CMU (EE/computer science) Well, couple more months to settle the score. We paid two deposits to buy some extra time. Again, thanks a lot for the points.