CS in junior year - any recommendations | ApplyingToCollege | Page 1

obtuse star Nov 28, 2023, 2:37 AM

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Location/Region: Almost anywhere is fine, prefer city/suburban, highschool is in NJ. the rainy weather is kinda nice

Major: CS, minor in game design or data sci

GPA/Test Scores: 3.83 UW, 1520 SAT(planning on getting a little higher), PSAT 1500

Curriculum: Such as: generally cs, im also looking for internships/experience

Size: classes can be 20 to hundreds of kids

Costs: if theres aid/scholarships ill aim for them but its not the end of the world if i dont get them

Schools You're Currently Looking At: rutgers(i do not want to go here lol, too rural and too many kids i probably know), georgia tech

Additional: a good balance between education/social life - i would really hate it at my college if it was super competitive/constant studying 24/7. ive visited UW madison and it seems like a good balance of studies/social life and its near a fun city.

sports/clubs would also be nice

i can give more info if it would help

obtuse star Nov 28, 2023, 3:37 AM

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CS in junior year - any recommendations

thick surge Nov 28, 2023, 7:12 AM

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obtuse star Location/Region: Almost anywhere is fine, prefer city/suburban, highschool is in...

I'm not sure if there are any good CS programs that has balance between education and social program (from my perspective). Since you are applying to Georgia Tech,

UIUC
UMich
Purdue
Virginia Tech
Rose Hulman
RIT

If you want to challenge yourself,

Carnegie Mellon (super competitive)
UC Berkley
Cornell

ashen jungle Nov 28, 2023, 11:06 AM

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Also UWash, UT Austin, uc san diego, Caltech are great for cs

obtuse star Nov 28, 2023, 11:49 AM

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very cool, thanks guys

opaque zephyr Nov 28, 2023, 12:29 PM

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Caltech is insanely hard to get in, but u can always try

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If you want sorta a safety but also a top cs school, u can do umd

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its alumni network is really good in this field

obtuse star Nov 28, 2023, 4:23 PM

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what about uw madison itself

ashen jungle Nov 28, 2023, 4:37 PM

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uw madison is great

spare mist Nov 28, 2023, 8:16 PM

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opaque zephyr If you want sorta a safety but also a top cs school, u can do umd

umd isint a safety for CS

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i think most public t20s have lower admit rates for cs specifically

opaque zephyr Nov 28, 2023, 8:22 PM

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spare mist umd isint a safety for CS

With his stats I think its sorta a safety

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but ig it is true that for cs it is competitive

shell obsidian Nov 29, 2023, 5:35 AM

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ashen jungle Also UWash, UT Austin, uc san diego, Caltech are great for cs

from what ive heard uwash has a pretty poor social scene

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ive heard a lot of "stem majors are antisocial"

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its also harder to get into than mit oos lol

ashen jungle Nov 29, 2023, 5:42 AM

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damn

warm sable Dec 2, 2023, 6:19 AM

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shell obsidian from what ive heard uwash has a pretty poor social scene

Depends on what you make of it, but people can definitely feel under the weather in Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb (the Seattle freeze).

I find myself to be pretty social and outgoing, although I don't go to any frat parties lol

shell obsidian Dec 2, 2023, 6:21 AM

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warm sable Depends on what you make of it, but people can definitely feel under the weather...

are stem frats a thing lol

warm sable Dec 2, 2023, 6:21 AM

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shell obsidian are stem frats a thing lol

idk since I don't ever visit greek row lol. there's a lot of frats here tho

shell obsidian Dec 2, 2023, 6:22 AM

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warm sable idk since I don't ever visit greek row lol. there's a lot of frats here tho

i think that can be said about most schools

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i have heard people on tiktok talk about being software engineers + members of an active frat so maybe?

#CS in junior year - any recommendations