- Live in Melbourne, Australia
- Very interested in tech startups or tech businesses
- Also, as of recently, interested in the 4HWW lifestyle
- Currently in final year of highschool
- Debating between (major: CompSci):
- a decent uni (Monash - top 250 in the world) 10 minutes drive from me
- pro: easy, cheap ($8k per year)
- an awesome uni in the SF/Valley area (UCB/Stanford)
- pro (for all sf options): live with people like me, who are more open to my crazy ideas, and who are the desired customer for many of my ideas
- con: extremely expensive, away from family friends, might not like living there
- a reasonable uni in the SF/Valley area (or community college?)
- going to Monash in Australia, and then applying to transfer to UCB
- con: no guarantee on being able to transfer
- ditto the above, though from a community college in SF
- not going to uni at all, and travelling 4HWW style
- con: miss out on the 'uni experience'
- pro: much free time
What I would love, and what would help me:- Please tell me anything you can to help my decision, including:
- Your experiences
- Your opinions
- Contacts for people you know who went through something similar (international admission to Stanford/UCB, moving to the USA for a startup, etc) - or at least the decision (eg considered moving to SF for a startup but didn't)
- Good places (forums, organizations, etc) or people to give questions like this post to
- Would taking a holiday to check out the USA help me? If we did - what should I do if the trip was solely for the purpose of making this decision?