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Hello friends, I got admitted into Brown and UMN without funding (No funding for MS students). I need to decide which school to go for my Fall 2010 MS CS study. There are two possibilities that I want to do after finishing MS: - If I like research and do well, I will apply to PhD program at schools having strong OS/Distributed System research, like Univ of Washington - Otherwise, I'll be looking for jobs in industry Brown ranks 20th, UMN ranks 35th according latest USNews ranking table. Brown definitely has its own advantage for being an Ivy school but the tuition is very high (even I can afford it), chances to look for on-campus jobs is slim. Do you think it worth my money to go there? In contrast, although UMN also didn't offer any funding inside CS department, I heard that one can easily find jobs at other department, get his tuition waived and even a stipend, is that true?