#Help Mediocre Student Find CS Schools

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Additionally Information: I have pretty generic extracurricular activities, including participating in one internship, volunteering at a tutoring center, leader of club, shadowing a position at a local business, pursuing e-commerce through self-initiative, and engaging in recreational coding. Additionally, I completed four AP classes during my high school years.

unkempt drift
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that is much more than mediocre lol

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albeit 4 ap classes is not an ec

wraith seal
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Any thoughts though? I'm not super experienced with schools and just need some insight.

unkempt drift
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uh if u had soime reason ur grades stank in 10th grade you should be fine

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im not too knowledgeable on where u should apply tho

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unkempt drift
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rochester?

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yes

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institute of technology

unkempt drift
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yea all i know is that its near new york

wraith seal
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the overall acceptance is like 65% but cs is more like 30-40%

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hahaha lol

unkempt drift
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i mean

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thats just pretty normal

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if u want to go to rochester apply there

wraith seal
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okay

fast gazelle
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soo its actually so much lower for RD

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also its a great safety kinda high cost but decent aid

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the cs program is pretty good

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i would say worth applying

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fast gazelle
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good luck

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thanks

fast gazelle
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i m applying rd lol

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not for cs tho

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fast gazelle
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if u were not a cs major 100% admit

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fast gazelle
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its hard to say for the cs pool

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im saying as a cs applicant

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fast gazelle
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all the smart ones apply for cs

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bcuz they dont post acceptance info for the cs department

fast gazelle
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dw tho u will get in

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u have a decent sat score for rit

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plus good gpa

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show some demonstrated interest u will get in

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get an interview with the admission counsellor for ur region

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will help u stand out

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i was lucky to talk to two proffs for my major and talk with AO looking at my profile

wraith seal
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and ive talked to one of the regional officers

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like through email

fast gazelle
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good enough

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💀

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idk if that counts tho

fast gazelle
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for some reason to what the AO told me they care about demonstrated interest cuz yield or smth

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oh yeah

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wraith seal
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because at less competitive schools

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so they gotta show interest

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kinda showing how they are gonna go

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but u dont gotta show interest at prestigious schools because they know u would go in a heartbeat

fast gazelle
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yep

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i wish jhu tracked demonstrated interest tho man

wraith seal
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oh yea definitely

fast gazelle
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i have been in contact the same bloody school for like 5 yrs now man

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but more elite schools dont rlly care about interest

fast gazelle
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still will get rejected lol

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jhu?

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bruh wtf

royal cedar
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can I get some help here?

wraith seal
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so uve talked to them since 8th grade

fast gazelle
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what?

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im assuming int is different in grade level

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or ur off sum lol

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fast gazelle
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lol i wasnt serious about jhu at g5 man dww

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oh lol meltingsob

fast gazelle
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its just that dad kept on going on about amazing thier public health dean was

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so kinda got to know alot about the uni

royal cedar
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so I'm applying for CS to some pretty good public and state schools

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royal cedar
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and i had 85%, 94%, 75% in my last three years

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grade 12 midterms was again 75 and I'm hoping for a 94 in the finals again (board stuff)

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royal cedar
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I volunteered, wrote articles for a school magazine

royal cedar
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9 and 10 was icse

fast gazelle
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and indian national ?

royal cedar
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was in MUN for a year

royal cedar
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no no no wait

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i live in india

fast gazelle
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what country ur passport from ?

royal cedar
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but i'm a US national

fast gazelle
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oh ur good dw

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just apply to ur state schools

royal cedar
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ok phew

royal cedar
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penn state (my dad works there)

fast gazelle
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because with cbse and those grades

royal cedar
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there meaning the state

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kinda hard to get into the t50

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ecs sound very mid aswell actually

wraith seal
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yeah t50s are a no go

royal cedar
fast gazelle
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but u have a great shot at penn state

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and ur state schools

royal cedar
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i'm waiting for umass amherst, lowell, boston

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njit and rutgers

wraith seal
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In all honesty, don't apply to penn state for cs. ive heard that its absolute dogshit for cs

royal cedar
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and stony brook

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r u submitting sat?

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fast gazelle
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i m applying to the UTs as safty

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ppl are dogshitting on ps cs

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pretty good cost

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and good steam programs

royal cedar
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although i'm 80th percentile ranked in india

royal cedar
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but i'm kind of qualifying as in state

wraith seal
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ye

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royal cedar
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damn that doesn't hurt AT ALL

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royal cedar
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its rlly good

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and u have like a good shot of making it i think

royal cedar
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well I'm applying for EA

fast gazelle
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COST lol

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68k per year

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i and my parents agreed to paying like upwards of 25-30k a year

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thats before aid

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im low income

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ppl in my income bracket pay like 20k including room, board, books, tuition, etc

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royal cedar
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i'm ea for all colleges

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wraith seal
# unkempt drift is rochester that good for cs

Most schools have good cs. its just the coop program that is rlly good. ur practically set for landing a job out of uni--something that most schools arent good at doing (ranked #5 for coops and interns in the us)

fast gazelle
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their whole focus is coops and deaf people inclusiveness

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royal cedar
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......deaf people inclusiveness?

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weirdly specifc

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they have an undergrad program directed for deaf people

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woah

late vector
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it's not worth for ED

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i got accepted btw

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just because a school has a 70 percent acceptance rate doesnt mean its ass

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and students whp get out of rit literally do not struggle with employment

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ur gonna get sweeped up after ur 4 years

late vector
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didnt say your school matters

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ofc RIT is good

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and it doesnt matter whether you graduate from MIT or Caltech

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it's all upto you

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late vector
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no

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it doesnt mate

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there is a correlation between employability and the uni u attended

late vector
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only the first job

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wraith seal
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oh yes only the first job yeah

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late vector
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you find rich people

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and guess what rich people have?

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shit ton of money

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haha

late vector
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same goes for all t20s

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mhm

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RIT is great btw

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first software engineering major

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yeah

late vector
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in terms of CS you'll do great

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i just found that out yesterday lol

late vector
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lol

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but tbh ur right i wish i ed somewhere else

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i was just scared my stats wouldnt get me somewhere decent for cs

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i feel like admissions is very over exemplified

late vector
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but don't regret

wraith seal
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for cs i dont think so, other majors yeah

late vector
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it doesnt matter

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yeah im happy

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alr

late vector
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enjoy dude!