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Yes, I agree. It's not like this is some life-or-death ethical decision involving organ transplants. So do what you feel is best for you. This is just college admissions and, like MDK says, they are expecting some people to back out for various reasons, including some people not being able to get loans or visa approval and some people being uncomfortable with the tuition costs.
Since USC does offer more NLP courses, has a more traditional thesis option, and is close to the action in Silicon Valley, it may certainly be a better environment than Brown for learning NLP.
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