<prompt> Human: Background: just finished sophomore year at Cornell, gonna study computer science. Splitting costs among my parents 13 me, 13 mom, 13 dad.Predicament: financial aid. The loans theyre giving have stayed the same, but the grant money stuff I dont have to pay back has decreased by 18k since freshman year, while tuitions increased by 3k. Im on track to pay 50k more than I was expecting when I came in freshman year. I dont want that extra burden on me or my parents, especially since my sisters gonna start college right after I graduate.options: stay at cornell, or transfer to buffalo or stony brook  <response>: As a CS professional when you graduate youre very likely going to find yourself in NY or SF.In NY when youre on an interview and mention that you went to Buffalo or Stony Brook an interviewer is going to recognize it but not really care. Theyll definitely recognize and respect Cornell.The farther you get from New York State the more this will matter. In SF if you interview with a degree from Buffalo or Stony Brook nobody will have heard of it, and they definitely wont give a fuck. You get lumped in with the has a degree pool - then they ask about your experience. When you say you went to Cornell you get a big fat gold star in the interviewers head. You get to fuck up and stumble across the rest of the questions and you get a pass with way less experience than the next guy who walks into the room.Its up to you. Your Mom and Dad are covering WAY more of your expenses than many students out there. As a result, youll graduate with way less student loans than manymost other students. Id take that advantage and compound it with the better degree. 