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flint condor Jan 24, 2023, 2:47 AM

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Location/Region: West Coast preferred, but looking for East Coast suggestions too
Major: Computer Science
GPA: 3.97 UW and weighted right now, first semester almost over and I have all A's right now including APS so likely 3.98-3.99 UW soon not sure of weighted, prob around 4.1?
Test Scores: 1260 PSAT blobfear studying w/ Khan and books for March SAT but prob test optional for some schools?
I’m shooting for 1450 and making progress.
Curriculum: Idk
Size: Medium to big, 4-5k+ students minimum
Costs: Parents are able to pay for full tuition
Schools you're currently looking at:
Reaches: USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UW Seattle (in-state but HARD), Boston College
Targets/Safeties: Santa Clara (both parents alumni), Cal Poly SLO, LMU, UCSB, UCSD, Chapman, Syracuse (only east coast school I've really looked into and counselor recommended)
*My school has good relationship with Santa Clara and Cal Poly and most students get in but CS is hard so idk
Additional: Preferably looking for schools with hopefully good connections for CS regarding internships and job placement.

Mainly looking for more safeties and targets, thanks so much!

raw lily Jan 24, 2023, 2:48 AM

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just an FYI 4-5k is def not medium to big

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and a lot of the schools you IDed are definitely BIG

flint condor Jan 24, 2023, 2:50 AM

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I was saying 4-5k+ as minimum

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I’ll clarify in post

raw lily Jan 24, 2023, 2:51 AM

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ah ok

flint condor Jan 24, 2023, 2:51 AM

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@raw lily ^ I changed it sorry for confusion

raw lily Jan 24, 2023, 2:52 AM

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for east coast check out RIT, RPI, WPI, Rochester

flint condor Jan 24, 2023, 2:54 AM

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Do you think CU Boulder would be a reach OOS? @raw lily

raw lily Jan 24, 2023, 2:55 AM

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Probably

silver moon Jan 24, 2023, 4:29 AM

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CU Boulder CS is easy even OOS

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Ik people with 3.1s (MULTIPLE! People get in)

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UIC (university of Illinois chicago) is pretty easy to get into cs

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UCM

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UCR

digital latch Jan 24, 2023, 5:31 AM

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Just got into CS through the engineering school at CU Boulder, add it for sure!

rough summit Jan 24, 2023, 7:40 AM

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flint condor Do you think CU Boulder would be a reach OOS? <@204200674047557632>

Definetly not

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Its a safety

rough summit Jan 24, 2023, 7:45 AM

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flint condor **Location/Region:** West Coast **preferred**, but looking for East Coast sugges...

Are u instate for California

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Assuming so, apply to all the UCs. Like u said Cal Poly SLO is great, I would also add San Diego State

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For outside the west coast, I would say UMass Amherst, UMinn, Penn State, Pitt, ASU are all great options

mint swan Jan 24, 2023, 7:51 AM

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rutgers, purdue, UW Madison, UF.

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UMD

magic kiln Jan 24, 2023, 9:42 AM

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Northeastern 🙂

rough summit Jan 24, 2023, 2:33 PM

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Northeastern ♥️

gaunt salmon Jan 24, 2023, 8:12 PM

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Drexel

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Not too tough to get into and they have a good co-op program

magic kiln Jan 24, 2023, 9:16 PM

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It's good but I've heard it's also a mess.

gaunt salmon Jan 25, 2023, 1:29 AM

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If you are willing at all to go to a small school, Kettering University requires 5 internships to graduate, 8 of which are baked into a 4 year plan. 99%+ job placement within 6 months. T20 for return on investment

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Penn State is good

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ASU is always good to throw in as a safety for CS

magic kiln Feb 8, 2023, 12:22 AM

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UoA>>

flint condor Feb 9, 2023, 3:41 AM

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magic kiln UoA>>

University of Arizona?

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